U.S. Casualties in Iraq & Afghanistan 2/18-2/20/06
reported in D.O.D. releases dated 2/18-2/20/06
A Multinational Division Baghdad soldier was killed today when a roadside bomb struck his vehicle in eastern Baghdad, military officials reported. The soldier's name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of eight Marines and two airmen Feb. 17, when two CH-53 helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden in the vicinity of Ras Siyyan, northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area. The Marines and airmen were deployed to Djibouti as part of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. The Marines were assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force, New River, N.C.1st Lt. Brandon R. Dronet, 33, of Erath, La.Sgt. James F. Fordyce, 22, of Newton Square, Pa. Lance Cpl. Samuel W. Large, Jr., 21, of Villa Rica, Ga. Sgt. Donnie Leo F. Levens, 25, of Long Beach, Miss. Cpl. Matthieu Marcellus, 31, of Gainesville, Fla. Sgt. Jonathan E. McColley, 23, of Gettysburg, Pa.Lance Cpl. Nicholas J. Sovie, 20, of Ogdensburg, N.Y. Capt. Bryan D. Willard, 33, of Hummelstown, Pa.
The airmen were SrA. Alecia S. Good, 23, of Broadview Heights, Ohio. Good was assigned to the 92nd Communications Squadron, Fairchild Air Force Base,Wash. Staff Sgt. Luis M. Melendez Sanchez, 33, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Sanchez was assigned to the 1st Communications Squadron, Langley Air Force Base, Va. The cause of the incident is under investigation.
A Multinational Division Baghdad soldier was killed today when a roadside bomb struck his vehicle in eastern Baghdad, military officials reported. The soldier's name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
The Department of Defense announced today the death of eight Marines and two airmen Feb. 17, when two CH-53 helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden in the vicinity of Ras Siyyan, northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area. The Marines and airmen were deployed to Djibouti as part of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. The Marines were assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force, New River, N.C.1st Lt. Brandon R. Dronet, 33, of Erath, La.Sgt. James F. Fordyce, 22, of Newton Square, Pa. Lance Cpl. Samuel W. Large, Jr., 21, of Villa Rica, Ga. Sgt. Donnie Leo F. Levens, 25, of Long Beach, Miss. Cpl. Matthieu Marcellus, 31, of Gainesville, Fla. Sgt. Jonathan E. McColley, 23, of Gettysburg, Pa.Lance Cpl. Nicholas J. Sovie, 20, of Ogdensburg, N.Y. Capt. Bryan D. Willard, 33, of Hummelstown, Pa.
The airmen were SrA. Alecia S. Good, 23, of Broadview Heights, Ohio. Good was assigned to the 92nd Communications Squadron, Fairchild Air Force Base,Wash. Staff Sgt. Luis M. Melendez Sanchez, 33, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Sanchez was assigned to the 1st Communications Squadron, Langley Air Force Base, Va. The cause of the incident is under investigation.
Cpt. Anthony R. Garcia, 48, of Fort Worth, Texas, died in Tikrit, Iraq, on Feb. 17, from a gun shot wound. Garcia was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky. The incident is under investigation.
Sgt. 1st Class Amos C. Edwards, Jr., 41, of Savannah, Ga., died in Ar Rutbah, Iraq, on Feb. 17, from a non-combat related cause. Edwards was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery Regiment, 48th Brigade Combat Team, Savannah, Ga. The incident is under investigation.
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