Other Deaths

The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Afghanistan and Iraq:

Frederick A. Carlson, 25, of Bethlehem, Pa.; specialist, Army National Guard. Carlson was found unconscious in his barracks March 25 and died a short time later at a hospital in Taqqadum, Iraq, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 228th Forward Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, Army National Guard in Bethlehem.

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Walter M. Moss Jr., 37, of Houston; technical sergeant, Air Force. Moss was killed Wednesday while trying to defuse a homemade bomb near Baghdad. He was assigned to the 366th Civil Engineer Squadron at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho.

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Christopher L. Robinson, 36, of Brandon, Miss.; staff sergeant, Army National Guard. Robinson was killed March 25 when his Humvee was attacked with small-arms fire during combat in the Sangin district of southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, Army National Guard in Jackson, Miss.

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Michael D. Rowe, 23, of New Port Richey, Fla.; sergeant, Army. Rowe was killed Tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded near his Humvee in Rutbah, Iraq, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 46th Engineer Battalion, Warrior Brigade at Ft. Polk, La.

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John T. Stone, 52, of Norwich, Vt.; sergeant first class, Army National Guard. Stone was killed Tuesday by small-arms fire near Lashkagar in southern Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 15th Civil Support Team, Army National Guard in South Burlington, Vt.

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Sean D. Tharp, 21, of Orlando, Fla.; private first class, Army. Tharp was killed Tuesday when his unit was attacked with small-arms fire while on foot patrol in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Sources: Department of Defense, Times staff reports and the Associated Press