Military deaths

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

John E. Andrade, 19, of San Antonio; private first class, Army. Andrade was killed by a roadside bomb Aug. 7 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, south of Kabul. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment in Vilseck, Germany.

Kevin M. Cornelius, 20, of Ashtabula, Ohio; lance corporal, Marine Corps. Cornelius was one of two Marines who were shot and killed Aug. 7 while trying to subdue a detainee trying to escape from a prison in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, on the Pakistani border. The detainee slipped out of a room where he was praying, got hold of a rifle and opened fire before he was shot dead. Cornelius was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Paul O. Cuzzupe, 23, of Plant City, Fla.; private first class, Army. Cuzzupe was killed by a roadside bomb Aug. 8 in Akhtar-Mohammad-Khan in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province, southwest of Kabul. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Calvary Regiment in Vilseck, Germany.

Max W. Donahue, 23, of Highlands Ranch, Colo.; corporal, Marine Corps. Donahue died Aug. 7 of injuries suffered Aug. 4 when an improvised explosive device detonated in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, on the Pakistani border. He was assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton.

Vincent E. Gammone III, 19, of Christiana, Tenn.; private first class, Marine Corps. Gammone was one of two Marines who were shot and killed Aug. 7 while trying to subdue a detainee trying to escape from a prison in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, on the Pakistani border. The detainee slipped out of a room where he was praying, got hold of a rifle and opened fire before he was shot dead. Gammone was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Kristopher D. Greer, 25, of Ashland City, Tenn.; corporal, Marine Corps Reserve. Greer died Aug. 8 of injuries suffered Aug. 6 when an improvised explosive device detonated in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, on the Pakistani border. He was assigned to the 4th Combat Engineering Battalion, 4th Marine Division in Knoxville, Tenn.

Faith R. Hinkley, 23, of Colorado Springs, Colo.; specialist, Army. Hinkley died Aug. 7 in Baghdad of injuries suffered in a rocket attack on her unit in Iskandariya, Iraq, southeast of the capital. She was assigned to the 502nd Military Intelligence Battalion, 201st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

Christopher N. Karch, 23, of Indianapolis; sergeant, Army. Karch was killed Wednesday when his unit was attacked with small-arms fire in the Arghandab River Valley in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, on the Pakistani border. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, N.C.

Andrew C. Nicol, 23, of Eaton, Mich.; sergeant, Army. Nicol was one of two soldiers killed by an improvised explosive device Aug. 8 in the Zhari district of southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, on the Pakistani border. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Ft. Benning, Ga.

Bradley D. Rappuhn, 24, of Grand Ledge, Mich.; private first class, Army. Rappuhn was one of two soldiers killed by an improvised explosive device Aug. 8 in the Zhari district of southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, on the Pakistani border. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Ft. Benning, Ga.

Jose L. Saenz III, 30, of Pleasanton, Texas; sergeant, Marine Corps. Saenz was killed by a roadside bomb Monday while on foot patrol in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, on the Pakistani border. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton.

Sources: Department of Defense and the Associated Press