Friday, November 18, 2005

U.S. Casualties reported 11/17-11/18/05

reported in D.O.D. releases

Lance Cpl. Roger W. Deeds, 24, of Biloxi, Miss. Lance Cpl. John A. Lucente, 19, of Grass Valley, Calif. Cpl. Jeffry A. Rogers, 21, of Oklahoma City, Okla. and Cpl. Joshua J. Ware, 20, of Apache, Okla. died Nov. 16 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces during Operation Steel Curtain in Ubaydi, Iraq. Deeds, Rogers and Ware all died as a result of enemy small arms fire, while Lucente died from wounds sustained from an enemy hand grenade. All four Marines were assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, their unit was attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).

Pvt. Dylan R. Paytas, 20, of Freedom, Pa. , died in Baqubah, Iraq, on Nov. 16, from injuries sustained from multiple gunshot wounds. Paytas was assigned to the 3rd Brigade Troops Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga. The incident is under investigation.

2nd Lt. Donald R. McGlothlin, 26, of Lebanon, Va. , died Nov. 16 from small arms fire while conducting combat operations against enemy forces during Operation Steel Curtain in Ubaydi, Iraq. He was assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. His unit was attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).

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