Other Deaths

The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Iraq and Kuwait or who died at a military hospital of their injuries:

David J. Almazan, 27, of Van Nuys; sergeant, Army. Almazan was killed Aug. 27 when a roadside bomb exploded near his Humvee in Hit, Iraq, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division in Friedberg, Germany.

Darry Benson, 46, of Winterville, N.C.; sergeant, Army National Guard. Benson died Aug. 27 of a noncombat-related cause at Camp Virginia, Kuwait. Serving in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, he was assigned to the 730th Quartermaster Battalion in Ahoskie, N.C.

Donald E. Champlin, 28, of Natchitoches, La.; lance corporal, Marine Corps. Champlin died Monday at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany of injuries suffered the day before when a roadside bomb exploded near him while he was on foot patrol in Iraq’s Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Kenneth M. Cross, 21, of Superior, Wis.; specialist, Army. Cross was one of two soldiers killed Aug. 27 when a roadside bomb exploded near their Stryker vehicle and they were attacked with small-arms fire in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) at Ft. Lewis, Wash.

Daniel G. Dolan, 19, of Roy, Utah; private first class, Army. Dolan was one of two soldiers killed Aug. 27 when a roadside bomb exploded near their Stryker vehicle and they were attacked with small-arms fire in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) at Ft. Lewis, Wash.

Jeffrey J. Hansen, 31, of Cairo, Neb.; staff sergeant, Army National Guard. Hansen died Aug. 27 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany of injuries suffered Aug. 21 when the Humvee he was riding in with three other soldiers overturned and he was trapped inside the vehicle when it plunged into a canal in Balad, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 167th Cavalry Regiment in Lincoln, Neb.

Joshua R. Hanson, 27, of Dent, Minn.; sergeant, Army National Guard. Hanson was killed Wednesday when a roadside bomb exploded near his Humvee in Khalidiya, Iraq, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 136th Infantry, Army National Guard in Detroit Lakes, Minn.

Seth A. Hildreth, 26, of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; specialist, Army. Hildreth was killed Aug. 27 when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Moises Jazmin, 25, of Providence, R.I.; sergeant, Army. Jazmin was among four soldiers killed Aug. 27 when a roadside bomb exploded near their Bradley fighting vehicle in Taji, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Joshua D. Jones, 24, of Pomeroy, Ohio; specialist, Army. Jones was killed Aug. 27 when his Humvee was attacked with small-arms fire in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Qixing Lee, 20, of Minneapolis; specialist, Army. Lee was among four soldiers killed Aug. 27 when a roadside bomb exploded near their Bradley fighting vehicle in Taji, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Shaun A. Novak, 21, of Two Rivers, Wis.; specialist, Army. Novak was among four soldiers killed Aug. 27 when a roadside bomb exploded near their Bradley fighting vehicle in Taji, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Matthew E. Schneider, 23, of Gorham, N.H.; specialist, Army. Schneider died of an apparent heart attack Monday in his bunk in Ramadi, Iraq, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 141st Signal Battalion, 1st Armored Division in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Tristan C. Smith, 23, of Bryn Athyn, Pa.; specialist, Army. Smith was among four soldiers killed Aug. 27 when a roadside bomb exploded near their Bradley fighting vehicle in Taji, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Christopher T. Warndorf, 21, of Burlington, Ky.; corporal, Marine Corps. Warndorf was killed Tuesday when a suicide car bomber drove through the gates at his base in Iraq’s Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad, and detonated a homemade bomb. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

David G. Weimortz, 28, of Irmo, S.C.; corporal, Marine Corps. Weimortz was killed Aug. 26 when a roadside bomb exploded near his Humvee in Iraq’s Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Colin J. Wolfe, 18, of Manassas, Va.; private first class, Marine Corps. Wolfe was killed Wednesday while riding in the back of a truck when it struck a roadside bomb that detonated in Iraq’s Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Edgardo Zayas, 29, of Dorchester, Mass.; specialist, Army. Zayas was killed Aug. 26 while on foot patrol in Baghdad when a roadside bomb exploded near him. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division at Ft. Campbell, Ky.

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Sources: Department of Defense and the Associated Press