IN MEMORIAM: Enduring Freedom Casualties

VetsCoR ^ | 5/21/02 | A Navy Vet

[A Navy Vet]

Operation Enduring Freedom Casualty List

May 19, 2002: Fatally wounded when unit came under heavy fire on patrol in eastern Afghanistan
Sgt. Gene Arden Vance Jr. - 38, West Virginia

April 15, 2002: Killed while attempting to dismantle rockets in Afghanistan
Staff Sgt. Brian Craig - 27, Texas
Staff Sgt. Justin Galewski - 28, Kansas
Sgt. Jamie Maugans - 27, Kansas
Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Romero, Army National Guard - 30, Colorado

March 28, 2002: Killed after stepping on a land mine during training mission in Afghanistan
Chief Petty Officer Matthew J. Bourgeois, USN - 35, Talahassee, Fla.

March 4, 2002: Seven American soldiers were killed and 11 were wounded when two helicopters took enemy fire in the largest allied air and ground offensive of the war.
Sgt. Bradley S. Crose, USA - 27, Orange Park, Fla.
Sgt. Philip J. Svitak, USA - 31, Joplin, Mo.
Spc. Marc A. Anderson, USA - 30, Brandon, Fla.
Pfc. Matthew A. Commons, USA - 21, Boulder City, NV
Petty Officer 1st Class Neil C. Roberts, USN - 32, Woodland, Calif.
Tech. Sgt. John A. Chapman, USAF - 36, Waco, Texas
Airman Jason D. Cunningham, USAF - 26, Camarillo, Calif.

March 2, 2002: Killed by enemy fire during an assault on Taliban and al-Qaida fighters regrouping in eastern Afghanistan.
Chief Warrant Officer Stanley L. Harriman, USA - 34, Wade, N.C.

March 2, 2001: Died after ejecting from his F-14 Tomcat fighter jet, which crashed during a training exercise in the Mediterranean Sea.
Lt. Cmdr. Christopher M. Blaschum, USN - 33, Virginia Beach, Va

January 20, 2002: Killed when their CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed while on a resupply mission. Five other Marines injured.
Staff Sgt. Walter F. Cohee III, USMC - 26, Wicomico, Md.
Sgt. Dwight J. Morgan, USMC - 24, Mendocino, Calif.

January 9, 2001: Killed when their tanker plane crashed into a mountain in Pakistan.
Capt. Matthew W. Bancroft, USMC - 29, Redding, Calif
Capt. Daniel G. McCollum, USMC - 29, Irmo, S.C.
Gunnery Sgt. Stephen L. Bryson, USMC - 36, Montgomery, Ala.
Staff Sgt. Scott N. Germosen, USMC - 37, New York;
Sgt. Nathan P. Hays, USMC - 21, Wilbur, Wash.
Lance Cpl. Bryan P. Bertrand, USMC - 23, Coos Bay, Ore.
Sgt. Jeannette L. Winters, USMC - 25, Gary, Ind.

January 4, 2002: Killed in the vicinity of Khost, near the Pakistan border. The first U.S. soldier killed by the enemy.
Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Ross Chapman, USA, - 31, San Antonio, Texas

December 5, 2000: Killed in Afghanistan when a U.S. bomb missed its target.
Staff Sgt. Brian "Cody" Prosser, USA - 28, Frazier Park, Calif.
Master Sgt. Jefferson Donald Davis, USA - 39, Watauga, Tenn.
Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Petithory, USA - 32, Cheshire, Mass.

November 29, 2001: Killed in Uzbekistan, where about 1,000 members of the Army's 10th Mountain Division were stationed. Officials say death under investigation, not result of enemy action.
Pvt. Giovany Maria - 19, New York,

November 25, 2001: Killed by rioting prisoners at Mazar-e-Sharif. First American civilian killed in action in Afghanistan.
Johnny "Mike" Spann, CIA - 32, Winfield, Ala.,

November 7, 2001: Declared dead after he fell overboard from an aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea.
Fireman Apprentice Bryant L. Davis, USN - 20, Chicago

October 19, 2001: Killed in crash of Black Hawk helicopter in Pakistan.
Pfc. Kristofor Stonesifer, USA - 28 Doylestown, Pa.
Spc. Jonn J. Edmunds, USA - 20 Cheyenne,

October 10, 2001: Killed in a heavy-equipment accident in the northern Arabian peninsula. The first death in the campaign.
Master Sgt. Evander Earl Andrews, USAF - 36, Solon, Maine

[Taxman]

You are most welcome.

[harpo11]

Their Courage, Honor and Ultimate Sacrifice Will Never Be Forgotten
Their Brave Spirit Will Live Forever In Lady Liberty's Heart

[scarface367]

Two I'd like to add to the list. While they didn't give their lives overseas, they gave the ultimate sacrifice training for the oportunity to go. February 14th Capt Theodore Treadwell SSgt Roderick Nesmith Both died when their Huey crashed during a training mission in southern California.

[The Mayor]

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Thanks for the ping

[redrock]

Thanks for that link for the fund.

Will be sending them a donation....actually I consider it part of what I owe.

redrock

[buffyt]

Thank you, I will remember your fine post this Memorial Day. Plus I will keep Uncle Richard Thoos in mind, too. He is still MIA WWII, shot down over France, never found. God Bless Our Troops in Action!

[Broker]

Remember our Canadian patriots from the Patricia Regiment who lost their lives in the fight for freedom. God bless them all.

[A Navy Vet]

We mustn't forget those we lose while training and preparing to defend our lives and liberty.
They too are in our thoughts and prayers.

[A Navy Vet]

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[VOA]

Sgt. Bradley S. Crose, USA - 27, Orange Park, Fla.
Chief Warrant Officer Stanley L. Harriman, USA - 34, Wade, N.C.

These two departed men were profiled today on The Coral Ridge (D. James Kennedy) Show.
So sad we had to lose them, but it looks like they had their personal lives squared away
and were ready for any eventuality.

[A Navy Vet]

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