Other deaths

The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Iraq or who served there and died in Germany:

Henry W. Bogrette, 21, of Richville, N.Y.; corporal, Marine Corps. Bogrette was killed in combat March 22 in Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Corps Logistics Group, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

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Curtis J. Forshey, 22, of Hollidaysburg, Pa.; sergeant, Army. Forshey, who had been serving in Iraq, died of a noncombat-related illness Tuesday in Homburg, Germany. He was assigned to the 129th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division at Ft. Campbell, Ky.

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Freeman L. Gardner Jr., 26, of Little Rock, Ark.; sergeant, Army. Gardner was killed March 22 when an improvised bomb exploded near him in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 18th Engineer Company, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division at Ft. Lewis, Wash.

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Marcus A. Golczynski, 30, of Lewisburg, Tenn.; staff sergeant, Marine Corps Reserve. Golczynski was killed in combat Tuesday in Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division in Nashville.

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Orlando E. Gonzalez, 21, of New Freedom, Pa.; private first class, Army. Gonzalez was among four soldiers killed March 25 when a suicide bomber on a scooter detonated an explosive near them after the paratroopers left their Humvee to hand out candy to a group of children in Baqubah, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, N.C.

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Adrian J. Lewis, 30, of Mauldin, S.C.; sergeant, Army. Lewis was killed March 21 when his unit was attacked with small-arms fire in Ramadi, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division at Ft. Stewart, Ga.

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Sean K. McDonald, 21, of Rosemount, Minn.; specialist, Army. McDonald was killed March 25 when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 9th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division in Wiesbaden, Germany.

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Jason Nunez, 22, of Naranjito, Puerto Rico; corporal, Army. Nunez was among four soldiers killed March 25 when a suicide bomber on a scooter detonated an explosive near them after the paratroopers left their Humvee to hand out candy to a group of children in Baqubah, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, N.C.

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Greg N. Riewer, 30, of Frazee, Minn.; sergeant, Army National Guard. Riewer was killed March 23 when a roadside bomb exploded near his Humvee in Habbaniya, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division in Bemidji, Minn.

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Trevor A. Roberts, 21, of Oklahoma City, Okla.; lance corporal, Marine Corps Reserve. Roberts was killed March 24 when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division in Oklahoma City.

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Lance C. Springer II, 23, of Fort Worth; specialist, Army. Springer was killed March 23 when an improvised bomb exploded near him during a foot patrol in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division at Ft. Richardson, Alaska.

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Jason W. Swiger, 24, of South Portland, Maine; sergeant, Army. Swiger was among four soldiers killed March 25 when a suicide bomber on a scooter detonated an explosive near them after the paratroopers left their Humvee to hand out candy to a group of children in Baqubah, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, N.C.

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Sean M. Thomas, 33, of Harrisburg, Pa.; master sergeant, Army National Guard. Thomas was killed Tuesday in a rocket attack inside Baghdad’s Green Zone -- where the U.S. Embassy and Iraqi government buildings are located, and considered the safest part of the city. He was assigned to the 28th Division Support Command in Harrisburg, Pa.

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Anthony J. White, 21, of Columbia, S.C.; private first class, Army. White was among four soldiers killed March 25 when a suicide bomber on a scooter detonated an explosive near them after the paratroopers left their Humvee to hand out candy to a group of children in Baqubah, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, N.C.

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