The Defense Department last week identified the...

The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Afghanistan, Iraq and the African nation of Mali:

James M. Ahearn, 43, of Concord, Calif.; major, Army. Ahearn was one of two soldiers killed July 5 when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade at Ft. Bragg, N.C.

Jeremy D. Allbaugh, 21, of Luther, Okla.; corporal, Marine Corps. Allbaugh was one of two Marines killed July 5 when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Iraq’s Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton.

Roberto J. Causor Jr., 21, of San Jose; specialist, Army. Causor was killed July 7 when his unit was attacked with an improvised explosive and small-arms fire in Samarra, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, N.C.

Jason E. Dore, 25, of Moscow, Maine; private first class, Army. Dore was killed July 8 when a roadside bomb exploded near his Humvee in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Randy J. Gillespie, 44, of Coaldale, Colo.; master sergeant, Air Force. Gillespie was killed July 9 when his unit was attacked with small-arms fire outside Camp Stone, a forward operating base in western Afghanistan’s Herat province. He was assigned to the 56th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.

Christopher S. Honaker, 23, of Cleveland, N.C.; specialist, Army. Honaker was one of two soldiers killed July 5 when their unit was attacked with small-arms fire in the Watapor Valley of eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vicenza, Italy.

Courtney T. Johnson, 26, of Garner, N.C.; sergeant, Army. Johnson was killed Wednesday when insurgents attacked his unit with indirect fire in Besmaya, Iraq, east of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division at Ft. Benning, Ga.

Keith A. Kline, 24, of Oak Harbor, Ohio; sergeant, Army. Kline was one of two soldiers killed July 5 when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade at Ft. Bragg, N.C.

Gene L. Lamie, 25, of Homerville, Ga.; sergeant, Army. Lamie was one of two soldiers killed July 6 when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division at Ft. Stewart, Ga.

Eric A. Lill, 28, of Chicago; sergeant, Army. Lill was killed July 6 when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division at Ft. Carson, Colo.

Jon M. Lockey, 44, of Fredericksburg, Va.; colonel, Army. Lockey died of noncombat-related injuries July 6 in Baghdad. He was assigned to the Army headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Thomas P. McGee, 23, of Hawthorne; sergeant, Army. McGee was killed July 6 when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in the Wazi Khwa district of southeastern Afghanistan’s Paktika province. He was assigned to the 546th Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion at Ft. Stewart, Ga.

Jeffrey R. McKinney, 40, of Garland, Texas; first sergeant, Army. McKinney died of noncombat-related injuries Wednesday in Adhamiya, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division in Schweinfurt, Germany.

Joseph A. Miracle, 22, of Ortonville, Mich.; private first class, Army. Miracle was one of two soldiers killed July 5 when their unit was attacked with small-arms fire in the Watapor Valley of eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173d Airborne Brigade in Vicenza, Italy.

Sean K. Mitchell, 35, of Monterey, Calif.; sergeant first class, Army. Mitchell was killed July 7 when high winds blew over a tent he was working in in Kidal, Mali, where he was training African troops in anti-terrorism techniques in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He was part of the Special Operations Command Europe’s Trans-Sahara Counter-Terrorism Partnership, a joint program between the departments of State and Defense. Mitchell was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group in Stuttgart, Germany.

Maria I. Ortiz, 40, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico; captain, Army. Ortiz was killed Tuesday in a mortar attack on Baghdad’s Green Zone, where the nurse was caring for wounded Iraqis at a hospital inside the fortified district. She was assigned to the Kirk U.S. Army Health Clinic at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.

Angel R. Ramirez, 28, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; lance corporal, Marine Corps. Ramirez died Feb. 21 at the Marine Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., after being medically evacuated following a nonhostile incident Dec. 21 in Al Qaim, Iraq, near the Syrian border. The Pentagon said the announcement of Ramirez’s death was delayed because of an administrative change in its classification. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Twentynine Palms.

Michelle R. Ring, 24, of Martin, Tenn.; specialist, Army. Ring was killed July 5 in a mortar attack on her unit in Baghdad. She was assigned to the 92nd Military Police Battalion at Ft. Benning, Ga.

Bruce C. Salazar Jr., 24, of Tracy, Calif.; private first class, Army. Salazar was one of two soldiers killed July 6 when a roadside bomb exploded near them in Muhammad Sath, Iraq, south of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division at Ft. Stewart, Ga.

Jeremy L. Stacey, 23, of Bismarck, Ark.; specialist, Army. Stacey was killed July 5 when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Bliss, Texas.

Steven A. Stacy, 23, of Coos Bay, Ore.; lance corporal, Marine Corps. Stacy was one of two Marines killed July 5 when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Iraq’s Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton.

Anthony M.K. Vinnedge, 24, of Okeana, Ohio; specialist, Army National Guard. Vinnedge died of noncombat-related injuries July 5 at Baghdad’s Radwaniya Palace Complex. He was assigned to Troop C, 2nd Squadron, 107th Armor Cavalry Regiment in Greenville, Ohio.

Kory D. Wiens, 20, of Independence, Ore.; corporal, Army. Wiens was one of two soldiers killed July 6 when a roadside bomb exploded near them in Muhammad Sath, Iraq, south of Baghdad. He was on patrol with his explosives-sniffing dog, Cooper, who also died. Wiens was assigned to the 94th Mine Dog Detachment, 5th Engineer Battalion, 1st Engineer Brigade at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.

Le Ron A. Wilson, 18, of Queens, N.Y.; private first class, Army. Wilson was one of two soldiers killed July 6 when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 26th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division at Ft. Stewart, Ga.

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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*:

* In and around Iraq**: 3,611

* In and around Afghanistan***: 346

* Other locations***: 61

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

** As of Friday

*** As of July 7

Source: Department of Defense