Forces: U.S. & Coalition/Casualties

Iraq

There have been 4,468 coalition deaths -- 4,154 Americans, two Australians, one Azerbaijani, 176 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, one Czech, seven Danes, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Fijian, five Georgians, one Hungarian, 33 Italians, one Kazakh, one Korean, three Latvians, 22 Poles, three Romanians, five Salvadoran, four Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians -- in the war in Iraq as of September 5, 2008, according to a CNN count. (Graphical breakdown of casualties). The list below is the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors and Coast Guardsmen whose deaths have been reported by their country's governments. The list also includes seven employees of the U.S. Defense Department. At least 30,568 U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon. View casualties in the war in Afghanistan and examine U.S. war casualties dating back to the Revolutionary War.

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NAME	AGE	UNIT	HOMETOWN	DETAILS
Sgt. Yuriy Koydan	32	5th Mechanized Brigade, Ukrainian Army	Chernihiv, Ukraine	Died of injuries suffered when his BRDM-2 armored reconnaissance vehicle overturned while patrolling an air base near Kut in southern Iraq on September 30, 2003
Spc. Dustin K. McGaugh	20	Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 17th Field Artillery Brigade	Derby, Kansas	Died from a non-hostile gunshot wound in Balad, Iraq, on September 30, 2003
Sgt. Andrew Joseph Baddick	26	Company A, 1st Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division	Fort Bragg, North Carolina	Baddick, part of a rescue dive team, drowned as he tried to rescue Sgt. Darrin K. Potter, whose vehicle had overturned and entered a canal near Abu Ghraib Prison in Baghdad, Iraq on September 29, 2003. Sgt. Potter also died.
Staff Sgt. Christopher E. Cutchall	30	D Troop, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division	McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania	Killed when he was traveling in a convoy and an improvised explosive device detonated as his vehicle passed west of Baghdad, Iraq, on September 29, 2003
Sgt. Darrin K. Potter	24	223rd Military Police Company, Kentucky Army National Guard	Louisville, Kentucky	Killed when his vehicle overturned and entered a canal while responding to a mortar attack on Abu Ghraib Prison in Baghdad, Iraq on September 29, 2003
Capt. Robert L. Lucero	34	Headquarters, 4th Infantry Division Rear Area Operation Center, Wyoming Army National Guard	Casper, Wyoming	Killed when he was struck by an improvised explosive device in Tikrit, Iraq, on September 25, 2003<
Sgt. 1st Class Robert E. Rooney	43	379th Engineer Company, Massachusetts Army National Guard	Nashua, New Hampshire	Died of injuries received when he was struck by a forklift at Shuabai Port in Kuwait on September 25, 2003
Spc. Kyle G. Thomas	23	Company A, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade	Topeka, Kansas	Killed by an improvised explosive device while he was on patrol in Tikrit, Iraq, on September 25, 2003
Spc. Michael Andrade	28	115th Military Police Company, Rhode Island Army National Guard	Bristol, Rhode Island	Died of injuries received when a five-ton truck hit the Humvee he was riding in in Balad, Iraq, on September 24, 2003
Sgt. John Nightingale	32	217 Transport Squadron, 150 Transport Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps, Territorial Army	Leeds, England	Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Shaibah, Iraq, on September 23, 2003
Spc. Paul J. Sturino	21	Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)	Rice Lake, Wisconsin	Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in an area south of Mosul, Iraq, on September 22, 2003
Spc. Lunsford B. Brown II	27	Company A, 302nd Military Intelligence Battalion, 205th Military Intelligence Brigade	Creedmore, North Carolina	Killed when mortar fire hit the Abu Ghurayb prison in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 20, 2003
Sgt. David T. Friedrich	26	Company B, 325th Military Intelligence Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve	Hammond, New York	Killed when mortar fire hit the Abu Ghurayb prison in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 20, 2003
Staff Sgt. Frederick L. Miller Jr.	27	K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment	Hagerstown, Indiana	Killed when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device while on a security patrol in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on September 20, 2003
Spc. Richard Arriaga	20	Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division	Ganado, Texas	Killed when his unit was ambushed with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades in Tikrit, Iraq, on September 18, 2003
Capt. Brian R. Faunce	28	Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Faunce's unit was clearing dangerously low-hanging power lines south of Ad Dujayl, Iraq, when he apparently touched an active power line, fatally injuring him on September 18, 2003.
Staff Sgt. Anthony O. Thompson	26	Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division	Orangeburg, South Carolina	Killed when his unit was ambushed with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades in Tikrit, Iraq, on September 18, 2003
Spc. James C. Wright	27	Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division	Morgan, Texas	Killed when his unit was ambushed with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades in Tikrit, Iraq, on September 18, 2003
Sgt. Foster Pinkston	47	878th Engineer Battalion, Georgia Army National Guard	Warrenton, Georgia	Died of a non-combat related illness at Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, on September 16, 2003
Staff Sgt. Kevin C. Kimmerly	31	Battery B, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment	North Creek, New York	Killed when his vehicle was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade while on patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 15, 2003
Spc. Alyssa R. Peterson	27	Company C, 311th Military Intelligence Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)	Flagstaff, Arizona	Died of wounds received from a non-combat weapons discharge on September 15, 2003, in Telafar, Iraq
Sgt. Trevor A. Blumberg	22	Company B, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division	Canton, Michigan	Killed when two improvised explosive devices struck his vehicle while on patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 14, 2003
Sgt. 1st Class William M. Bennett	35	Company C, 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)	Seymour, Tennessee	Died of wounds received when his unit conducted a raid on September 12, 2003, in Ramadi, Iraq
Master Sgt. Kevin N. Morehead	33	Company B, 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)	Little Rock, Arkansas	Died of wounds received when his unit conducted a raid on September 12, 2003, in Ramadi, Iraq
Sgt. Henry Ybarra III	32	D Troop, 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry, 11th Aviation Regiment	Austin, Texas	Killed when the tire he was changing on a Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck exploded in Balad, Iraq, on September 11, 2003
Staff Sgt. Joseph E. Robsky Jr.	31	759th Ordnance Company	Elizaville, New York	Killed when an initial attempt to neutralize an improvised explosive device failed in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 10, 2003
Pfc. Ryan G. Carlock	25	416th Transportation Company, 260th Quartermaster Battalion (Petroleum Support)	Macomb, Illinois	Died of injuries sustained when enemy fighters attacked his fuel truck northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on September 9, 2003
Sgt. Jarrett B. Thompson	27	946th Transportation Company, Army Reserves	Dover, Delaware	Died September 7, 2003, at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C., from injuries suffered August 30 in a vehicle accident in Iraq
Tech. Sgt. Bruce E. Brown	32	78th Logistics Readiness Squadron, U.S. Air Force	Coatopa, Alabama	Killed in a vehicle accident on September 4, 2003, near Al Udeid, Qatar
Pfc. Christopher A. Sisson	20	Company C, 3rd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division	Oak Park, Illinois	Killed when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was in rolled over after making a hard landing in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 2, 2003
Sgt. Charles T. Caldwell	38	115th Military Police Company, Rhode Island Army National Guard	North Providence, Rhode Island	Killed when his Humvee struck an improvised explosive device on a supply route south of Baghdad, Iraq, on September 1, 2003
Staff Sgt. Joseph Camara	40	115th Military Police Company, Rhode Island Army National Guard	New Bedford, Massachusetts	Killed when his Humvee struck an improvised explosive device on a supply route south of Baghdad, Iraq, on September 1, 2003
Staff Sgt. Cameron B. Sarno	43	257th Transportation Company	Las Vegas, Nevada	Hit by a truck and killed while changing his vehicle's tire in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on September 1, 2003
NAME	AGE	UNIT	HOMETOWN	DETAILS