Details (deaths prior to May 1):

• 4 U.S. Marines aboard a CH-46 Sea Knight Helicopter (3/21/2003)
  

  Major Jay Thomas Aubin 36, of Waterville, Maine	Captain Ryan Anthony Beaupre 30, of Bloomington, Ill. (pilot)	Corporal Brian Matthew Kennedy 25, of Houston, TX	Staff Sargeant Kendall Damon Waters-Bey 29, of Baltimore

• 2 U.S. Marines killed in combat (3/21/2993)
  

  2nd Lt. Therrel Shane Childers 30, of Harrison, Miss., killed during ground assault in oil fields of southern Iraq.	Lance Corporal Jose Gutierrez 22, of Los Angeles, killed securing port of Umm Qasr.

• 1 U.S. Naval Officer aboard British Sea King helicopter (3/22/2003)
  

  Lt. Thomas Mullen Adams 27, of La Mesa, California

• 4 U.S. soldiers whose HumVees were ambushed in central Iraq (3/22/2003)
  
  • Names not yet released

• 2 Journalists killed by Iraqi troops while enroute to Nasariyah (3/22/2003)
  
  • Names not yet released

• 2 Soldiers killed when grenade tossed into 1st Brigade Command Tent of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division by Muslim-American U.S. soldier (3/23/2003)
  

  Army Capt. Christopher Scott Seifert 27, of Easton, PA	Air Force Maj. Gregory Stone 40, of Boise, Idaho

• 10 Marines killed by Iraqi troops pretending to surrender near An Nasiriyah (3/23/2003)
  

  Sgt. Michael E. Bitz 31, of Ventura, Calif.	Lance Cpl. David K. Fribley 26, of Lee, Fla.	Cpl. Jose A. Garibay 21, of Orange, Calif.	Cpl. Jorge A. Gonzalez 20, of Los Angeles

  Staff Sgt. Phillip A. Jordan 42, of Brazoria, Texas	2nd Lt. Frederick E. Pokorney Jr. 31, of Nye, Nev	Lance Cpl. Thomas J. Slocum age unknown, of Adams, Colo.	Lance Cpl. Brian Rory Buesing 20, of Cedar Key, Florida.

  Cpl. Randal Kent Rosacker 21, of San Diego	Pvt. Jonathan L. Gifford Jr 30, of Decatur, Ill

• 10 members of 507th Ordnance Maintenance Company ambushed and killed by Iraqi troops (3/23/2003)
  

  Army Spc. Jamaal Addison 22, of Roswell, Georgia	Pfc. Howard Johnson 21, of Mobile, Alabama	Sgt. George E. Buggs 31, of Barnwell, S.C.	Master Sgt. Robert Dowdy 38, of Cleveland, Ohio

  Pvt. Ruben Estrella-Soto 18, of El Paso, Texas	Spc. James Kiehl 22, of Comfort, Texas	Chief Warrant Officer Johnny Villareal Mata 35, of El Paso, Texas	Pfc. Lori Ann Piestewa 23, of Tuba City, Arizona

  Pvt. Brandon Sloan 19, of Bedford, Ohio	Sgt. Donald Walters 33, of Salem, Oregon

• 1 Navy Medic killed by an Iraqi grenade while tending wounded (3/23/2003)
  

  Hospital Corpsman Third Class Michael Vann Johnson Jr. 25, of Little Rock, Arkansas

• 1 Member of 69th Armor Regiment killed by a sniper (3/24/2003)

  Spc. Gregory P. Sanders 19, of Hobart, Ind.

• 2 Marine drowned crossing a canal on a reconaissance mission (3/24/2003)

  Sgt. Bradley S. Korthaus 29, of Davenport, Iowa	Cpl. Evan T. James 20, of La Harpe, Ill.

• 3 Marines killed in accidents (3/24/2003)
  

  Lance Corporal Eric J. Orlowski of Buffalo, N.Y., was killed in an accidental discharge of a .50-caliber machine gun.	Sgt. Nicolas M. Hodson 22, of Smithville, Mo., was killed in a vehicle accident.	Army Reserve Specialist Brandon S. Tobler 19, was killed in a non-hostile vehicle accident.

• 4 Marines killed when their tank plunged off a bridge into the Euphrates river. (3/25/2003)
  

  Staff Sgt. Donald May Jr. 31, of Richmond, VA	Lance Cpl. Patrick T. O'Day 20, of Santa Rosa, Calif	Pfc. Francisco A. Martinez Flores 21, of Los Angeles.	Cpl. Robert Marcus Rodriguez 21, of Queens, NY.

• 1 Marine died in a vehicle accident (3/26/2003)
  • Major Kevin G. Nave, 36, of White Lake Township, MI.

• 1 Marine killed in combat (3/26/2003)
  • Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Menusa, 33, of Tracy, California

• 1 Soldier killed when his Bradley fell off a cliff (3/28/2003)
  • Sgt. Roderic A. Solomon, 32, of Fayetteville, North Carolina

• 1 Marine killed in a vehicle accident (3/29/2003)
  • Lance Cpl. William W. White, 24, of Brooklyn, N.Y.

• 1 Marine found dead near An Nasiriyah, missing since 3/23. (3/29/2003)

  Lance Cpl. Michael J. Williams 31, of Phoenix, AZ

• 4 soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division killed by a suicide bomber at a checkpoint in Southern Iraq near Najaf. (3/29/2003)
  

  Cpl. Michael E. Curtin 23, of South Plains, NJ	Pfc. Diego Fernando Rincon 19, of Conyers, Ga.	Pfc. Michael Russell Creighton-Weldon , 20, of Palm Bay, Fla.	Sgt. Eugene Williams 24, of Highland, N.Y.

• 2 Marines killed in combat (3/29/2003)

  Lance Cpl. Jesus Suarez Del Solar 20, of Escondido, Calif.	Staff Sgt. James Cawley 41, of Layton, Utah

• 3 Marines killed when their Huey helicopter crashed (3/30/2003)

  Sgt. Michael Lalush 23, of Troutville, Va	Capt. Aaron Contreras 31, of Sherwood, Ore	Sgt. Brian D. McGinnis 23, of St. George, Delaware

• 1 Marine traveling on top of a truck in Nassiriya is killed when his rifle gets snagged in low-hanging power lines. (3/31/2003)
  • Name not yet released

• 1 Soldier killed in combat near Najaf (3/31/2003)

  Army Spc. Brandon Rowe 20, of Roscoe, Ill

• 1 Marine killed in action in Assamawah, Iraq (4/01/2003

  Sgt. Jacob L. Butler 24, of Wellsville, Kansas

• 1 Marine killed by accidental weapon discharge in Kuwait. (4/01/2003)
  • Lance Cpl. Joseph B. Maglione, 22, of Lansdale, Pennsylvania

• 7 Soldiers killed when their helicopter was shot down south of Bagdad (4/02/2003)
  • Capt. James F. Adamouski, 29, of Springfield, VA
  • Spc. Mathew G. Boule, 22, of Dracut, Mass.
  • Chief Warrant Officer Erik A. Halvorsen, 40, of Bennington, Vermont
  • Chief Warrant Officer Scott Jamar, 32, of Granbury, Texas
  • Sgt. Michael F. Pedersen, 26, of Flint Michigan
  • Chief Warrant Officer Eric A. Smith, 41, of California
  • Name not yet released

• 1 Marine killed in a vehicle accident west of Nasiriya Iraq. (4/02/2003)

  Lance Cpl. Brian E. Anderson 26, of Durham, North Carolina

• 1 Marine killed by non-combat weapons discharge in southern Iraq. (4/03/2003)
  • Pfc. Christian D. Gurtner, 19, of Ohio City, Ohio

• 3 Soldiers killed when an F-15E accidentally bombed a U.S. artillery position S. of Bagdad. (4/03/2003)
  • Names not yet released

• 1 Special Operations Soldier killed in combat in northern Iraq. (4/03/2003)

  Master Sgt. George A. Fernandez 36, of El Paso, Texas

• 2 Marines killed in combat in central Iraq. (4/03/2003)

  Cpl. Mark A. Evnin 21, of Burlington, Vermont	Cpl. Erik H. Silva 22, of Chula Vista, California

• 3 Soldiers killed in combat near Baghdad Airport (4/03/2003)

  re Sgt. 1st Class Randall Rehn 36, of Longmont, Colo.	. Todd J. Robbins 33, of Hart, Mich.	Spc. Donald Samuel Oaks, Jr. 20, of Harborcreek, Pa

• 1 Soldier killed when his vehicle ran off the road into a canal in Iraq. (4/03/2003)

  Staff Sgt. Wilbert Davis 40, of Alaska

• 1 U.S. soldier killed by possible "friendly fire" in central Iraq. It appears he was mistaken for an enemy soldier while investigating a destroyed Iraqi tank. (4/03/2003)

  Capt. Edward J. Korn 31, of Savannah, Georgia

• 1 Marine killed in a non-combat vehicle accident east of Ash Shahin, Iraq (4/03/2003)

  Pfc. Chad E. Bales 20, of Coahoma, Texas

• 3 Army Rangers killed by suicide bomber near a checkpoint S. of the Haditha Dam (4/04/2003)

  Capt. Russell B. Rippetoe 27, of Arvada, Colo.	Spc. Ryan P. Long 21, of Seaford, Delaware	Staff Sgt. Nino D. Livaudais 23, of Utah

• 2 Soldiers killed in combat (4/04/2003)

  Capt. Tristan N. Aitken 31, of State College, Pennsylvania	Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith 33, of Tampa, Florida

• 3 Marines killed in firefight in central Iraq (4/04/2003)

  Cpl. Bernard G. Gooden 22, of Mt. Vernon, New York	1st Lt. Brian M. McPhillips 25, of Pembroke, Massachusetts	Sgt. Duane R. Rios 25, of Hammond, Indiana

• 3 Soldiers killed when their vehicle fell into a ravine in Iraq (4/04/2003)
  • Pfc. Wilfred D. Bellard, 20, of Lake Charles, Louisiana
  • Spc. Daniel Francis J. Cunningham, 33, of Lewiston, Maine
  • Pvt. Devon D. Jones, 19, of San Diego, California

• 1 Soldier killed in battle for the Baghdad Airport. (4/04/2003)
  • Name not yet released

• 2 Soldiers killed in combat. (4/05/2003)

  Staff Sgt. Stevon A. Booker 34, of Apollo, Pennsylvania	Army Spc. Larry K. Brown 22, of Jackson, Mississippi

• 1 Marine in Doha, Qatar, died after he was wounded in action. (4/05/2003)

  1st Sgt. Edward Smith 38, of Chicago Ill.

• 2 Marine pilots killed when their AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter crashed in central Iraq. (4/05/2003)

  Capt. Travis A. Ford 30, Ogallala, Nebraska	Capt. Benjamin W. Sammis 29, of Rehobeth, Massachusetts

• 2 Soldiers killed by enemy fire in Iraq (4/06/2003)

  Pfc. Gregory P. Huxley, Jr. 19, of Forestport, New York	Pvt. Kelley S. Prewitt 24, of Alabama

• 2 Marines killed in central Iraq when an enemy artillery round struck their amphibious assault vehicle. (4/07/2003)

  Lance Cpl. Andrew Julian Aviles 18, of Palm Beach, Florida	Cpl. Jesus Martin Antonio Medellin 21, of Fort Worth, Texas

• 2 Soldiers killed by enemy fire in Iraq (4/07/2003)

  Staff Sgt. Lincoln D. Hollinsaid 27, of Malden, Illinois	Pfc. Anthony S. Miller 19, of San Antonio, Texas

• 1 Soldier killed in action in Iraq (4/07/2003)
  • 2nd Lt. Jeffrey J. Kaylord, 24, of Clifton, Virginia

• 2 Soldiers died of wounds received from an enemy rocket attack south of Baghdad (4/08/2003)

  Cpl. Henry L. Brown 22, of Natchez, Mississippi	Spc. George A. Mitchell 35, of Rawlings, Maryland

• 1 Marine Killed in action in central Iraq (4/08/2003)

  Pfc. Juan Guadalupe Garza Jr. 20, of Temperance, Michigan

• 3 Soldiers killed in action in Iraq (4/08/2003)

  Pfc. Jason M. Meyer 23, of Swartz Creek, Michigan	Staff Sgt. Scott D. Sather 29, of Clio, Michigan	Staff Sgt. Robert A. Stever 36, of Pendleton, Oregon

• 1 Marine killed in combat (4/10/2003)

  Gunnery Sgt. Jeff Bohr 39, of San Clemente, CA.

• 1 Marine killed in combat (4/11/2003)

  Staff Sgt. Riayan A. Tejeda 26, of New York, NY

• 1 Marine killed in combat (4/12/2003)

  Cpl. Jesus A. Gonzalez 22, of Indio, CA

• 1 soldier killed by a non-combat weapon discharge (4/13/2003)

  Spc. Gil Mercado 25, of Paterson, NJ

• 3 soldiers killed in vehicle acccidents (4/14/2003)

  Army Pvt Johnny Brown 21, of Troy, Alabama	Marine Cpl. Armando Ariel Gonzalez 25, of Hialeah, FL	Army Spc. Richard A. Goward 32, of Midland Michigan

• 1 Marine killed by friendly fire (4/14/2003)

  Cpl. Jason David Mileo 20, of Centreville, Md

• 1 soldier killed by accidental grenade explosion (4/14/2003)

  Spc. Thomas Arthur Foley III 23, of Dresden, Tenn

• 1 soldier killed by accidental weapon discharge (4/14/2003)

  Pfc. Joseph P. Mayek 20, of Rock Springs, Wyo

• 1 soldier killed in a vehicle accident (4/17/2003)

  Spc. John T. Rivero 23, of Tampa, Fl