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Staff Sgt. Walter F. Cohee III 26 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Mardela Springs, Maryland Killed when his CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed while on a resupply mission in Afghanistan on January 20, 2002
Sgt. Dwight J. Morgan 24 Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Willits, California Killed when his CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed while on a resupply mission in Afghanistan on January 20, 2002
Capt. Matthew W. Bancroft 29 Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Burney, California Bancroft was aboard a KC-130/R Hercules refueling aircraft that crashed into a mountain in southwestern Pakistan on January 9, 2002.
Lance Cpl. Bryan P. Bertrand 23 Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Coos Bay, Oregon Killed when a KC-130/R Hercules refueling aircraft crashed into a mountain as it approached a military airfield in southwestern Pakistan on January 9, 2002.
Gunnery Sgt. Stephen L. Bryson 36 Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Montgomery, Alabama Killed when a KC-130/R Hercules refueling aircraft crashed into a mountain as it approached a military airfield in southwestern Pakistan on January 9, 2002
Staff Sgt. Scott N. Germosen 37 Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Coram, New York Killed when a KC-130/R Hercules refueling aircraft crashed into a mountain as it approached a military airfield in southwestern Pakistan on January 9, 2002
Sgt. Nathan P. Hays 21 Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Wilbur, Washington Killed when a KC-130/R Hercules refueling aircraft crashed into a mountain as it approached a military airfield in southwestern Pakistan on January 9, 2002
Capt. Daniel G. McCollum 29 Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Columbia, South Carolina Killed when a KC-130/R Hercules refueling aircraft crashed into a mountain as it approached a military airfield in southwestern Pakistan on January 9, 2002
Sgt. Jeannette L. Winters 25 Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Chicago, Illinois Killed when a KC-130/R Hercules refueling aircraft crashed into a mountain as it approached a military airfield in southwestern Pakistan on January 9, 2002
Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Ross Chapman 31 Company C, 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) San Antonio, Texas Shot and killed during an ambush in the vicinity of Khost, Afghanistan, near the Pakistan border on January 4, 2002
Spc. Curtis A. Carter 25 Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Calvary Division Lafayette, Louisiana Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Kuwait on February 27, 2002
Sgt. Thomas F. Allison 22 Company E, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Roy, Washington Killed when a MH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed at sea in the southern Philippines on February 21, 2002
Staff Sgt. James P. Dorrity 37 Company E, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Aurora, Colorado Killed when a MH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed at sea in the southern Philippines on February 21, 2002
Chief Warrant Officer Jody L. Egnor 32 Company E, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Middletown, Ohio Killed when a MH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed at sea in the southern Philippines on February 21, 2002
Maj. Curtis D. Feistner 34 Company E, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment White Bear Lake, Minnesota Killed when a MH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed at sea in the southern Philippines on February 21, 2002
Sgt. Jeremy D. Foshee 25 Company E, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) Pisgah, Alabama Killed when a MH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed at sea in the southern Philippines on February 21, 2002
Staff Sgt. Kerry W. Frith 37 Company E, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Las Vegas, Nevada Killed when a MH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed at sea in the southern Philippines on February 21, 2002
Master Sgt. William L. McDaniel II 29 353rd Special Operations Group Greenville, Ohio Killed when a MH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed at sea in the southern Philippines on February 21, 2002
Capt. Bartt D. Owens 31 Company E, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Middletown, Ohio Killed when a MH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed at sea in the southern Philippines on February 21, 2002
Staff Sgt. Juan M. Ridout 36 353rd Special Operations Group Maple Tree, Washington Killed when a MH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed at sea in the southern Philippines on February 21, 2002
Staff Sgt. Bruce A. Rushforth Jr. 35 Company E, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Bridgewater, Massachusetts Killed when a MH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed at sea in the southern Philippines on February 21, 2002
Sgt. Andrew Robert Russell 33 Special Air Service Regiment, Australian Army Perth, Australia Killed when the long-range patrol vehicle in which he was traveling struck a suspected anti-vehicle mine in Afghanistan on February 16, 2002
Spc. Jason A. Disney 21 58th Maintenance Company, 7th Transportation Battalion, 507th Corps Support Group Fallon, Nevada Died shortly after a piece of heavy equipment fell on him at Bagram Air Base north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on February 13, 2002
Chief Petty Officer Matthew J. Bourgeois 35 Naval Special Warfare Development Group Tallahassee, Florida Killed when he stepped on a land mine during a training mission near Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 28, 2002
Lance Cpl. Brian J. N. Andersen 26 Royal Danish Engineering battalion Denmark One of five soldiers killed when two Russian SA-3 anti-aircraft missiles accidentally exploded while they were trying to defuse them in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2002
Staff Sgt. Thomas K. Butzkowsky 26 Royal Danish Engineering battalion Denmark One of five soldiers killed when two Russian SA-3 anti-aircraft missiles accidentally exploded while they were trying to defuse them in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2002
Lance Cpl. Kim Carlsen 35 Royal Danish Engineering battalion Denmark One of five soldiers killed when two Russian SA-3 anti-aircraft missiles accidentally exploded while they were trying to defuse them in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2002
Thomas Kochert 29 German Army Germany One of five soldiers killed when two Russian SA-3 anti-aircraft missiles accidentally exploded while they were trying to defuse them in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2002
Mike Rubel 27 German Army Germany One of five soldiers killed when two Russian SA-3 anti-aircraft missiles accidentally exploded while they were trying to defuse them in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2002
Spc. Marc A. Anderson 30 Company A, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment Brandon, Florida Anderson was shot and killed while exiting an MH-47 Chinook helicopter under fire on Takur Ghar Mountain in eastern Afghanistan during Operation Anaconda on March 4, 2002.
Tech. Sgt. John A. Chapman 36 24th Special Tactics Squadron Waco, Texas An Air Force combat controller, Chapman was shot and killed when he and a group of Navy SEALs were attempting to rescue another Navy SEAL during Operation Anaconda in southern Afghanistan on March 4, 2002
Cpl. Matthew A. Commons 21 Company A, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment Boulder City, Nevada Shot and killed when he and fellow Rangers were exiting a Chinook helicopter while under fire after landing on Takur Ghar mountain in eastern Afghanistan during Operation Anaconda on March 4, 2002
Sgt. Bradley S. Crose 27 Company A, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment Orange Park, Florida Shot and killed when he and fellow Rangers were exiting a Chinook helicopter while under fire after landing on Takur Ghar mountain in eastern Afghanistan during Operation Anaconda on March 4, 2002
Senior Airman Jason D. Cunningham 26 38th Rescue Squadron Camarillo, California An Air Force pararescueman, Cunningham was shot and wounded on Takur Ghar during Operation Anaconda on March 4, 2002. He died while waiting to be evacuated.
Aviation Boatswain's Mate Petty Officer 1st Class Neil C. Roberts 32 Naval Special Warfare Development Group Woodland, California Roberts was aboard a MH-47 Chinook helicopter preparing to land on Takur Ghar mountain in eastern Afghanistan when the helicopter was hit by rocket-propelled grenades, causing Roberts to fall from the helicopter's ramp. Roberts survived the fall and immediately engaed al Qaeda fighters with his M-249 light machine guns, surviving at least 30 minutes before he was shot and killed at close range.
Sgt. Philip J. Svitak 31 Company A, 2nd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Neosho, Missouri Svitak, a gunner on a MH-47 Chinook helicopter, was shot and killed as the helicopter landed on Takur Ghar mountain in eastern Afghanistan to rescue a Navy SEAL who was under fire from al Qaeda fighters.
Chief Warrant Officer Stanley L. Harriman 34 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) Wade, North Carolina Harriman and two Afghan soldiers were killed by friendly fire from an Air Force AC-130 gunship during Operation Anaconda in eastern Afghanistan on March 2, 2002
Cpl. Ainsworth Dyer 24 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group Montreal, Quebec Killed when a U.S. fighter jet mistakenly dropped a 500-pound bomb on his unit during a training mission near Kandahar, Afghanistan, on April 18, 2002
Pvt. Richard A. Green 22 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group Edmonton, Alberta Killed when a U.S. fighter jet mistakenly dropped a 500-pound bomb on his unit during a training mission near Kandahar, Afghanistan, on April 18, 2002
Sgt. Marc D. Leger 29 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group Lancaster, Ontario Killed when a U.S. fighter jet mistakenly dropped a 500-pound bomb on his unit during a training mission near Kandahar, Afghanistan, on April 18, 2002
Pvt. Nathan Smith 27 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia Killed when a U.S. fighter jet mistakenly dropped a 500-pound bomb on his unit during a training mission near Kandahar, Afghanistan, on April 18, 2002
Staff Sgt. Brian T. Craig 27 710th Explosive Ordnance Detachment Houston, Texas Killed when the rockets that he and three other soldiers were trying to destroy accidentally detonated in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on April 15, 2002
Staff Sgt. Justin J. Galewski 28 710th Explosive Ordnance Detachment Fort Myer, Florida Killed when the rockets that he and three other soldiers were trying to destroy accidentally detonated in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on April 15, 2002
Sgt. Jamie O. Maugans 27 710th Explosive Ordnance Detachment Derby, Kansas Killed when the rockets that he and three other soldiers were attempting to destroy accidentally detonated in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on April 15, 2002
Sgt. 1st Class Daniel A. Romero 30 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Colorado Army National Guard Lafayette, Colorado Killed when the rockets that he and three other soldiers were trying to destroy accidentally detonated in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on April 15, 2002
Lance Cpl. Darren John George 22 1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment Essex, England Accidentally shot in the head while on patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 9, 2002
Sgt. Gene Vance Jr. 38 Support Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), West Virginia Army National Guard Morgantown, West Virginia Killed when his unit came under heavy fire during a patrol in eastern Afghanistan on May 19, 2002
Tech Sgt. Sean M. Corlew 37 15th Special Operations Squadron, 16th Special Operations Wing Thousand Oaks, California Killed when an Air Force MC-130H Combat Talon II transport plane crashed on takeoff in eastern Afghanistan on June 12, 2002
Staff Sgt. Anissa A. Shero 31 15th Special Operations Squadron, 16th Special Operations Wing Grafton, West Virginia Killed when an Air Force MC-130H Combat Talon II transport plane crashed on takeoff in eastern Afghanistan on June 12, 2002
Army Sgt. 1st Class Peter P. Tycz II 32 Company C, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) Tonawanda, New York Killed when an Air Force MC-130H Combat Talon II transport plane crashed on takeoff in eastern Afghanistan on June 12, 2002
Sgt. Robert Busuttil 30 Royal Logistics Corps Tycoch, Swansea, Wales Killed by a fellow soldier at the British base at Kabul International Airport on August 17, 2002
Cpl. John Gregory 30 Royal Logistics Corps Catterick, North Yorkshire, England Shot himself after shooting a fellow soldier at the British base at Kabul International Airport on August 17, 2002
Sgt. 1st Class Christopher James Speer 28 Headquarters, U.S. Army Special Operations Command Albuquerque, New Mexico Speer, a Special Forces medic, was wounded during a four-hour firefight in the Afghan village of Ab Khail, near the Pakistan border, on July 27, 2002. He was evacuated to Germany, where he died of his wounds on August 7, 2002.
Lt. Cmdr. Thomas L. Robinson 38 Executive officer, guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton Kingston, Massachusetts Robinson was found dead in his stateroom of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound while the destroyer was making a port call in Bahrain on October 23, 2002.
Ensign Jerry O. Pope II 35 Navy SEAL assigned to the U.S. Embassy, Yemen Tallahassee, Florida Pope was killed in a non-hostile traffic accident between Sanaa and Hodeidah, Yemen, on October 17, 2002. A medical assistant, Pope was in Yemen training Yemeni Special Forces.
Pvt. James H. Ebbers 19 551st Military Police Company Tinley Park, Illinois Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Djibouti, Africa, on October 14, 2002
Cpl. Antonio J. Sledd 20 Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit Tampa, Florida Killed when two armed attackers fired on 150 Marines conducting urban assault training on Faylaka Island near Kuwait on October 8, 2002
Staff Sgt. Ryan D. Foraker 31 342nd Military Police Company, U.S. Army Reserve Logan, Ohio Foraker went missing near Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and his clothes and personal effects were found near the water's edge. He was declared dead on November 1, 2002.
Sgt. 1st Class Mark Wayne Jackson 40 Company A, 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group Glennie, Michigan Killed in an explosion at an open-air market outside the gate of Camp Enrile Malagutay, in Zamboanga, Philippines, on October 2, 2002
Spc. Pedro Pena 35 Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division Miami, Florida Died in a non-hostile incident in Kuwait on November 7, 2002
Capt. Friedrich Deininger 53 25th Army Aviation Regiment, German Army Laupheim, Germany One of seven German soldiers killed when a German CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter accidentally crashed near Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2002
Junior Sgt. Frank Ehrlich N/A German Air Force Germany One of seven German soldiers killed when a German CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter accidentally crashed near Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2002
Main Sgt. Heinz-Ullrich Hewußt N/A 15th Army Aviation Regiment, German Army Kreis Steinfurt, Germany One of seven German soldiers killed when a German CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter accidentally crashed near Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2002
Main Sgt. Bernhard Kaiser N/A 15th Army Aviation Regiment, German Army Kreis Steinfurt, Germany One of seven German soldiers killed when a German CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter accidentally crashed near Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2002
Main Sgt. Thomas Schiebel N/A 25th Army Aviation Regiment, German Army Laupheim, Germany One of seven German soldiers killed when a German CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter accidentally crashed near Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2002
Main Pfc. Enrico Schmidt N/A 25th Army Aviation Regiment, German Army Laupheim, Germany One of seven German soldiers killed when a German CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter accidentally crashed near Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2002
1st Lt. Uwe Vierling 31 15th Aviation Regiment, German Army Thuringia, Germany One of seven German soldiers killed when a German CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter accidentally crashed near Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2002
Sgt. Steven Checo 22 Company D, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division New York, New York Shot and killed in a gunfight while on a nighttime operation in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika, near the border of Pakistan, on December 20, 2002