U.S. Casualties in Iraq & Afghanistan 07/17-07/18/06
reported in D.O.D. releases dated 07/17-07/18/06
Cpl. Nathaniel S. Baughman, 23, of Monticello, Ind., died of injuries on July 17 in Bayji, Iraq, when his HMMWV encountered enemy forces rocket-propelled grenades during patrol operations. Baughman was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Sgt. Robert P. Kassin, 29, of Las Vegas, Nev., died on July 16 at Larzab Base, Afghanistan, when his platoon encountered enemy forces small arms fire during combat operations. Kassin was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Polk, La.
Sgt. Alkaila T. Floyd, 23, of Grand Rapids, Mich., died on July 13 in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained on July 8 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Mine Protected Vehicle in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. Floyd was assigned to the 54th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, Bamberg, Germany.
One Coalition Soldier Killed, 11 Injured in Afghan Fighting
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 18, 2006 – One coalition soldier was killed and 11 others were wounded yesterday during a battle with Taliban extremists in the Tarin Kowt district of Afghanistan's Oruzgan province, military officials reported.
Coalition forces had attacked and destroyed a truck that extremists were loading with mortar equipment. Afterward, coalition and Taliban forces engaged in a pitched battle. Enemy casualties have yet to be reported, U.S. officials said.
"We are deeply saddened by the loss of one of our brave soldiers today," U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Benjamin C. Freakley, commander of Combined Joint Task Force 76, said in a statement. "The men killed and wounded today fought an intense battle against extremists who oppress the rights of women, murder the innocent and harbor terrorists as they did during the Taliban regime. "Our soldier, who sacrificed his life today to prevent such tyranny from returning to Afghanistan, will not be forgotten," Freakley said.
Elsewhere, Afghan National Army and coalition forces detained a terrorist leader and seized a large weapons cache south of Kunduz near the village of Baghlan July 16. Elements of the 2nd Kandak, 1st Brigade, 209th ANA Corps, and coalition forces detained Amir Gul Hassanyar, an area terrorist leader, during a search operation.
The terrorist leader is believed to be responsible for numerous attacks using improvised explosive devices, trafficking in illegal weapons and drugs, and engaging in other anti-coalition and anti-Afghan government activities. A detailed search of the compound in which Hassanyar was found resulted in the discovery of 500 17 mm high-explosive rounds, 80 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, 153 rounds of 82 mm mortar rounds, 42 rocket-propelled grenade rounds, 600 rounds of small-arms ammunition, six anti-personnel mines, one 50-pound plastic-explosive bomb, one white Toyota Corolla vehicle, and six Afghan National Police uniforms. "Gul is a threat to the people and the government of Afghanistan," U.S. Army Col. Thomas Collins, a coalition spokesman, said. "Receiving and disposing of these weapons reduces the danger posed by extremists who would use them to harm innocent civilians and Afghan and coalition forces." In other news from Afghanistan, U.S. officials announced today that Afghan and coalition forces have seriously disrupted Taliban leadership, facilitators and rank and file fighters throughout southern Afghanistan, but particularly in the Sangin, Musa Qala and Baghran districts of Helmand province. "Afghan and coalition forces have killed numerous low and mid-level commanders that the senior Taliban leadership rely on to intimidate villages, threaten elders and lead small bands of extremists to conduct attacks on Afghan and Coalition forces," Army Lt. Col. Paul Fitzpatrick, a spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force 76, said. Mountain Thrust was intended to significantly impact the Taliban network, and Fitzpatrick said the operation has yielded progress. "We went to Sangin, left and returned, each move calculated one step ahead of our common enemy," he said. "We're confident that we're inside their decision cycle and have seen indications of confusion on their part." Afghan and coalition forces are not revealing their next move for security reasons, but are confident they can keep Taliban extremists off balance, Fitzpatrick said.
"By breaking up Taliban cells and bands, Afghan national security forces will continue to build upon coalition successes by employing forces to extend good governance throughout the south," he said. "These actions will improve the security and stability in the southern provinces, which opens the door for the construction of more infrastructure, more employment, economic development and a better life for the Afghan people."
Two U.S. Soldiers Die in Iraq; DoD Identifies Previous Casualties
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 18, 2006 – Two American soldiers died in Iraq yesterday, military officials reported, and the Defense Department has identified two earlier casualties. A soldier assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, died in Anbar province. A Multinational Division Baghdad soldier died in a bomb explosion south of Baghdad. Their names are being withheld until their families are notified.
The Defense Department released the identities of two other servicemembers killed recently supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Army Sgt. Andres J. Contreras, 23, of Huntington Park, Calif., died July 15 of injuries suffered when his Humvee encountered an improvised explosive device in Baghdad. Contreras was assigned to the 519th Military Police Battalion, 1st Combat Support Brigade, Fort Polk, La.
Army Sgt. Thomas B. Turner Jr., 31, of Cottonwood, Calif., died July 14 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, in Germany, of injuries suffered July 13 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Bradley fighting vehicle in Muqdadiyah, Iraq. Turner was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Staff Sgt. Jason M. Evey, 29, of Stockton, Calif., died on July 16 of injuries sustained when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq. Evey was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 10th Calvary Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt. Thomas B. Turner Jr., 31, of Cottonwood, Calif., died on July 14 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained on July 13 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Bradley Fighting Vehicle in Al Muqdadiyah, Iraq. Turner was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Soldier Dies of Wounds; DoD Identifies Previous Casualties
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 17, 2006 – A Multinational Division Baghdad soldier died today at about 12:55 p.m. after being hit by small-arms fire in western Baghdad earlier in the day, military officials reported. The name of the soldier is being withheld until the family is notified.
The Defense Department released the identities of three other servicemembers killed recently supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Army Sgt. Irving Hernandez Jr., 28, of New York, N.Y., died in Mosul, Iraq, July 12 when he encountered enemy small-arms fire. Hernandez was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jerry A. Tharp, 44, of Muscatine, Iowa, died July 12 when his dismounted patrol was struck by an improvised explosive device while operating in the Anbar province of Iraq. He was assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 25, Rock Island, Ill.
Army Spc. Damien M. Montoya, 21, of Holbrook, Ariz., died in Baghdad July 9 from a non-combat related cause. Montoya was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Cpl. Nathaniel S. Baughman, 23, of Monticello, Ind., died of injuries on July 17 in Bayji, Iraq, when his HMMWV encountered enemy forces rocket-propelled grenades during patrol operations. Baughman was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Sgt. Robert P. Kassin, 29, of Las Vegas, Nev., died on July 16 at Larzab Base, Afghanistan, when his platoon encountered enemy forces small arms fire during combat operations. Kassin was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Polk, La.
Sgt. Alkaila T. Floyd, 23, of Grand Rapids, Mich., died on July 13 in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained on July 8 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Mine Protected Vehicle in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. Floyd was assigned to the 54th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, Bamberg, Germany.
One Coalition Soldier Killed, 11 Injured in Afghan Fighting
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 18, 2006 – One coalition soldier was killed and 11 others were wounded yesterday during a battle with Taliban extremists in the Tarin Kowt district of Afghanistan's Oruzgan province, military officials reported.
Coalition forces had attacked and destroyed a truck that extremists were loading with mortar equipment. Afterward, coalition and Taliban forces engaged in a pitched battle. Enemy casualties have yet to be reported, U.S. officials said.
"We are deeply saddened by the loss of one of our brave soldiers today," U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Benjamin C. Freakley, commander of Combined Joint Task Force 76, said in a statement. "The men killed and wounded today fought an intense battle against extremists who oppress the rights of women, murder the innocent and harbor terrorists as they did during the Taliban regime. "Our soldier, who sacrificed his life today to prevent such tyranny from returning to Afghanistan, will not be forgotten," Freakley said.
Elsewhere, Afghan National Army and coalition forces detained a terrorist leader and seized a large weapons cache south of Kunduz near the village of Baghlan July 16. Elements of the 2nd Kandak, 1st Brigade, 209th ANA Corps, and coalition forces detained Amir Gul Hassanyar, an area terrorist leader, during a search operation.
The terrorist leader is believed to be responsible for numerous attacks using improvised explosive devices, trafficking in illegal weapons and drugs, and engaging in other anti-coalition and anti-Afghan government activities. A detailed search of the compound in which Hassanyar was found resulted in the discovery of 500 17 mm high-explosive rounds, 80 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, 153 rounds of 82 mm mortar rounds, 42 rocket-propelled grenade rounds, 600 rounds of small-arms ammunition, six anti-personnel mines, one 50-pound plastic-explosive bomb, one white Toyota Corolla vehicle, and six Afghan National Police uniforms. "Gul is a threat to the people and the government of Afghanistan," U.S. Army Col. Thomas Collins, a coalition spokesman, said. "Receiving and disposing of these weapons reduces the danger posed by extremists who would use them to harm innocent civilians and Afghan and coalition forces." In other news from Afghanistan, U.S. officials announced today that Afghan and coalition forces have seriously disrupted Taliban leadership, facilitators and rank and file fighters throughout southern Afghanistan, but particularly in the Sangin, Musa Qala and Baghran districts of Helmand province. "Afghan and coalition forces have killed numerous low and mid-level commanders that the senior Taliban leadership rely on to intimidate villages, threaten elders and lead small bands of extremists to conduct attacks on Afghan and Coalition forces," Army Lt. Col. Paul Fitzpatrick, a spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force 76, said. Mountain Thrust was intended to significantly impact the Taliban network, and Fitzpatrick said the operation has yielded progress. "We went to Sangin, left and returned, each move calculated one step ahead of our common enemy," he said. "We're confident that we're inside their decision cycle and have seen indications of confusion on their part." Afghan and coalition forces are not revealing their next move for security reasons, but are confident they can keep Taliban extremists off balance, Fitzpatrick said.
"By breaking up Taliban cells and bands, Afghan national security forces will continue to build upon coalition successes by employing forces to extend good governance throughout the south," he said. "These actions will improve the security and stability in the southern provinces, which opens the door for the construction of more infrastructure, more employment, economic development and a better life for the Afghan people."
Two U.S. Soldiers Die in Iraq; DoD Identifies Previous Casualties
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 18, 2006 – Two American soldiers died in Iraq yesterday, military officials reported, and the Defense Department has identified two earlier casualties. A soldier assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, died in Anbar province. A Multinational Division Baghdad soldier died in a bomb explosion south of Baghdad. Their names are being withheld until their families are notified.
The Defense Department released the identities of two other servicemembers killed recently supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Army Sgt. Andres J. Contreras, 23, of Huntington Park, Calif., died July 15 of injuries suffered when his Humvee encountered an improvised explosive device in Baghdad. Contreras was assigned to the 519th Military Police Battalion, 1st Combat Support Brigade, Fort Polk, La.
Army Sgt. Thomas B. Turner Jr., 31, of Cottonwood, Calif., died July 14 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, in Germany, of injuries suffered July 13 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Bradley fighting vehicle in Muqdadiyah, Iraq. Turner was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Staff Sgt. Jason M. Evey, 29, of Stockton, Calif., died on July 16 of injuries sustained when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq. Evey was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 10th Calvary Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt. Thomas B. Turner Jr., 31, of Cottonwood, Calif., died on July 14 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained on July 13 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Bradley Fighting Vehicle in Al Muqdadiyah, Iraq. Turner was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Soldier Dies of Wounds; DoD Identifies Previous Casualties
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 17, 2006 – A Multinational Division Baghdad soldier died today at about 12:55 p.m. after being hit by small-arms fire in western Baghdad earlier in the day, military officials reported. The name of the soldier is being withheld until the family is notified.
The Defense Department released the identities of three other servicemembers killed recently supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Army Sgt. Irving Hernandez Jr., 28, of New York, N.Y., died in Mosul, Iraq, July 12 when he encountered enemy small-arms fire. Hernandez was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jerry A. Tharp, 44, of Muscatine, Iowa, died July 12 when his dismounted patrol was struck by an improvised explosive device while operating in the Anbar province of Iraq. He was assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 25, Rock Island, Ill.
Army Spc. Damien M. Montoya, 21, of Holbrook, Ariz., died in Baghdad July 9 from a non-combat related cause. Montoya was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
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