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Faces of the Fallen
The War in Afghanistan
As of Monday, the death toll of U.S. forces in Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan and elsewhere) was 1,004. The Washington Post has published galleries of
the fallen since 2003. The information has been compiled from military releases, news service reports and local newspaper stories. The photographs come from
news services, Web sites, local newspapers and family members. Non-combat-related deaths can be the result of natural causes, an accident, friendly fire, homicide
or suicide. A list of fatalities to date is available at
www.washingtonpost.com/nation.
Sept. 3 Sept. 4 Sept. 5 Sept. 6 Sept. 8
Petty Officer 3rd Class 2nd Lt. Darryn D. Sgt. Youvert Loney, 28 Capt. Joshua S. Meadows, Sgt. Randy M. Haney, 27 Staff Sgt. Michael C. 1st Lt. Michael E. Gunnery Sgt. Edwin W. Staff Sgt. Aaron M.
Benjamin P. Castiglione, Andrews, 34 Pohnpei, Micronesia 30 Orlando Murphrey, 25 Johnson, 25 Johnson Jr., 31 Kenefick, 30
21 Dallas Bastrop, Tex. Snyder, Tex. Virginia Beach Columbus, Ga. Roswell, Ga.
Howell, Mich.
2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry 2nd Special Troops Battalion,
1st Battalion, 501st Regiment, 4th Brigade 1st Marine Special 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Battalion, 501st 7th Communications
Attached to 2nd Light Parachute Infantry Regiment, Combat Team, 4th Infantry Operations Battalion, Marine 4th Infantry Division, Fort Parachute Infantry Regiment, Battalion, 3rd Marine
3rd Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III
Armored Reconnaissance 4th Brigade Combat Team Division, Fort Carson, Colo. Corps Special Operations Carson, Colo. 4th Brigade Combat Team Headquarters Group, III
Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan
Battalion, 2nd Marine (Airborne), 25th Infantry Command, Camp Pendleton, (Airborne), 25th Infantry Marine Expeditionary Force,
Expeditionary Battalion Division, Fort Richardson,
Shot when his patrol was
Calif.
His unit was ambushed with
Division, Fort Richardson, Okinawa, Japan
Alaska
ambushed in Abad. small arms and
Alaska
A makeshift bomb exploded Killed while supporting rocket-propelled grenades in
near him in Helmand Struck by shrapnel from a combat operations in Farah Nangarhar. A makeshift bomb exploded
Killed in a volley of bullets when their unit, on foot, was ambushed and pinned down in Kunar
province. rocket-propelled grenade province. near him in Paktika province.
province.
while he was out of his
vehicle helping another
vehicle that had been struck
by a roadside bomb in Paktika
province.
Sept. 10 Sept. 11 Sept. 12
Petty Officer 3rd Class Lance Cpl. Christopher S. 1st Lt. Tyler E. Parten, 24 Pfc. Matthew M. Staff Sgt. Nekl B. Allen, 29 Spec. Daniel L. Cox, 23 Staff Sgt. Bryan D. Berky, Tech Sgt. James R. Sgt. Tyler A. Juden, 23
James R. Layton, 22 Fowlkes, 20 Marianna, Ark. Martinek, 20 Rochester, N.Y. Parsons, Kan. 25 Hornbarger, 33 Winfield, Kan.
Riverbank, Calif. Gaffney, S.C. DeKalb, Ill. Melrose, Fla. Castle Rock, Wash.
3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry
Combined Security Transition 2nd Light Armored Regiment, 4th Brigade 1st Battalion, 501st
2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat
28th Civil Engineer Squadron, 9th Aircraft Maintenance Regiment, 4th Brigade
Command in Afghanistan Reconnaissance Battalion, Combat Team, 4th Infantry Parachute Infantry Regiment,
Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum,
Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. Squadron, Beale Air Force Combat Team, 82nd
2nd Marine Division, II Division, Fort Carson, Colo. 4th Brigade Combat Team
N.Y.
Base, Calif. Airborne Division, Fort Bragg,
His convoy was attacked by
Killed in a volley of
Marine Expeditionary Force, (Airborne), 25th Infantry N.C.
Insurgents attacked his unit mortars, rocket-propelled Died of a heart attack in
bullets when their unit,
Marine Corps Base Camp Division, Fort Richardson,
using rocket-propelled A makeshift bomb exploded under their vehicle, followed by grenades and small-arms fire Cyprus. His convoy was ambushed by
on foot, was ambushed
Lejeune, N.C. Alaska
grenades and small-arms fire small-arms fire, in Wardak province. near Bala Baluk. rocket-propelled grenades
and pinned down in
Died of wounds suffered in Konar province. Died at Landstuhl Regional and small-arms fire in Turan.
Kunar province.
Sept. 3 when a member of Medical Center in Germany of
his unit stepped on a wounds suffered Sept. 4.
makeshift bomb in Helmand when his vehicle was
province. ambushed in Paktika province
with a bomb,
rocket-propelled grenades
and small-arms fire.
Sept. 14 Sept. 15 Sept. 16 Sept. 17 Sept. 19
Sgt. Andrew H. 1st Lt. David T. Wright II, Spec. Demetrius L. Void, Sgt. 1st Class Bradley S. Sgt. 1st Class Shawn P. Staff Sgt. Joshua M. Mills, Sgt. Robert D. Gordon II, Pfc. Jeremiah J. Monroe, Sgt. David A. Davis, 28
McConnell, 24 26 20 Bohle, 29 McCloskey, 33 24 22 31 Dalhart, Tex.
Carlisle, Pa. Moore, Okla. Orangeburg, S.C. Glen Burnie, Md. Peachtree City, Ga. El Paso River Falls, Ala. Niskayuna, N.Y.
32nd Transportation
2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade
57th Expeditionary Signal
3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry 7th Engineer Battalion, 10th Company, 68th Combat
Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Battalion, 11th Signal Regiment, 5th Stryker Sustainment Brigade, 10th Sustainment Support
Brigade, III Corps, Fort Hood, Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Mountain Division (Light Battalion, 43rd Sustainment
Tex.
A makeshift bomb exploded near their Humvee in Helmand province.
Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y. Brigade, 4th Infantry
Wash. Division, Fort Carson, Colo.
A makeshift bomb exploded under their Stryker vehicle in
A military vehicle struck him A makeshift bomb exploded
southern Afghanistan.
while he was jogging at Died at Landstuhl Regional near his vehicle in Kandahar. Killed by incoming shells at
Kandahar airfield. Medical Center in Germany Bagram airfield.
after becoming ill in
Afghanistan on Sept. 11.
Sept. 20 Sept. 21 Sept. 24 Sept. 26
Spec. Corey J. Kowall, 20 Spec. Damon G. Pfc. William L. Meredith, Lance Cpl. John J. Malone, Sgt. Titus R. Reynolds, 23 Sgt. Edward B. Smith, 30 Spec. Joseph V. White, 21 Lance Cpl. Jordan L. Spec. Kevin J. Graham, 27
Murfreesboro, Tenn. Winkleman, 23 26 24 Columbus, Ohio Homestead, Fla. Bellevue, Wash. Chrobot, 24 Benton, Ky.
Lakeville, Ohio Virginia Beach Yonkers, N.Y. Frederick, Md.
1st Battalion, 17th Infantry
569th Engineer Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine
4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry
2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 5th Stryker
2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th
4th Engineer Battalion, Fort Regiment, 3rd Marine
Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Regiment, 2nd Marine Brigade Combat Team, 2nd
Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg,
Carson, Colo. Division, III Marine Division, II Marine Infantry Division, Fort Lewis,
N.C.
Expeditionary Fore, Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Wash.
A makeshift bomb exploded
Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe
A makeshift bomb exploded under their Stryker vehicle in Omar Zai.
Lejeune, N.C.
near his vehicle in Kandahar.
Bay
A makeshift bomb exploded
Their vehicle rolled over in Zabul province.
Shot during a mission in near his vehicle in Kandahar.
Shot while on patrol in Farah Helmand province.
province.
Sept. 29 Sept. 30 Oct. 1 Oct. 2
Staff Sgt. Jack M. Martin Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Staff Sgt. Alex French IV, Spec. Russell S. Hercules Sgt. Roberto D. Sanchez, Pfc. Alan H. Newton Jr., 26 Capt. Benjamin A. Sklaver, Pfc. Brandon A. Owens, 21 Sgt. Aaron M. Smith, 25
III, 26 D. Shaw, 37 31 Jr., 22 24 Asheboro, N.C. 32 Memphis Manhattan, Kan.
Bethany, Okla. Markham, Ill. Milledgeville, Ga. Murfreesboro, Tenn. Satellite Beach, Fla. Medford, Mass.
118th Military Police 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry
1st Battalion, 121st Infantry 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Company, 503rd Military Regiment, 3rd Brigade
3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Regiment, Georgia Army Regiment, 159th Combat Regiment, Hunter Army 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion, Army Reserve, Greensboro, Police Battalion, 16th Military Combat Team, 10th
National Guard, Aviation Brigade, 101st Airfield, Ga. N.C. Police Brigade, XVIII Airborne Mountain Division (Light
Lawrenceville, Ga. Airborne Division (Air Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C. Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
A makeshift bomb exploded
A makeshift bomb buried under the road exploded near
A makeshift bomb exploded near his unit in Kandahar
their vehicle on Jolo Island, Philippines.
A suicide bomber blew himself up while they were on foot
under his convoy in Khost. Shot in an attack on his unit province.
Shot during joint operations in Wardak province with Afghan
patrol in Murcheh.
in Wardak province.
soldiers, possibly by an Afghan policeman.
on
washingtonpost.com
Faces of the Fallen
To view online portraits of U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan and Iraq and to see tributes to them, go to
washingtonpost.com/fallen.
COMPILED BY MAGDA JEAN-LOUIS AND MADONNA LEBLING; PHOTO RESEARCH BY GIULIANA NAKASHIMA AND TERISSA SCHOR
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