Wednesday, February 08, 2006

U.S. Casualties in Iraq 2/5 - 2/7/06

From D.O.D. releases dated 2/5 - 2/7/06

Staff Sgt. Christopher R. Morningstar, 27, of San Antonio, Texas and Sgt. Jeremiah J. Boehmer, 22, of Parkston, S.D. were killed in Al Husayniyah, Iraq on Feb. 5, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their Stryker Engineer Squad Vehicle. Both soldiers were assigned to the 562nd Engineer Company, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

Spc. Sergio A. Mercedes Saez, 23, of New York, N.Y., died in Baghdad, Iraq on Feb. 5, when the HMMWV in which he was riding accidentally rolled over into a canal. Mercedes Saez was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky. The incident is under investigation.

IED Attacks Kill Four Marines; Army Casualty Identified
Two attacks with improvised explosive devices killed four Marines in Iraq's Anbar province, Multinational Force Iraq officials said today. An attack in Hit yesterday killed three Marines assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable). The unit has operated in Anbar province since mid-December along with a battalion of Iraqi army soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division. The fourth Marine, assigned to 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), died as a result of wounds from an IED attack while conducting combat operations in Anbar province Feb. 5.

The names of the deceased are being withheld pending notification of family.


The Defense Department also announced yesterday that Spc. William S. Hayes III, 23, of St. Tammany, La. , died in Baghdad, on Feb. 5, of a noncombat related injury.
Hayes was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.


Spc. William S. Hayes III, 23, of St. Tammany, La., died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 5, of a non-combat related injury. Hayes was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.The incident is under investigation.

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