Other Deaths

Travis W. Anderson, 28, of Hooper, Colo.; private first class, Army. Anderson was killed May 13 when a car bomb exploded near his convoy in Bayji, Iraq, south of Mosul. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division at Ft. Stewart, Ga.

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Christopher R. Dixon, 18, of Columbus, Ohio; private first class, Marine Corps Reserve. Dixon was among four Marine reservists killed May 11 when their amphibious assault vehicle struck an explosive device in Karabilah in Iraq’s Al Anbar province. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Corps Reserve in Columbus, Ohio. As part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, his unit was attached to Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).

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Wyatt D. Eisenhauer, 26, of Pinckneyville, Ill.; private first class, Army. Eisenhauer was killed Thursday when an improvised explosive device detonated on a bridge near his Humvee during an escort mission in Mahmoudiya, Iraq, south of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division at Ft. Riley, Kan.

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Nicholas B. Erdy, 21, of Williamsburg, Ohio; lance corporal, Marine Corps Reserve. Erdy was among four Marine reservists killed May 11 when their amphibious assault vehicle struck an explosive device in Karabilah in Iraq’s Al Anbar province. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Corps Reserve in Columbus, Ohio. As part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, his unit was attached to Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).

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Robin V. Fell, 22, of Shreveport, La.; sergeant, Army National Guard. Fell was one of two soldiers shot to death Thursday while conducting dismounted combat operations in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 156th Armor Regiment, 256th Brigade Combat Team, Army National Guard in Shreveport, La.

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Charles C. Gillican III, 35, of Brunswick, Ga.; sergeant, Army National Guard. Gillican died May 14 at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, of injuries suffered in a military vehicle accident. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery Regiment, 48th Infantry Brigade, Army National Guard in Brunswick, Ga.

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Jonathan W. Grant, 23, of Santa Fe, N.M.; lance corporal, Marine Corps Reserve. Grant was among four Marine reservists killed May 11 when their amphibious assault vehicle struck an explosive device in Karabilah in Iraq’s Al Anbar province. He was assigned to the 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Corps Reserve in Albuquerque. As part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, his unit was attached to Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).

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Jourdan L. Grez, 24, of Harrisonburg, Va.; lance corporal, Marine Corps Reserve. Grez was among four Marine reservists killed May 11 when their amphibious assault vehicle struck an explosive device in Karabilah in Iraq’s Al Anbar province. He was assigned to the 4th Combat Engineer Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Corps Reserve in Roanoke, Va. As part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, his unit was attached to Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).

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Wesley R. Riggs, 19, of Baytown, Texas; private first class, Army. Riggs was killed Tuesday when an improvised explosive device detonated near him in Tikrit, Iraq. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division at Ft. Stewart, Ga.

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Bernard L. Sembly, 25, of Bossier City, La.; specialist, Army National Guard. Sembly was one of two soldiers shot to death Thursday while conducting dismounted combat operations in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 156th Armor Regiment, 256th Brigade Combat Team, Army National Guard in Shreveport, La.

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Jacob M. Simpson, 24, of Ashland, Ore.; sergeant, Army. Simpson was killed Monday when a rocket-propelled grenade struck the building he was securing in Tal Afar, Iraq, west of Mosul. He was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Ft. Carson, Colo.

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Source: Department of Defense