Military deaths

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

Joseph D. Alomar, 22, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; petty officer second class, Navy. Alomar died Wednesday in a noncombat-related incident at Camp Bucca, a U.S.-run detention center near the Kuwaiti border. He was assigned to the Navy Provisional Detention Battalion.

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Ian C. Anderson, 22, of Prairie Village, Kan.; sergeant, Army. Anderson was among four soldiers killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near their Humvee in Mosul, northwest of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Bliss, Texas.

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John E. Cooper, 29, of Ewing, Ky.; sergeant, Army. Cooper was among four soldiers killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near their Humvee in Mosul, northwest of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Bliss, Texas.

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Mark J. Daily, 23, of Irvine; second lieutenant, Army. Daily was among four soldiers killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near their Humvee in Mosul, northwest of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Bliss, Texas.

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Matthew T. Grimm, 21, of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.; specialist, Army. Grimm was among four soldiers killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near their Humvee in Mosul, northwest of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Bliss, Texas.

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James D. Riekena, 22, of Redmond, Wash.; specialist, Army National Guard. Riekena was killed Jan. 14 when a roadside bomb exploded near his Humvee in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 145th Brigade Support Battalion in Post Falls, Idaho.

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Paul T. Sanchez, 32, of Irving, Texas; sergeant, Army. Sanchez was killed Jan. 14 when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 543rd Military Police Company, 91st Military Police Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, 10th Mountain Division at Ft. Drum, N.Y.

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Collin R. Schockmel, 19, of Richwood, Texas; specialist, Army. Schockmel was killed Tuesday when his unit was attacked with rocket-propelled grenades in Ramadi, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division at Ft. Carson, Colo.

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Gregory A. Wright, 28, of Boston; sergeant, Army. Wright was killed Jan. 13 when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Muqdadiya, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division at Ft. Riley, Kan.

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War casualties

Total U.S. deaths*:

* In and around Iraq**: 3,019

* In and around Afghanistan***: 297

* Other locations***: 56

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

**As of Friday

***As of Jan. 13

Sources: Department of Defense and the Associated Press