Military deaths

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

Christopher P. Abeyta, 23, of Midlothian, Ill.; sergeant, Army National Guard. Abeyta was among four troops killed March 15 when their armored Humvee struck a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan. He died of his injuries at a military base in Jalalabad, east of Kabul. Abeyta was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry Regiment, 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team in Woodstock, Ill.

Timothy L. Bowles, 24, of Tucson; staff sergeant, Air Force. Bowles was among four troops killed March 15 when their armored Humvee struck a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan. He died at the scene. Bowles was assigned to the 3rd Logistics Readiness Squadron at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska.

Norman L. Cain III, 22, of Oregon, Ill.; specialist, Army National Guard. Cain was among four troops killed March 15 when their armored Humvee struck a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan. He died at the scene. Cain was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry Regiment, 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team in Woodstock, Ill.

Gary L. Moore, 25, of Del City, Okla.; specialist, Army. Moore was killed Monday when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 978th Military Police Company, 93rd Military Police Battalion at Ft. Bliss, Texas.

Archie A. Taylor, 37, of Tomball, Texas; staff sergeant, Marine Corps. Taylor died March 14 of noncombat-related injuries in Afghanistan’s Kabul province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Intelligence Battalion, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Robert M. Weinger, 24, of Round Lake Beach, Ill.; sergeant, Army National Guard. Weinger was among four troops killed March 15 when their armored Humvee struck a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan. He died of his injuries at a military base in Jalalabad, east of Kabul. Weinger was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry Regiment, 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team in Woodstock, Ill.

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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: 4,261

In and around Afghanistan: 596

Other locations: 67

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

Source: Department of Defense