U.S. Casualties in Iraq 9/16-9/20/05

Total official U.S. Casualties in Iraq have now "topped 1900".

The following U.S. Casualties were announced in D.O.D. releases dated 9/20/05:

1st Sgt. Alan N. Gifford, 39, of Tallahassee, Fla. Spc. David H. Ford IV, 20, of Ironton, Ohio were killed in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 16, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their M1A1 Abrams tank during patrol operations. Both soldiers were assigned to the 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.

Staff Sgt. Regilio E. Nelom, 45, of Queens, N. Y. , died near Al Asad, Iraq, on Sept. 17, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during an escort mission. Nelom was assigned to the 249th Quartermaster Company, 1st Corps Support Command, Fort Bragg, N. C.

Sgt. Matthew L. Deckard, 29, of Elizabethtown, Ky. , died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 16, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M1A1 Abrams tank during patrol operations. Deckard was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.

From D.O.D. release dated 9/16/05
Sgt. Alfredo B. Silva, 35, of Calexico, Calif. , died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 15, 2005, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during patrol operations. Silva was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, 40th Infantry Division, Modesto, Calif.