« PREVIOUS  Iraq Casualties December 2008  NEXT »   NAME A UNIT HOMETOWN DETAILS Pfc. Christopher W. Lotter 20 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Chester Heights, Pennsylvania Died on December 31, 2008, in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when he was shot by enemy forces in Tikrit, Iraq Pvt. Benjamin B. Tollefson 22 Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Concord, California Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with indirect fire in Ghazaliya, Iraq on December 31, 2008 Spc. Tony J. Gonzales 20 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division Newman, California Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Sadr City, Iraq, on December 28, 2008 Maj. John P. Pryor 42 1st Medical Detachment, Forward Surgical Team Moorestown, New Jersey Died of wounds suffered when a mortar round impacted near his living quarters in Mosul, Iraq, on December 25, 2008 Master-at-Arms Seaman Apprentice Joshua D. Seitz 19 Naval Security Force, Naval Support Activity Sinking Springs, Pennsylvania Died in Manama, Bahrain, on December 25, 2008. The cause of death is under investigation. Spc. Stephen M. Okray 21 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division St. Clair Shores, Michigan One of three soldiers who died of injuries sustained during a vehicle roll-over in southern Iraq on December 24, 2008 Staff Sgt. Christopher G. Smith 28 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Grand Rapids, Michigan One of three soldiers who died of injuries sustained during a vehicle roll-over in southern Iraq on December 24, 2008 Spc. Stephen G. Zapasnik 19 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Broken Arrow, Oklahoma One of three soldiers who died of injuries sustained during a vehicle roll-over in southern Iraq on December 24, 2008 Lance Cpl. Robert L. Johnson 21 5th Combat Logistics Battalion, 1st Combat Logistics Regiment, 1st Marine Logistics Group Central Point, Oregon Died as a result of a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq, on December 20, 2008 Lance Cpl. Thomas Reilly Jr. 19 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division London, Kentucky Died while supporting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq, on December 21, 2008 Staff Sgt. Jonathan W. Dean 25 561st Military Police Company, 716th Military Police Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division Henagar, Alabama Died of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident in Tikrit, Iraq, on December 20, 2008 Pfc. Coleman W. Hinkefent 19 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division Coweta, Oklahoma Died in Hamburg, Germany of a non-combat related illness on December 20, 2008 Staff Sgt. Solomon T. Sam 26 523rd Engineer Company, 84th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command Majuro, Marshall Islands One of two soldiers who died of wounds suffered when a homemade bomb detonated in Mosul, Iraq, on December 4, 2008 Sgt. John J. Savage 26 103rd Engineer Company, 94th Engineer Battalion Weatherford, Texas One of two soldiers who died of wounds suffered when a homemade bomb detonated in Mosul, Iraq, on December 4, 2008