Other deaths

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

David C. Armstrong, 21, of Zanesville, Ohio; private first class, Army. Armstrong was one of two soldiers killed Feb. 1 when their Humvee overturned in a ravine in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, U.S. Army Pacific at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

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Corey J. Aultz, 31, of Port Orchard, Wash.; sergeant, Army. Aultz was one of two soldiers killed Jan. 30 when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Ramadi, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division in Schweinfurt, Germany.

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Kenneth T. Butler, 21, of East Liverpool, Ohio; private first class, Army. Butler was one of two soldiers killed Feb. 1 when their Humvee overturned in a ravine in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, U.S. Army Pacific at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

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Jason G. Defrenn, 34, of Barnwell, S.C.; chief warrant officer, Army. Defrenn was one of two soldiers killed Feb. 2 when their Apache helicopter crashed in Taji, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

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Terrence D. Dunn, 38, of Houston; staff sergeant, Army. Dunn was one of two soldiers killed Feb. 2 when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 210th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division at Ft. Drum, N.Y.

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Joseph J. Ellis, 40, of Ashland, Ohio; sergeant major, Marine Corps. Ellis, the top enlisted man with a Camp Pendleton-based infantry battalion, was among seven troops killed Wednesday when a Marine CH-46 helicopter crashed northwest of Baghdad. He was assigned to the Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton.

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Joshua J. Frazier, 24, of Spotsylvania, Va.; sergeant, Marine Corps. Frazier was killed by a sniper Tuesday in Ramadi, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

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Milton A. Gist Jr., 27, of St. Louis; sergeant, Army. Gist was one of two soldiers killed Jan. 30 when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Ramadi, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division in Schweinfurt, Germany.

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Kevin C. Landeck, 26, of Wheaton, Ill.; captain, Army. Landeck was one of two soldiers killed Feb. 2 when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division at Ft. Drum, N.Y.

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Randy J. Matheny, 20, of McCook, Neb.; sergeant, Army National Guard. Matheny was killed Feb. 4 when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1074th Transportation Company in Sidney, Neb.

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Alan E. McPeek, 20, of Tucson; specialist, Army. McPeek was one of two soldiers killed Feb. 2 when their unit was attacked with small-arms fire in Ramadi, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 16th Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division in Giessen, Germany.

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Gilbert Minjares Jr., 31, of El Paso; petty officer first class, Navy. Minjares was among seven troops killed Wednesday when a Marine CH-46 helicopter crashed northwest of Baghdad. He was assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing in Cherry Point, N.C.

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Jennifer M. Parcell, 20, of Bel Air, Md.; corporal, Marine Corps. Parcell was killed in combat Wednesday in Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. She was assigned to Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force in Okinawa, Japan.

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Richard O. Quill III, 22, of Roswell, Ga.; corporal, Marine Corps. Quill died Feb. 1 of a nonhostile-related cause in Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. No further information was released. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton.

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Manuel A. Ruiz, 21, of Federalsburg, Md.; petty officer third class, Navy. Ruiz was among seven troops killed Wednesday when a Marine CH-46 helicopter crashed northwest of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

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Ronnie L. Sanders, 26, of Thibodaux, La.; staff sergeant, Army. Sanders was killed Feb. 3 when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Taji, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 407th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, N.C.

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Eric R. Sieger, 18, of Layton, Utah; specialist, Army. Sieger was killed Feb. 1 when his Bradley fighting vehicle overturned in Buhriz, northeast of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

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Brandon J. Van Parys, 20, of New Tripoli, Pa.; lance corporal, Marine Corps. Van Parys was killed Monday by a rocket-propelled grenade in Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

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Keith Yoakum, 41, of Hemet; chief warrant officer, Army. Yoakum was one of two soldiers killed Feb. 2 when their Apache helicopter crashed in Taji, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

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Matthew T. Zeimer, 18, of Glendive, Mont.; private, Army. Zeimer was one of two soldiers killed Feb. 2 when their 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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Sources: Department of Defense, Times staff reports and the Associated Press