Military Deaths

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

Andy D. Anderson, 24, of Falls Church, Va.; corporal, Army. Anderson was one of two soldiers killed Tuesday in a mortar attack on their base camp in Ramadi, Iraq, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 46th Engineer Battalion at Ft. Rucker, Ala.

Richard A. Blakley, 34, of Plainfield, Ind.; staff sergeant, Army National Guard. Blakley was killed Tuesday when his unit was attacked with small-arms fire while on foot patrol in Khalidiya, Iraq, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 38th Main Support Battalion, Army National Guard in Indianapolis.

Daniel B. Crabtree, 31, of Canton, Ohio; sergeant first class, Army National Guard. Crabtree was killed Thursday when a roadside bomb exploded near his Humvee in Kut, Iraq, south of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, Army National Guard in Columbus, Ohio.

David N. Crombie, 19, of Winnemucca, Nev.; private first class, Army. Crombie was one of two soldiers killed Wednesday when a roadside bomb exploded near their Humvee in Ramadi, Iraq, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment in Baumholder, Germany.

Ryan J. Cummings, 22, of Streamwood, Ill.; corporal, Marine Corps. Cummings was killed June 3 when a roadside bomb exploded near his armored vehicle in Iraq’s Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton.

Daniel R. Gionet, 23, of Pelham, N.H.; sergeant, Army. Gionet was one of two soldiers killed Tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded near their Abrams tank in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Darren Harmon, 44, of Newark, Del.; staff sergeant, Army Reserve. Harmon died of a heart attack June 3 at his base camp in Haditha, Iraq, northwest of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 203rd Military Intelligence Battalion, 205th Military Intelligence Brigade at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.

Jaime S. Jaenke, 29, of Bay City, Wis.; petty officer second class, Navy Reserve. Jaenke was one of two Seabee reservists killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near their Humvee in Iraq’s Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. She was assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 25, Navy Reserve at Ft. McCoy, Wis.

Isaac S. Lawson, 35, of Sacramento; specialist, Army National Guard. Lawson was killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near his Humvee in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 49th Military Police Brigade, Army National Guard in Fairfield, Calif.

Scott M. Love, 32, of Knoxville, Tenn.; first lieutenant, Army. Love was one of two soldiers killed Wednesday when a roadside bomb exploded near their Humvee in Ramadi, Iraq, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment in Baumholder, Germany.

Curtis R. Mehrer, 21, of Bismarck, N.D.; specialist, Army National Guard. Mehrer was one of two guardsmen killed Tuesday when their armored vehicle struck two anti-tank mines in the Khogyani district of eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery, Army National Guard in Grand Forks, N.D.

Carlos E. Pernell, 25, of Munford, Ala.; sergeant, Army. Pernell was one of two soldiers killed Tuesday in a mortar attack on their base camp in Ramadi, Iraq, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 46th Engineer Battalion at Ft. Rucker, Ala.

Gary T. Rovinski, 44, of Roseville, Ill.; petty officer first class, Navy Reserve. Rovinski was one of two Seabee reservists killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near their Humvee in Iraq’s Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 25, Navy Reserve at Ft. McCoy, Wis.

Ryan T. Sanders, 27, of College Station, Texas; first lieutenant, Army. Sanders was one of two soldiers killed Tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded near their Abrams tank in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Luis D. Santos, 20, of Rialto; specialist, Army. Santos was killed Thursday when a roadside bomb exploded near his Humvee in Buhriz, Iraq, northeast of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division at Ft. Carson, Colo.

Mark T. Smykowski, 23, of Mentor, Ohio; sergeant, Marine Corps. Smykowski was killed Tuesday when a roadside bomb destroyed his Humvee in Iraq’s Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Derek A. Stanley, 20, of Tulsa, Okla.; corporal, Army. Stanley was found dead Monday at Forward Operating Base Salerno in Afghanistan’s Khowst province, which borders Pakistan. He was assigned to the 710th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) at Ft. Drum, N.Y.

Michael D. Stover, 43, of Mansfield, Ohio; major, Marine Corps. Stover died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound June 3 at the Taqaddum air base in Iraq’s Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 371, Marine Wing Support Group 37, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz.

Brett L. Tribble, 20, of Lake Jackson, Texas; private first class, Army. Tribble died June 3 of injuries suffered a day earlier when a roadside bomb exploded near his Humvee in Ramadi, Iraq, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team in Baumholder, Germany.

Travis A. Vanzoest, 21, of Larimore, N.D.; sergeant, Army National Guard. Vanzoest was one of two guardsmen killed Tuesday when their armored vehicle struck two anti-tank mines in the Khogyani district of eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery, Army National Guard in Grand Forks, N.D.

Jose M. Velez, 35, of Bronx, N.Y.; sergeant, Army Reserve. Velez was killed Friday when a roadside bomb exploded near his Humvee in Kirkuk, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 773rd Transportation Company, Army Reserve in Ft. Totten, N.Y.

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

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War casualties

Total U.S. deaths* as of Friday:

In and around Iraq: 2,488

* In and around Afghanistan: 235

* Other locations: 57

* Includes military and Department of Defense-employed civilian personnel killed in action and in nonhostile circumstances

Source: Department of Defense