Other deaths

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

Lerando J. Brown, 27, of Gulfport, Miss.; specialist, Army National Guard. Brown was found dead March 15 of a gunshot to the chest in Balad, north of Baghdad, in what was termed a nonhostile incident that is under investigation. He was assigned to the 288th Sapper Company, 223rd Engineer Battalion, Mississippi Army National Guard in Houston, Miss.

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Michael D. Elledge, 41, of Brownsburg, Ind.; staff sergeant, Army. Elledge was one of two soldiers killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division at Ft. Carson, Colo.

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William D. O’Brien, 19, of Rice, Texas; specialist, Army. O’Brien was killed March 15 when his unit was attacked with small-arms fire in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division at Ft. Riley, Kan.

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Christopher C. Simpson, 23, of Hampton, Va.; specialist, Army. Simpson was one of two soldiers killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division at Ft. Carson, Colo.

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Gregory D. Unruh, 28, of Dickinson, Texas; sergeant, Army. Unruh was killed Wednesday when his military vehicle overturned in Mandali, northeast of Baghdad near the Iranian border. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Ft. Hood, Texas.

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Sources: Department of Defense and the Associated Press

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War casualties

Total U.S. deaths*:

* In and around Iraq**: 3,991

* In and around Afghanistan***: 420

* Other locations***: 63

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

**As of Friday

***As of March 15

Source: Department of Defense