Other deaths

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

James L. Arnold, 21, of Mattawan, Mich.; private first class, Army. Arnold was among four soldiers killed Thursday when a roadside bomb exploded near them in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

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Joshua M. Boyd, 30, of Seattle; specialist, Army. Boyd died Wednesday at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio of injuries suffered March 5 when a roadside bomb exploded near him 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.

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Emerson N. Brand, 29, of Rigby, Idaho; sergeant, Army. Brand was among four soldiers killed Thursday when a roadside bomb exploded near them in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

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Robert M. Carr, 22, of Warren, Ohio; sergeant, Army. Carr was killed Tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division at Ft. Carson, Colo.

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Steven M. Chavez, 20, of Hondo, N.M.; lance corporal, Marine Corps. Chavez died Wednesday in a nonhostile incident in Iraq’s Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton.

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Brian L. Chevalier, 21, of Athens, Ga.; corporal, Army. Chevalier was killed Wednesday when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Mufrek, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division at Ft. Lewis, Wash.

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Gregory D. Fejeran, 28, of Barrigada, Guam; sergeant, Army National Guard. Fejeran was one of two guardsmen killed March 5 when their vehicle overturned in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Serving with the U.S. anti-terrorism task force in the Horn of Africa, he was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment in Barrigada, Guam.

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Christopher J.C. Fernandez, 28, of Dededo, Guam; sergeant, Army National Guard. Fernandez was one of two guardsmen killed March 5 when their vehicle overturned in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Serving with the U.S. anti-terrorism task force in the Horn of Africa, he was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment in Barrigada, Guam.

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Alberto Garcia Jr., 23, of Bakersfield; private first class, Army. Garcia was killed Tuesday when his unit was attacked with small-arms fire and an improvised explosive device in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division in Schweinfurt, Germany.

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Blake M. Harris, 27, of Hampton, Ga.; staff sergeant, Army. Harris was among four soldiers killed Thursday when a roadside bomb exploded near them in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

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Raymond J. Holzhauer, 19, of Dwight, Ill.; lance corporal, Marine Corps. Holzhauer died Thursday in a nonhostile incident in Iraq’s Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

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Stephen M. Kowalczyk, 32, of San Diego; specialist, Army. Kowalczyk was killed Wednesday when his unit was attacked with small-arms fire in Muqdadiya, Iraq, northeast of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

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Thomas L. Latham, 23, of Delmar, Md.; sergeant, Army. Latham was killed March 11 when a roadside bomb exploded near his Humvee in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division at Ft. Drum, N.Y.

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Terry W. Prater, 25, of Speedwell, Tenn.; staff sergeant, Army. Prater was among four soldiers killed Thursday when a roadside bomb exploded near them in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

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Angel Rosa, 21, of South Portland, Maine; private first class, Marine Corps. Rosa was killed in combat Tuesday in Iraq’s 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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Adam J. Rosema, 27, of Pasadena; specialist, Army. Rosema was killed Wednesday when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle south of Baqubah, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

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Jonathan K. Smith, 19, of Atlanta; specialist, Army. Smith died March 11 in a noncombat-related incident in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 115th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

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Douglas C. Stone, 49, of Taylorsville, Utah; sergeant first class, Army Reserve. Stone died March 11 in a noncombat-related incident during a training mission in Iraq. He was assigned to the 96th Regional Readiness Command in Salt Lake City.

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Forrest J. Waterbury, 25, of Richmond, Texas; specialist, Army. Waterbury was killed Wednesday when his unit was attacked with small-arms fire near Ramadi, Iraq, 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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Nathanial D. Windsor, 20, of Scappoose, Ore.; lance corporal, Marine Corps. Windsor was shot in the neck Tuesday while questioning detainees in Iraq’s Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad, and later died at a military hospital. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Twentynine Palms, Calif.

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Daniel E. Woodcock, 25, of Glennallen, Alaska; sergeant, Army. Woodcock was killed March 11 when a building exploded near his patrol unit in Ad Dawr, 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.

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