Other deaths

The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Iraq and who died in Kuwait or at a U.S. hospital of their injuries:

Ryan M. Bell, 21, of Colville, Wash.; specialist, Army. Bell was among six paratroopers killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Samarra, Iraq, northwest 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.

Raul S. Bravo, 21, of Elko, Nev.; lance corporal, Marine Corps. Bravo was killed March 3 when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Iraq’s Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Lucas Emch, 21, of Kent, Ohio; hospitalman, Navy. Emch was killed March 2 when a roadside bomb exploded near him in Iraq’s Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. The hospital corpsman was assigned to the 1st Marine Logistics Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton.

Justin M. Estes, 25, of Sims, Ark.; staff sergeant, Army. Estes was among six paratroopers killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Samarra, Iraq, northwest 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.

Dustin M. Gould, 28, of Longmont, Colo.; staff sergeant, Marine Corps. Gould was killed March 2 when a roadside bomb that he was trying to disarm exploded in Iraq’s Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton.

Mark W. Graham, 22, of Lafayette, La.; private, Army. Graham died Wednesday at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio of injuries suffered March 2 when a roadside bomb exploded near him in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Blake Harris, 22, of Pueblo, Colo.; specialist, Army. Harris was among three soldiers killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near their Humvee in Baqubah, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Darrel D. Kasson, 43, of Florence, Ariz.; staff sergeant, Army National Guard. Kasson was killed March 4 when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Bayji, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 259th Security Forces Company in Phoenix.

Cory C. Kosters, 19, of The Woodlands, Texas; private first class, Army. Kosters was among six paratroopers killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Samarra, Iraq, northwest 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.

Paul M. Latourney, 28, of Roselle, Ill.; staff sergeant, Army. Latourney was one of two soldiers killed March 2 when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Barry W. Mayo, 21, of Ecru, Miss.; private, Army. Mayo was among three soldiers killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near their Humvee in Baqubah, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Ashly L. Moyer, 21, of Emmaus, Pa.; sergeant, Army. Moyer was among three soldiers killed March 3 when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad. She was assigned to the 630th Military Police Company in Bamberg, Germany.

Brandon A. Parr, 25, of West Valley City, Utah; sergeant, Army. Parr was among three soldiers killed March 3 when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 630th Military Police Company in Bamberg, Germany.

Michael C. Peek, 23, of Chesapeake, Va.; sergeant, Army. Peek was among three soldiers killed March 3 when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 630th Military Police Company in Bamberg, Germany.

Andrew C. Perkins, 27, of Northglenn, Colo.; sergeant, Army. Perkins was among six paratroopers killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Samarra, Iraq, northwest 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.

Shawn P. Rankinen, 28, of Independence, Mo.; specialist, Army. Rankinen was among three soldiers killed Wednesday when a roadside bomb exploded near their Humvee in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Michael D. Rivera, 22, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; specialist, Army. Rivera was among three soldiers killed Wednesday when a roadside bomb exploded near their Humvee in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Luis O. Rodriguez-Contrera, 22, of Allentown, Pa.; specialist, Army. Rodriguez-Contrera was one of two soldiers killed March 2 when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Justin A. Rollins, 22, of Newport, N.H.; specialist, Army. Rollins was among six paratroopers killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Samarra, Iraq, northwest 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.

Ryan D. Russell, 20, of Elm City, N.C.; specialist, Army. Russell was among three soldiers killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near their Humvee in Baqubah, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Karl O. Soto-Pinedo, 22, of San Juan, Puerto Rico; staff sergeant, Army. Soto-Pinedo was killed Feb. 27 when his unit was attacked with small-arms fire in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division in Schweinfurt, Germany.

Robert M. Stanley, 27, of Spotsylvania, Va.; staff sergeant, Army. Stanley was among six paratroopers killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Samarra, Iraq, northwest 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.

Morgan C. Tulang, 36, of Hilo, Hawaii; lieutenant commander, Navy Reserve. Tulang died of an apparent heart attack March 2 while exercising in a military gymnasium in Kuwait. He was assigned to the U.S. Central Command Deployment Distribution Operations Center in Kuwait City.

Dennis J. Veater, 20, of Jessup, Pa.; lance corporal, Marine Corps Reserve. Veater died Friday of injuries suffered a day earlier when a roadside bomb exploded near him in Iraq’s Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 472, Marine Wing Support Group 47, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing in Wyoming, Pa.

Christopher R. Webb, 28, of Winchester, Calif.; staff sergeant, Army. Webb was among three soldiers killed Wednesday when a roadside bomb exploded near their Humvee in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Wesley J. Williams, 23, of Philadelphia; private, Army. Williams died March 2 of noncombat-related injuries in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 163rd Military Intelligence Battalion, 504th Military Intelligence Brigade at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Christopher D. Young, 20, of Los Angeles; specialist, Army National Guard. Young was killed March 2 when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Safwan, Iraq, near the Kuwaiti border. He was assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 160th Infantry Regiment in San Pedro.

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