Is Mefloquine the new Agent Orange?

Is Mefloquine the new Agent Orange?
By Samantha A. Torrence
Aug 6, 2012

During Vietnam troops were exposed to Agent Orange. Later there was Gulf War Syndrome and depleted Uranium exposure. Now the military is dealing with a rash of military members with PTSD, and another chemical agent may be responsible for the diagnosis.

Malaria is a major concern to troops who are deployed around the world where contracting the disease is a risk. It is the Department of Defense policy that service members deployed to these areas must take an anti-malaria drug. There are various drugs available such as doxycycline, chloroquine, malarone, and mefloquine. Each drug comes with its unique problems such as high monetary cost in the case of malarone and photosensitivity, nausea, vomiting, and resistance in the cases of doxycycline and chloroquine. Most anti-malaria drugs must also be taken once a day which causes problems with consistency and potency for the soldiers who miss a dose and for that reason Mefloquine, which is only taken once a week, has been prescribed.

Mefloquine(Lariam®) may have a higher rate of compliance but it comes at a high cost to soldiers and American taxpayers. Mefloquine can cause brain injury, hallucinations, paranoia, psychosis and can predispose service members to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

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Troop Mental Ills: Psychiatric or Organic?

Troop Mental Ills: Psychiatric or Organic?
By ELSPETH CAMERON RITCHIE
May 22, 2012

There’s a continuing tension over whether mental disorders are “organic” or “psychological”. The first is easier to define — a brain injury caused by an insult, such as a bullet wound, blow to the head or bomb blast. “Psychological” is usually chalked up to bad parenting.

Two new debates raise this issue again. One is whether “post-traumatic stress disorder” should be called “post-traumatic brain injury”. The other is the emerging findings on “CTE” — chronic traumatic encephalopathy — which shows long-acting brain changes after concussions.

The term “shell shock” was later re-named “not yet diagnosed, nervous”, “battle fatigue”, “PTSD” and “combat stress reaction”. Now the term “post-traumatic stress injury” is being considered.


Dr. Remington Nevin has proposed that some of these reactions are actually the result of neurotoxic injuries from certain anti-malarial medications given to soldiers over the years, most recently mefloquine, or Lariam®.

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A Potential Therapy for PTSD?

A Potential Therapy for PTSD?
TIME
By Remington Nevin
Feb. 13, 2013

The latest edition of the medical journal Psychiatric Annals features military researchers discussing how a procedure known as stellate ganglion block can effectively treat post-traumatic stress disorder (or PTSD).

Injecting a local anesthetic agent into the sympathetic nerve tissue at the base of the neck — a so-called stellate ganglion block (or SGB) – acts to numb signals which travel to centers deep in the brainstem and brain, commonly thought to be most responsible for PTSD.

The prospect of using a medical procedure to treat PTSD would be a paradigm shift for psychiatry.

That PTSD can be thought of an injury – something whose symptoms could be alleviated by injecting numbing medicine – would support the assertion that former Vice Army Chief of Staff General Peter Chiarelli has been advocating for some time that PTSD should be renamed PTSI – with an I for injury.

“It might seem counterintuitive that treating the peripheral nervous system could affect psychiatric conditions presumably mediated in the brain,” writes Dr. Cam Ritchie, my colleague and retired Army psychiatrist, in a press release for the journal heralding the news.

Unlike Dr. Ritchie, I am not so surprised by these findings.

My research focuses on the harmful effects of a class of drugs called quinolines, most notably the antimalarial drug mefloquine (or Lariam), which has been widely prescribed to deployed troops in Somalia, Iraq, and Afghanistan at high risk of PTSD. Many of the unpleasant symptoms caused by mefloquine, including anxiety, panic attacks, nightmares, and sleep problems, can often be difficult to distinguish from those attributed to PTSD.
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Count all non-combat deaths as price of combat #1

I was just looking over some of the latest non-combat deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan, which reminded me of the post I did on Screaming In An Empty Room before I started this blog. I still say that every death connected to Iraq and Afghanistan should be counted as the price of combat. We dishonor them if we do not.

I'm posting the deaths again. I'm breaking their stories up so that the posts won't be so long. I will also plug in if the media did not include their death in their official reports.
More names will be added as I look over some recent posts. I would appreciate it if any family member out there contact me if they do not see their family member listed but they know the death was connected to their service to this nation.
Count all non-combat deaths as price of combat #1
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Pfc. Christopher Justin Abston died suddenly in his Fort Bragg, N.C., barracks room 16 days after receiving the smallpox and flu vaccines. The Pentagon said about 1 million service members have received smallpox vaccinations since December 2002. About 120 developed a condition called myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-1889856.php

Not counted

Cmdr. Joseph Acevedo 46 Assigned to Commander, Logistics Force, Navy Central Command, Bahrain Bronx, New York Died in a non-combat incident in Bahrain on April 13, 2003
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

Pfc. Steven Acosta 19 Company C, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, 4th Infantry Division Calexico, California Died from a non-hostile gunshot wound in Baquba, Iraq, on October 26, 2003 As Pfc. Steven Acosta was preparing to serve in Iraq, his older brother Gerardo was just returning from the same war. "I just wish I could see him again, and just be with him like we used to be before," said Gerardo Acosta, a Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton. Steven Acosta, a 19-year-old supply clerk from Calexico, Calif., died Oct. 26 from a gunshot wound in a non-hostile incident in Baqouba, Iraq. He was stationed at Fort Hood. Acosta enlisted in the Army after graduating from high school last year, before his older brother had a chance to talk to him about becoming a Marine. Gerardo Acosta last saw his brother over Christmas when he returned from boot camp. The second-youngest of five brothers, Steven was sentimental and outgoing. His friends would regularly gather at the Acosta home, bringing their guitars to play punk rock while Steven kept the beat on the drums.
http://obits.suntimes.com/ChicagoSunTimes/Soldier/Story.aspx?PersonID=3097376

Pvt. Algernon Adams 36 Company C, 122nd Engineer Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard Aiken, South Carolina Died of non-combat related injuries at Forward Operating Base St. Mere, Iraq, on October 28, 2003
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

Sgt. Leonard W. Adams, 42, of Mooresville, N.C., died Jan. 24 in CampBucca, Iraq, of non-combat related injuries. Adams was assigned to the ArmyNational Guard’s 105th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade,Asheville, N.C.

Michael Scott Adams, 20, Spartanburg SC August 21, 2003 A private first class dies of smoke inhalation after a bullet ricochets during a training exercise and ignites a fire at an indoor shooting range.
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000

1st Lt. Louis E. Allen, on June 7, 2005, in Tikrit, Iraq. Staff Sgt. Alberto Martinez, formerly of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 42nd Infantry Division, is waiting to hear whether he will go to court-martial. He is charged with two counts of premeditated murder in the deaths of his company commander, Capt. Phillip T. Esposito, and 1st Lt. Louis E. Allen, on June 7, 2005, in Tikrit, Iraq.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-2087290.php

Cpl. Terrence P. Allen 21 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Pennsauken, New Jersey Died of a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq, on September 15, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

Sgt. Glenn R. Allison
24
Company C, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Died during physical training in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 18, 2003

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

Terrence P. Allen Military investigating Iraq death of Marine from Pennsauken9:52 AM EDT, September 18, 2007PENNSAUKEN, N.J. - Military officials said they are investigating the death of a Marine from New Jersey who died in Iraq last week. The Department of Defense said in a statement that Terrence P. Allen, a Marine corporal from Pennsauken, died Saturday in a non-hostile incident in Anbar province; his parents, John and Connie Allen, had earlier reported that the 21-year-old had apparently been the victim of a sniper. Allen was assigned to the Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, II Marine Expeditionary Force based at North Caroline's Camp Lejeune.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey
/ny-bc-nj--marinedeath0918sep18,0,4527913.story

Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph D. Alomar 22 Navy Provisional Detention Battalion Brooklyn, New York Died of a non-combat related incident at Camp Bucca, Iraq, on January 17, 2007. Alomar’s death was not the result of hostile action, but occurred in a hostile fire zone http://www.amny.com/news/local/am-sail0121,0,1303592.story amNew York -- A 22-year-old Brooklyn man who died in a noncombat situation in Iraq on Jan. 17 was remembered Saturday by his family as the engaging, athletic oldest brother of a large family. Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph D. Alomar, who was based at Camp Bucca, a Naval detention center and had served for two-and-half years, died in a "hostile fire zone," a defense department release said. His death is under investigation, it said.
http://iraq.pigstye.net/article.php/AlomarJosephD

Spc. Jason E. Ames 21 Company C, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), 25th Infantry Division Cerulean, Kentucky Died of non-combat related injuries in Mosul, Iraq, on August 31, 2005

Cpl. Reynold Armand 21 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Rochester, New York Died in Balad, Iraq, on August 7, 2007. His death is currently under investigation.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

Staff Sgt. Mathias Arnt III, also 24, in the heart with a steak knife May 26, 2003, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/1-ARMYPAPER-275004.php

Not counted

Lance Cpl. Brian E. Anderson, 26, of Durham, N.C., was killed Apr. 2 (03) in a non-hostile accident west of An Nasiriyah, Iraq. Anderson was manning a .50 caliber rifle on top of a 7-ton truck when the vehicle passed under and apparently snagged low hanging power lines. He was assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N.C. The incident is under investigation.

Sgt. 1st Class Moses E. Armstead 44 16th Ordnance Battalion, 61st Ordnance Brigade Rochester, New York Died at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany of a non-combat related illness identified on October 5, 2005, as he was returning from leave status and preparing to redeploy to Afghanistan.

Chief Warrant Officer Andrew Todd Arnold
30
Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade
Spring, Texas
Killed when a rocket-propelled grenade launcher he was firing for familiarization malfunctioned at firing range near Kut, Iraq, on April 22, 2003

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

Private First Class Donald J. Arwood Fort Bragg soldier on leave dies from multiple gunshot wounds The Associated Press FORT BRAGG, N.C. --A Fort Bragg soldier who was on leave in Tennessee has died from multiple gunshot wounds. Fort Bragg officials said Saturday that Private First Class Donald J. Arwood died near his parents' home in Halls, Tennessee on Thursday night. Local police are still investigating, but no other details were immediately available. The 21-year-old Arwood had returned to Fort Bragg in November following a 15-month tour in Iraq.
http://www.charlotte.com/204/story/424223.html

Marine Lance Cpl. Trevor D. Aston Cpl. Aston After the 2001 terrorist attacks, Trevor Aston enlisted in the Marine Reserves at the relatively advanced age of 29. "He was terribly shaken after 9/11," said his grandmother, Lenore Aston. Aston, 32, of Austin, Texas, was killed Feb. 22 in Al Anbar Province. The incident, described as non-hostile, is under investigation. Aston's grandmother served in the Women's Army Corps during World War II, and his father was in the Army for 27 years. As a boy Aston lived in Texas, Germany and other locations where his father, Robert Aston, was stationed. He attended Austin Community College and had worked as a bartender and booked concert acts for a nearby nightclub. He wanted to be a firefighter either in Austin or in Houston, where his mother lives. "He was a good friend to many people," said his mother, Jewel Aston. "He was just an all-around, good, nice kid."

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/noadsindex/
iraqcasualties/vignettes85.html

Pfc. Shawn M. Atkins 20 Headquarters Company, 4th Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division Parker, Colorado Died as a result of a non-combat injury in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 14, 2004

Lance Corporal David Atkinson returned deeply troubled by Iraq and raped and murdered Sally Geeson, 21, after she left a Cambridge pub in the early hours of New Year's Day 2005, before immolating himself.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1732534,00.html

Pvt. Alan J. Austin
21
782nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division
Houston, Texas
Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident near Forward Operating Base in Sharana, Afghanistan, on August 12, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/oef.casualties/

Petty Officer 1st Class Howard E. Babcock IV
33
Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Bahrain
Houston, Texas
Died in a motorcycle accident in Bahrain on October 13, 2005

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

JUSTIN BAILEY 27 1/25/2007 CALIFORNIA OVERDOSE Iraq war veteran Justin Bailey checked himself in to the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center just after Thanksgiving.Among the first wave of Marines sent into battle, the young rifleman had been diagnosed since his return with posttraumatic stress disorder and a groin injury. Now, Bailey acknowledged to his family and a friend, he needed immediate treatment for his addiction to prescription and street drugs."We were so happy," said his stepmother, Mary Kaye Bailey, 41. "We were putting all of our faith into those doctors."On Jan. 25, Justin Bailey got prescriptions filled for five medications, including a two-week supply of the potent painkiller methadone, according to his medical records. A day later, he was found dead of an apparent overdose in his room at a VA rehabilitation center on the hospital grounds. He was 27.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-vet12mar12,0,5395693.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Not counted

Pvt. Michael V. Bailey 20 Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Waldorf, Maryland Died of non-combat related injuries in Salerno, Afghanistan, on October 27, 2006

Staff Sgt. Nathan J. Bailey 46 1175th Transportation Company, Tennessee Army National Guard Nashville, Tennessee Died from a non-hostile gunshot wound in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on November 12, 2003 A staff sergeant dies from a "non-hostile" gunshot wound while on guard duty in Kuwait.
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000

Digger Ashley Baker was found dead in his barracks in East Timor, he was on the internet telling friends of being so busy he had forgotten his birthday.The 19-year-old private gave no indication of any personal torment in his deployment, apart from complaining to friends of working around the clock and of the heat while on patrol.

Delay in true cause of death

1st Lt. Kenneth Michael Ballard
26
Company C, 2nd Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division
Mountain View, California
Died of wounds from an accidental discharge from his tank's machine gun during a firefight with insurgents in Najaf, Iraq, on May 30, 2004

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

Lt. Kenneth Ballard
September 12, 2005
Report of soldier’s accidental death delayed one year
By Robert BurnsAssociated Press
The Army said Saturday it knew for more than a year after 1st Lt. Kenneth Ballard’s death in Iraq in May 2004 that he was not killed in action, as it initially reported. The family was not told the truth until Friday.
Ballard’s mother, Karen Meredith, of Mountain View, Calif., said in a telephone interview that she is angry and will press for a full explanation. She is a public critic of the war and has attended anti-war protests in Crawford, Texas, outside President Bush’s ranch, with grieving mother and peace activist Cindy Sheehan. Meredith said she blames the Army’s error on official incompetence, not an intent to cover up the truth. ”This news is stunning to me,” she said. “People in the Army knew this news for 15 months, and why they couldn’t be bothered to tell me the truth when this first happened and to have me go through this pain 15 months later is unconscionable on the part of the Army. It’s a betrayal to my son’s service,” she said.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/1-292925-1097080.php

Maj. Stephen Ballard
N/A
3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines
Hometown of record not available
Died of natural causes on March 30, 2003

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

Mother questions cause of death

1st Lt. Debra A. Banaszak 35 1035th Maintenance Company, Missouri Army National Guard Bloomington, Illinois "Died from non-combat related injuries at Camp Victory, Kuwait, on October 28, 2005Barbara Butler, mother of Army National Guard 1st Lt. Debra A. Banaszak, 35, of Bloomington, Ill., said she has trouble understanding why her daughter would have taken her own life in Kuwait last October, as the military has determined. She said that while Banaszak, the single mother of a teenage son, was proud to serve her country and had not complained, the stresses of the deployment may have exacerbated her depression.

Spc. Doug Barber: One Year After His Tragic Suicide-Unaired Interviewsby Jay Shaft Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007 at 7:39 PM Two previously unreleased audio interviews with Spc. Douglas Barber, who served in Iraq with the Ohio National Guard. Released to commemorate the one year anniversary of his suicide due to untreated PTSD and overwhelming mental trauma. Interviews conducted by Jay Shaft: Editor-In-Chief/Executive Investigative Editor Thought Bomb Radio- Shock and Awe For the Mind Radio Hour/Coalition For Free Thought In Media 1-16-2006
http://neworleans.indymedia.org/news/2007/01/9494
Last month, on December 16, 2005, Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran Spc. Douglas Barber was my guest on my radio talk show. He said he'd been diagnosed with PTSD (Post traumatic stress disorder) and despite receiving some help from the V.A., was still having trouble getting his life back together. Yesterday, one month later, on January 16, 2006, I received an email from a listener who'd been exchanging emails with Douglas since his appearance on my show. Douglas has just sent him an email that troubled the listener. Douglas said he no longer had anything to live for, and was getting ready to "check out of this world." My wife immediately called Douglas and left a message on his cell phone. She also called the Montgomery Police Department in Alabama. At the start of the 3rd hour of my program last night, I received an email from one of Douglas's friends, who told me that Douglas had committed suicide earlier that afternoon. Today I was able to confirm his suicide with the Opelika, Alabama Police Department. The officer in charge of the investigation told me that it had happened with officers on the scene trying to talk Douglas out of it. The officer told me Douglas took his gun, fired one shot, and killed himself.
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/6886

Staff Sgt. Patrick O. Barlow 42 50th Engineer Company Greensboro, North Carolina Died from a non-combat-related medical condition in San Antonio, Texas, on October 18, 2006

Command Sgt. Maj. Edward C. Barnhill
50
431st Civil Affairs Battalion, 358th Civil Affairs Brigade, Army Reserve
Shreveport, Louisiana
Died of an apparent heart attack after he was found unconscious in a hallway at the Coalition Provincial Authority headquarters building in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 14, 2004

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

Staff Sgt. Aram Bass, 25, of Niagara Falls, N.Y. Deaths investigated as friendly fire It may be months before the families of two soldiers killed in Iraq know for certain how they died, as investigators look into whether friendly fire was to blame. Staff Sgt. Aram Bass, 25, of Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Sgt. William Meeuwsen, 24, of Kingwood, Texas, died Nov. 23 (05) in Baghdad. Officials at Fort Campbell, Ky., where both soldiers were based, said Nov. 28 that the deaths were under investigation as potential friendly fire incidents. Their families were told that the men died trying to rescue wounded troops. That still appears to be the case, Fort Campbell spokeswoman Kelly Tyler said. Troops were injured. Sergeants Bass and Meeuwsen were attempting to recover the wounded soldiers when they came under fire,she said. Both infantrymen were assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-1389510.php

Bartels, Daniel D. Specialist 22 Army weapon discharge died in Mosul, Iraq, on Oct. 19, of a non-combat related cause identified there on Oct. 18 2005. Bartels was assigned to the 4th Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

Staff Sgt. Robert J. Basham
22
Headquarters Battery 1st Battalion, 126th Field Artillery Regiment, Wisconsin Army National Guard
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Died as a result of injuries from a non-combat incident at Camp As Sayliyah in Doha, Qatar, on April 14, 2007

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

Cpl. Jason J. Beadles
22
887th Engineer Company, 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division
La Porte, Indiana
Died of a non-combat related injury in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 12, 2007

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

Example of what some non-combat deaths turn out to be

Pfc. Gunnar D. Becker 19 Company B, 2nd Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 1st Infantry Division Forestburg, South Dakoka Died of non-combat related injuries in Mosul, Iraq, on January 13, 2005 BAUMHOLDER, Germany — A 1st Infantry Division soldier based in Vilseck was convicted Thursday in connection with a January accidental discharge death in Iraq. Staff Sgt. James Leon Parker, a tank commander from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 63rd Armor, was convicted of negligent homicide and dereliction of duty. Parker, of Knoxville, Tenn., was sentenced to six months’ confinement at Mannheim Confinement Facility and a reduction in rank to E-1, or private. Parker’s defense attorney, Maj. Thomas Roughneen, asserted that Parker was a victim of circumstances on Jan. 13. Roughneen wrote in an e-mail to Stars and Stripes that he would appeal the decision. The e-mail contained court-martial results and a description of events leading up to the accidental discharge of an M-2, .50-caliber machine gun, which killed Pfc. Gunnar D. Becker, 19, of Forestburg, S.D. Until Roughneen’s e-mail, the Army had not made public the details of Becker’s death, or that Parker was being tried. Becker was killed when a round discharged while crewmembers were dismantling and moving a machine gun, according to a 1st ID news release issued Monday. A panel found that Parker was negligent in his responsibility to clear the weapon, the release stated.
http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,81648,00.html

Roy Thomas Bell, 42, was shot and killed behind a city apartment building Monday night in an incident some residents have described as "suicide by cop." A family acquaintance told the Free Press the distraught man confronted police carrying a pellet gun that closely resembled a real firearm. Witnesses say Mr. Bell ignored repeated demands from two officers to drop the replica pistol and, at one point, dared officers to shoot him. Mr. Bell served more than 23 years in the 17 Wing post office at CFB Winnipeg, but was discharged three years ago when the military deemed he was unfit for active duty overseas, a family acquaintance said Wednesday. Canada

Spc. Rusty W. Bell 21 Company A, 603rd Aviation Support Battalion, Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division Pocahontas, Arkansas Died of non-combat related injuries in Taji, Iraq, on August 12, 2005 Similarly, Army Spec. Rusty W. Bell, 21, of Pocahontas, Ark., showed signs of combat stress after his first deployment to the Middle East in 2003 as a member of the Army National Guard, said his mother, Darlene Gee. When he came home in April 2004, he enlisted in the Army and was sent back to Iraq in early 2005 An autopsy report on Bell's death concludes that he shot himself last August, with witnesses saying he was "distraught over family problems." Gee said she was not aware that her son, who was married, was having any significant personal problems.

http://www.courant.com/news/specials/hc-mental4.artmay17,0,3488576.story?page=2

Sgt. Darry Benson, 46, of Winterville, N.C., died Sunday, in Camp Virginia, Kuwait. Benson, who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom, was assigned the Army National Guard's 730th Quartermaster Battalion in Ahoskie. His death is under investigation. WVEC.com -- An Ahoskie, NC-based soldier has died in Kuwait. The Department of Defense said Sgt. Darry Benson, 46, of Winterville, N.C., died on Aug 27, in Camp Virginia, Kuwait. Officials said he died "of apparent natural causes" but didn't elaborate. He was pronounced dead at the Troop Medical Clinic Sunday morning after fellow soldiers reported that he was non-responsive
http://iraq.pigstye.net/article.php/BensonDarry

Spc. Robert T. Benson 20 Company A, 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division Spokane, Washington Died from a non-hostile gunshot wound in Baghdad, Iraq, on November 4, 2003 A specialist dies from a "non-hostile" gunshot wound to the head at a checkpoint.
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000

Danny Beougher, 23, and his wife, Lauren, were in a Jeep Cherokee when a Ford F-350 crossed the median and slammed into them Saturday night. They were on their way to surprise family members for his brother's birthday and his family says everyone would have been happy to see him. "They've taken a piece of sunshine here on earth, because that's what Danny was - he was infectious," said Daniel's mother, Gidget Beougher. Daniel, a soldier and veteran of Afghanistan and Iraq, died at the scene. His wife is still in critical condition at Lee Memorial Hospital, but doctors say she is recovering.

When they live through war but die at home by a different kind of enemy

Paul Berkley, 46, of Clayton, who died from a gunshot wound to the head, also was stabbed near his right ear, the report said. Berkley, who had just returned from the Middle East, died Dec. 18 at WakeMed hospital. His widow, Monique Berkley, 26, was charged with his murder, along with her lover, Andrew Canty, and his friend, Latwon Johnson, both 18. March 02, 2006 Navy Reservist
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/gua/1-213101-1571340.php

Staff Sgt. Sean B. Berry 26 Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 112th Armor, 56th Brigade Combat Team, Texas Army National Guard Mansfield, Texas Died of non-combat related injuries in Taqqadum, Iraq, on October 3, 2005 Sean B. Berry Hometown: Mansfield Age: 26 Rank: Sgt.Branch: Army National GuardAs a child, Sean "Brady" Berry enjoyed sports, particularly soccer. In Iraq, nothing changed. His love of the game led him to arrange to have 1,000 soccer balls shipped from Texas to Iraqi children. "He really liked kids a lot and he really liked helping," said his father, John Berry. Berry, 26, of Mansfield, Texas, was killed by the accidental discharge of a weapon Oct. 3 in Taqaddum.
http://cbs11tv.com/warcasualties/?b_start=6

Staff Sgt. Alicia A. Birchett
29
887th Engineer Company, 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division
Mashpee, Massachusetts
Died on August 9, 2007, in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a non-combat related accident on August 8.

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

Sgt. Jacob Blaylock won't be counted among the casualties of the Iraq war.
But he, like many soldiers, was haunted by its ghosts. Blaylock, 26, was a fun-loving man when he went to Iraq, his family said. In photographs, he tends to be the one giving a thumbs-up to the camera. When he came home from war, though, his family said he wanted a beer, he wanted a cigarette, and he never wanted to go back to battle. Blaylock, who grew up in Calumet City, shot himself this month. He left a note behind in his glove box for his family. "I'm sorry I let everybody down," Blaylock wrote. December 2007

Pfc. Christopher T. Blaney, 19, died Friday in Taji of "a non-combat-related incident," a news release stated. Taji, a little less than 20 miles north of Baghdad, is the site of Camp Taji, a U.S. military base. A spokeswoman for the Department of Defense said the incident is under investigation and that no further information was available Saturday.

http://iraq.pigstye.net/article.php/BlaneyChristopherT

Spc. Kamisha J. Block
20
401st Military Police Company, 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade
Vidor, Texas
Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 16, 2007

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

Sgt. Aron C. Blum 22 Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Tucson, Arizona Died on December 28, 2006, of a non-hostile cause after being evacuated from Anbar province, Iraq, on December 8. Sgt. Aron Cody Blum, 22, died two weeks ago of aplastic anemia the failure of the bone marrow to make new blood cells — a condition that strikes only two in 1 million Americans. Although some veterans of both Iraq wars have blamed their development of this disease on toxic battlefield exposures — including depleted uranium and burning oil fields — or even the anthrax vaccine, a link has never been proved.
http://www.gulfwarvets.com/marine_rare_disease.htm

Sgt. Dennis J. Boles
46
Company C, 1st Squadron, 171st Aviation Battalion, Florida Army National Guard
Homosassa, Florida
Died after he collapsed during a 10-mile road march in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on October 24, 2004

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

Sgt. 1st Class Craig A. Boling 38 Company C, 1st Battalion, 152nd Infantry Regiment, Indiana Army National Guard Elkhart, Indiana Died of a non-combat related cause at Camp Wolf, Kuwait on July 8, 2003 A sergeant first class dies while eating with his unit in Kuwait
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000

Ukraine
Capt. Oleksii Bondarenko 35 5th Mechanized Brigade, Ukrainian Army Reserve Ukraine Committed suicide by shooting himself in Kut, Iraq, on November 19, 2003

Spc. Christopher K. Boone 34 121st Infantry (Long Range Surveillance), Georgia Army National Guard Augusta, Georgia Died of a non-combat related injury in Balad, Iraq, on February 17, 2007

Chief Warrant Officer Clarence E. Boone
50
Headquarters Company, 4th Infantry Division
Fort Worth, Texas
Died as a result of a non-combat related injury in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on December 2, 2003

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

Private Gary Boswell, 20, from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, was found hanging in a playground in July. John and Sarah Boswell said army personnel should be offered counselling when they return from active service.
http://www.thewe.cc/weplanet/news/armed_force/us_soldiers_committing_suicide_vietnam_iraq.html

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Zachary Bowen
Oct. 20, 2006 — New Orleans is still reeling from news this week that a bartender reportedly strangled his girlfriend, dismembered her body, and cooked some of the body parts on his stove before jumping to his death. Now, it turns out, he was an Iraq war hero. That's just one of the tragic ironies and mysteries of the suspected murder-suicide that has shaken residents of Crescent City. Police said the mystery began on Tuesday when the body of Zachary Bowen, 28, was found on top of a parking garage.
http://www.rawstory.com/showoutarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fnot counted

Timothy Bowman FORRESTON, Ill. — A year ago on Thanksgiving morning, in the corrugated metal pole barn that housed his family's electrical business, Timothy Bowman put a handgun to his head and pulled the trigger. He had been home from the Iraq war for eight months. Once a fun-loving, life-of-the-party type, Bowman had slipped into an abyss, tormented by things he'd been ordered to do in war. "I'm OK. I can deal with it," he would say whenever his father, Mike, urged him to get counseling. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is facing a wave of returning veterans such as Bowman who are struggling with memories of a war where it's hard to distinguish innocent civilians from enemy fighters and where the threat of suicide attacks and roadside bombs haunts the most routine mission. Since 2001, about 1.4 million Americans have served in Iraq, Afghanistan or other locations in the war on terror.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003566773_vets11.html

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Sgt. Timothy R. Boyce 29 Maintenance Troop, Support Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment North Salt Lake, Utah Died of a non-combat related cause at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, on December 15, 2005

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/2005.12.html

Spc. Edward W. Brabazon 20 Company A, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 9, 2004 Parents suspect it was murder

Kenneth R. Bradley, 39, Utica MS A staff sergeant dies of a heart attack. 5/28/03 Died of a heart attack in Baquba, Iraq, on May 28, 2003
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000

MICHAEL BRAMER 23 NORTH CAROLINA GUNSHOT 1/17/2007 The first time that Michael J. Bramer died, he was serving in Iraq, his sister said, and he felt a tranquillity that was elusive in the months after he was brought back to life. "What he talked about in the beginning was the feeling he felt when his heart stopped," said Barbara Bramer of Boston. "He said it was just very peaceful for him, and that was his expectation of what he would have had if they didn't revive him." Then a sergeant first class in special forces with the Army's 82d Airborne Division, Mr. Bramer suffered severe head injuries in October 2003, when part of an unstable structure collapsed as he was helping string barbed wire outside Baghdad, his sister said. The impact blinded him in one eye. During surgery, plates were placed in his head. Soon, a series of migraines, each more acute, disturbed his days and nights. Discharged from the Army in June, Mr. Bramer had been living in a Fayetteville, N.C., apartment. At 23, he had set aside his hopes of attending MIT, where he had taken summer courses during high school in Boston. On Jan. 17, while his roommate and a friend were downstairs, he turned up the surround sound on his television and took his life in his bedroom, his sister said. ...

http://www.veteransforamerica.org/index.cfm/page/
weblog/subpage/day_blogs/d/13/m/3/y/index.cfm

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GREGORY N. BRAUN 26 WISCONSIN GUNSHOT3/6/2006 A private first class is killed by a "non-hostile" gunshot wound. One day before the roster of officers who made the squad came out - a list he would have made - Greg typed a suicide note on his computer and left two copies in his home in the 3400 block of N. 92nd St. He apologized for not being strong enough to go on living. The final line states: "Well just leave it as war being one hell of a bitch no matter how big or small its found."Greg died March 6, two days before he would have turned 27. He shot himself in the head with his police gun in the basement of his home
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=419769

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Jeffrey F. Braun, 19, Stafford Springs CT Pfc. Jeffrey F. Braun 19 Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Stafford, Connecticut "Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 12, 2003The only confirmed Connecticut suicide is that of Army Pfc. Jeffrey Braun, 19, of Stafford, who died in December 2003. His father, William Braun, told The Courant he still did not have a full explanation of what happened to Jeffrey, but said, ""I've chosen not to pursue it or question it. It's over and done with.""
http://www.coalitionmemorial.org/pdf/abraun.pdf
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000

Spc. Joshua T. Brazee 25 Howitzer Battery, 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Sand Creek, Michigan "Died from non-combat related injuries in Qaim, Iraq, on May 23, 2005Army Spec. Joshua T. Brazee, 25, of Sand Creek, Mich., had been in Iraq for less than three months when the military says he shot himself with his rifle in May 2005. According to his autopsy report, he had ""talked with other soldiers about death and killing, and also about the idea of suicide." **Among The Courant's findings:Army Spec. Joshua T. Brazee, 25, of Sand Creek, Mich., had been in Iraq for less than three months when the military says he shot himself with his rifle in May 2005. According to his autopsy report, he had "talked with other soldiers about death and killing, and also about the idea of suicide."His mother, Teresa Brazee, said she still has questions about how he died, and believes there were conflicts within his unit. She said one of Joshua's superiors told her that his death taught him to pay closer attention to his soldiers."It's a little too late for that," she said.

Pvt. Michael P. Bridges 23 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Placentia, California Died in a non-combat related incident in Taji, Iraq, on November 2, 2006
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15576904/ OC Register -- Pvt. Michael P. Bridges, 23, of Placentia died Thursday in Taji, Iraq, in an incident not related to combat, the Department of Defense reported. Bridges was a member of the 1st Battalion, 66 Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, based at Fort Hood, Texas.
No details of the death were released by the military.
http://iraq.pigstye.net/article.php/BridgesMichaelP

Capt. Judson B. Brinson A day of hot-dog flying and a night of heavy drinking preceded the deaths of two Air Force Reserve pilots who lost control of their T-6A Texan II trainer as they took off from a Georgia airport April 3,(2004) an Air Force investigation concluded. The investigation of the fatal accident tells a story of two trusted officers who violated a long list of fundamental Air Force regulations in the 24 hours leading up to their deaths.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/1-ARMYPAPER-280958.php

Briones Jr. Pablito Pena Seamen Navy 22 12/28/04 weapon discharge added 4/1/07 Seaman Pablito Pena Briones Jr. 22 1st Marine Division Detachment Anaheim, Calfornia Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Falluja, Iraq, on December 28, 2004
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/2004.12.html

Staff Sgt. Cory W. Brooks 32 Company A, 153rd Engineer Battalion, South Dakota Army National Guard Philip, South Dakota "Died of non-combat related injuries in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 24, 2004Among them was Army Staff Sgt. Cory W. Brooks, 32, of Philip, S.D., who shot himself in the head on April 24, 2004. In sworn statements, a major and first lieutenant acknowledged they had conducted ""counseling"" with Brooks, and a first sergeant ""detailed his knowledge of SSG Brooks' suicidal ideations.""

Lance Cpl. Dominic C. Brown 19 Truck Company, Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Austin, Texas Died due to a non-combat related incident in Anbar province, Iraq, on September 13, 2004

Spc. Micheal D. Brown
20
1st Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division
Williamsburg, Kansas
Died on October 16, 2007, in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of a non-combat related illness after being transported from Tikrit, Iraq, on October 15 2007

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

Master Sgt. Thomas L. Bruner
50
Headquarters, 2nd Brigade, 100th Division, U.S. Army Reserve
Owensboro, Kentucky
Died from a non-combat related illness in Kabul, Afghanistan, on October 28, 2007

Spc. Brock L. Bucklin, 28, of Grand Rapids, Mich., died May 31, in Balad, Iraq, of a non-combat related cause. Bucklin was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.

Spc. Paul J. Bueche, of the 131st Aviation Regiment of the Alabama Army National Guard, died in October when a Black Hawk helicopter tire he was inflating exploded. On Monday, his family received two letters from the military an autopsy review and the medical care survey. July 16, 2004Family gets Army letter asking dead soldier to rate medical care
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/gua/1-213101-267151.php

Misty Renae Burkhart, 26. Sheriff's department chief investigator Andy Chester said Burkhart was home on leave before reporting to Fort Carson, Colo. April 28, 2006 Killed in house fire Arson investigators using dogs detected some type of accelerant in a closet, and that appears to be where the fire started, Chester said.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/com/1-comnews-1738682.php

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Pfc. Jesse Buryj, 21, died May 5, 2004, in Karbala. At first, the Army said he was killed when his armored vehicle was hit by a truck driven by an insurgent and that Buryj died of internal injuries. But Buryj was shot in the back by either the U.S. troops around him or Polish troops nearby, the Post reported Dec. 3. Military officials knew his death was a friendly fire case months before they officially notified his family. An Army inspector general’s report concluded that because the case was initially labeled a hostile death, criminal investigators inadvertently destroyed the only evidence that could be used to identify a weapon a 5.56mm bullet fragment and agents failed to collect ballistic evidence from weapons at the checkpoint.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-2412121.php
It took her seven months after receiving the death certificate to get an autopsy report. Two months later, in April 2005, the family sat down with Army officials for a briefing to learn what happened to their son.
Family: Army apologizes for friendly-fire investigationAssociated Press
CANTON, Ohio � The inspector general of the Army has apologized to the family of an Ohio soldier killed in Iraq for its handling of the investigation into his death, now believed to have been from friendly fire, the family said.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/1-292925-2369836.php

Pvt. Matthew D. Bush 20 F Troop, 1st Squadron, 10th Armored Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division East Alton, Illinois Died in his sleep on August 8, 2003, in Camp Caldwell in Kirkush, Iraq. A fellow soldier tried to wake Bush and noticed he was not breathing. A private dies from the heat.
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000

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

Capt. Joshua Byers of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment. August 20, 2004 Report: Two Carson soldiers committed suicide in Iraq Associated Press FORT CARSON, Colo. Two Fort Carson soldiers who died in Iraq took their own lives, according to Army reports released this week.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/1-292925-314145.php

Pfc. Henry G. Byrd III
20
1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division
Veguita, New Mexico
Died on June 24, 2007, in Landstuhl, Germany, from a non-combat related illness sustained while in Iraq on June 18.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

CHARLES CALL 30 WEST VIRGINIA GUNSHOT 2/3/2006 “When you see little children on the side of the roads who are so happy and giving you a thumbs up and waving, the look on their faces when I would hand out toys and candy to them, the grateful parents standing close by their children, watching in joy as their little ones get to share a small moment with the world’s greatest army — for that moment there was no war, no death, no destruction or hate ...”— Letter home from Iraq from Army Sgt. Charles Call to his mother, published in the Sunday Gazette-Mail, Jan. 23, 2005 LEON — One year after Chuck Call wrote these words to his mother, he committed suicide. For example, Call didn’t qualify for most veterans’ health benefits because in 2003, the VA suspended enrollment for higher-income veterans whom the VA has not determined to have a service-related condition. Call, ran heavy equipment for a grading company, fit that category.
http://www.veteransforamerica.org/index.cfm/page/Article/ID/7672

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Seaman Anamarie Sannicolas Camacho
20
U.S. Naval Support Activity Bahrain
Panama City, Florida
One of two sailors who died during a non-combat related incident in Bahrain on October 22, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page2.html

Radhames Camilo Matos Monday, January 16 2006 Army Sgt. Radhames Camilomatos 24, of Carolina, Puerto Rico; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died Jan. 7 of non-combat-related injuries in Taji, Iraq
http://iraq.pigstye.net/article.php/CamilomatosRadhames

Dominic Campisi (1974-2005)
This memorial website was created in the memory of our beloved son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin and great friend, Dominic Campisi. Dom was born in Pennsylvania on Sunday, May 19, 1974. He weighed only 5 lbs 5oz and he was a happy and contented child.Dom choose to leave us, six days after returning from Uzbekistan on April 17, 2005; just before his 31st birthday.
http://www.angelfamilies.cityslide.com/page/page/2659853.htm

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Seaman Jakia S. Cannon
20
Assigned to aircraft carrier USS Enterprise
Baltimore, Maryland
Died of natural causes aboard the USS Enterprise on October 25, 2003

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page2.html

Pfc. Michael M. Carey
20
Headquarters & Service Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force
Prince George, Virginia
Died when he apparently fell into a canal in Iraq and did not resurface on May 18, 2004

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page2.html

Spc. Frederick A. Carlson 25 Company B, 228th Forward Support Battalion, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Died of a non-combat related cause in Taqqadum, Iraq, on March 25, 2006 "Huffing" caused gaurdsman's death A Pennsylvania National Guard soldier who died in Iraq this spring accidentally killed himself while inhaling from a container of pressurized air to get high, an Army investigation concluded.Frederick Carlson IV, 25, of Bethlehem, was found unconscious in his room at the base in Taqqadum shortly before 6 p.m. on March 26, according to an Army report obtained by The Morning Call of Allentown through a Freedom of Information Act request.Carlson went to sleep after returning from a mission at 6 a.m. and woke up around 4:30 p.m., investigators said. He was found unconscious a little more than an hour later and could not be revived.
http://solventabuse.blogspot.com/2006/12/huffing-caused-gaurdsmans-death.html

Carlson initially went to Iraq to work as a cook, but given that food for his division already came prepared, his superiors asked whether he wanted to work as part of a rapid-response force that frequently saw front-line combat, Cleaver said. Carlson eagerly volunteered.''You can't get more aggressive than what he was doing,'' Cleaver said. ''He really saw that what he was doing was making a difference.''Carlson struggled at first with having to shoot at other human beings, his father said, but the specialist had little time to adjust, needing to fire his M60 rifle within three days of seeing front-line duty.
http://iraq.pigstye.net/article.php/CarlsonIVFrederickA

Sgt. Michael J. Carlson, 28, of Colorado Springs, Colo., a member of the 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, baed at Camp Pendleton, Calif. June 09, 2005 Marine found dead in Ga. motel room Associated PressALBANY, Ga Police and the Marine Corps were investigating the death of a Marine who served in Iraq and whose body was found in a motel room this week. Authorities refused to discuss the case, except to confirm that the Marine's body was found Tuesday morning. The Marine Corps identified the deceased as Sgt. Michael J. Carlson, 28, of Colorado Springs, Colo., a member of the 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, baed at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Carlson was stationed at Camp Pendleton, but was performing temporary duties at the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, officials said. The incident is under investigation and the cause of death is under investigation, said 1st Lt. Nathan Braden, a Marine spokesman at Camp Pendleton. We’re working closely with civil authorities. Carlson, a small arms technician who joined the Marines in 1999, had served in Iraq, but the Marine Corps had not been determined yet when his deployment had ended, Braden said. Among his personal awards, Carlson had received a Combat Action Ribbon, but Braden said he couldn't immediately comment on whether that was awarded for action in Iraq or perhaps Afghanistan.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/com/1-comnews-903809.php

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Pfc. Casey S. Carriker
20
2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division
Hoquiam, Washington
Died from injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident in Kirkuk, Iraq, on June 13, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page2.html

Spc. Curtis A. Carter 25 Headquarters Company 3d Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Calvary Division Lafayette, Louisiana Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Kuwait on February 27, 2002

Spc. Justin B. Carter 21 Company E, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division Mansfield, Missouri Died from non-combat related injuries at Forward Operating Base McKenzie near Samarra, Iraq, on February 16, 2005 "I thank GOD every day for giving me the chance to be raised by the best mother on earth!" he wrote just days before his death.
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/noadsindex/iraqcasualties/vignettes85.html

Staff Sgt. Virgil R. Case 37 Company B, 145th Support Battalion, 116th Brigade Combat Team, Idaho Army National Guard Mountain Home, Idaho Died of non-combat related injuries in Kirkuk, Iraq, on June 1, 2005

Lance Cpl. James A. Casper 20 Battery E, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Coolidge, Texas Died in a non-combat related incident at Asad, Iraq, on March 25, 2004

Sgt. Gerald Cassidy was assigned to a new medical unit at Fort Knox devoted to healing the wounds of war. But instead of getting better, the brain-injured soldier from Westfield, Ind., was found dead in his barracks Sept. 21. Preliminary reports show he may have been unconscious for days and dead for hours before someone checked on him.
http://www.veteranstoday.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2733

Capt. Paul J. Cassidy 36 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve Laingsburg, Michigan Died as a result of non-combat injuries in Camp Babylon, Iraq on July 13, 2003

Staff Sgt. Eric M. Cassillas, of Fort Worth, was pronounced dead Thursday, the Army said in a release. The cause of death was not immediately released. Cassillas joined the service in June 1998 and worked as an ammunition specialist. His military honors included an Army Commendation Medal and Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, according to the release. Base spokeswoman Dalena Kanouse said Cassillas had previously deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom but the dates and locations of his service were not immediately available. Cassillas was assigned to the 4th Corps Material Management Center, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary). The death was under investigation, the military said. April 18, 2006
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/com/1-comnews-1716196.php

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Pfc. Stephen A. Castellano 21 Company C, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Long Beach, California Died from a non-combat related injury in Mosul, Iraq, on January 28, 2005

Staff Sgt. Roland L. Castro 26 Battery A, 1st Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment San Antonio, Texas Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Camp Cedar II in southern Iraq on January 16, 2004 A staff sergeant is accidentally shot to death while searching a bunker.
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000

Lance Cpl. Geofrey R. Cayer 20 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Fitchburg, Massachusetts Died of a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq, on July 18, 2006. The incident is under investigation.

Petty Officer 3rd Class David A. Cedergrene 25 Assigned to the 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Forces Atlantic South St. Paul, Minnesota Died in a non-combat related incident near Iskandariaya, Iraq, on September 11, 2004

Capt. Jeremy A. Chandler 30 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group Clarksville, Tennessee Died of non-hostile injuries while he was conducting training operations at Forward Operating Base Ripley in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, on August 11, 2005

Staff Sgt. William D. Chaney, 59, of Schaumburg, Ill., died May 18, in Landstuhl, Germany due to a non-combat related injury. Initial reports indicatethat Chaney was medically evacuated from Iraq to Germany for surgery due to a sudden medical condition. He died from complications after surgery. Chaney was assigned to the Army National Guard, Company B, 1st Battalion, 106th AviationRegiment, Chicago, Ill.

Chief Warrant Officer Robert William Channell Jr., 36, ofTuscaloosa, Ala. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10thMarine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune,N.C. WASHINGTON--The Department of Defense identified today three Marines killed in a non-hostile accident during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Theywere killed when a rocket-propelled grenade launcher they werefiring for familiarization malfunctioned. The incident occurredApril 22 (03) on a firing range near the city of Al Kut, Iraq.

Lance Cpl. Steven M. Chavez 20 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Hondo, New Mexico Died of a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq, on March 14, 2007

Jason Chelsea, 19, of WiganLast month, , apparently committed suicide due to concerns over what awaited him in Iraq – where he was to serve with the King’s Lancaster Regiment. (from report done Sept. 2006) Jason Chelsea, 19, a Kings, Lancashire and Border Regiment infantryman, died four days after taking an overdose. Shortly after taking the overdose, he told his parents that as part of training for Iraq he had been warned he might have to shoot children. His funeral was held in Greater Manchester. A military inquest is to be held into his death.


http://www.nw-enquirer.co.uk/politics/politics_news/
military_families_make_a_stand_as_soldier_death_toll_
keeps_rising_200609141673.html

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Pfc. Ryan D. Christensen Illness in Iraq kills soldier from Shore (The Star-Ledger)A 22-year-old soldier from Spring Lake Heights who spent the last 10 months in Iraq died at a U.S. hospital, where he had been sent for treatment of an undisclosed illness, the Department of Defense announced.
http://www.nj.com/war/soldiers/index.ssf?/iraq/
stories/casualties/list.html

Lance Cpl. Jeffery L. Clark
24
3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division
Bay City, Florida
Died of a non-hostile medical illness at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on July 22, 2003

Lance Cpl. Jeffery L. Clark 24 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division Bay City, Florida Died of a non-hostile medical illness at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on July 22, 2003

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Lance Cpl. Lance M. Clark
21
1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force
Cookeville, Tennessee
Died of a non-hostile incident in Anbar province on September 7, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page2.html

1st Sgt. Herbert R. Claunch 58 217th Military Police Company, Alabama Army National Guard Wetumpka, Alabama Died after collapsing on the floor in his quarters in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on April 18, 2004

Staff Sgt. Thomas W. Clemons 37 2nd Battalion, 123rd Armor Regiment, Kentucky Army National Guard Leitchfield, Kentucky Died from a non-combat health-related incident in Diwaniya, Iraq, on December 10, 2006

Staff Sgt. Robert M. Coleman III Charleston airman to be buried in home town
By Bryant Jordan Staff writer A Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., airman found dead in his apartment near the base Nov. 6 (06) will be buried Wednesday in Olathe, Kan. Meanwhile, investigators still are looking into the circumstances of Staff Sgt. Robert M. Coleman III's death, according to Tech. Sgt. Paul Kilgallon, a spokesman for the 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston. Coleman, 25, was a C-17 loadmaster who had completed 164 combat sorties in Iraq and Afghanistan, officials said. At Charleston, he was a joint air drop inspector with the 437th Operations Support Squadron. His off-base death in North Charleston is being investigated by Air Force and civilian authorities. Coleman entered the Air Force in June 2000.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/com/1-comnews-2354548.php

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Zeferino E. Colunga, 20, Bellville TX A specialist dies of pneumonia and leukemia. 8/6/03 Evacuated from Iraq on August 4, 2003, and died of a non-combat illness at Homburg University Hospital, Germany on August 6
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000

Pfc. Bryant Christopher Compean, 19, of El Campo, Texas, died from injuries sustained during a training accident involving a M249 squad automatic weapon, said Joe Piek, a Fort Lewis spokesman. Compean was assigned to 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (SBCT). He joined the Army in February 2005 and had been stationed at Fort Lewis since May 2006.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-2315510.php

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Pfc. Donald E. Compton was shot during a marksmanship exercise on Range 9. An ambulance took him to Irwin Army Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He was assigned to Fort Riley one year ago as an infantryman. March 13, 06 Spc. James K. Tillery of Springfield, Mo., has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, dereliction of duty and negligent discharge of a firearm under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Staff Sgt. Jeremy L. Muntz of Keosauqua, Wis., has been charged with dereliction of duty.

http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-1569181.php

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Lance Cpl. Adam C. Conboy 21 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died as a result of a non-hostile incident in Anbar province on May 12, 2006
http://www.starbulletin.com/
Lance Cpl. Adam C. Conboy, 21, of Philadelphia had been in Iraq for just eight weeks when he died Friday in a "nonhostile incident" in Al Anbar province, according to a release from Marine Corps Base Hawaii. The Pentagon did not explain the circumstances of Conboy's death except to say it was under investigation.Mary Warner, Conboy's mother, told a Philadelphia television station that "Adam strongly felt that it was the responsibility of his generation to carry on the tradition and to defend his country so that we can enjoy the freedoms that we so readily take for granted.""We were just told that it was nonhostile fire — that he was shot in the chest," said Mary Warner, Conboy's mother. "I feel heartbroken for the other Marine to have to live with that."He is also survived by his father.Family members told WCAU-TV that Conboy became a Marine in March 2005 and had been in Iraq for just eight weeks. A spokesman at Kaneohe said Conboy reported to the Windward Oahu base last September. His medals include a Purple Heart
http://iraq.pigstye.net/article.php/ConboyAdamC

UK

Sgt. Paul Connolly 33 21 Engineer Regiment, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers Crawley, West Sussex, England Connolly was found dead from a gunshot wound at Shaibah Logistic Base in southern Iraq on December 26, 2004. The UK Ministry of Defense said the initial inquiry into his death did not indicate hostile action or other suspicious circumstances.

Master Sgt. James C. Coons 35 385th Signal Company, 54th Signal Battalion Conroe, Texas Diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after serving in Iraq, Coons' body was found at an outpatient hotel at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on July 4, 2003. In December 2005, a military casualty board ruled that his suicide should be considered a casualty of war. suicide Diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after serving in Iraq, Coons' body was found at an outpatient hotel at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on July 4, 2003. In December 2005, a military casualty board ruled that his suicide should be considered a casualty of war.

Sgt. 1st Class David A. Cooper Jr.
36
2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division
State College, Pennsylvania
Died from a non-combat related injury in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 5, 2007

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page2.html

Jason Cooper 23 Monies, IA Terri Jones lost her son Jason Cooper just over a year ago. He was an Army Reservist in the Iraq War. On July 14, 2005, four months after returning home to Iowa, he hanged himself

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RICHARD CORCORAN 34 FORT BRAGG GUNSHOT 2/3/2005 Spc. Richard T. Corcoran, 34, shot himself Feb. 3 at his ex-wife's home near the North Carolina base. He first shot her boyfriend several times, then shot her in the arm. Both survived. Served in Afghanistan. Suspected Lariam link Corcoran, the latest Fort Bragg suicide, was charged in 1989 in an incident in Glen Ridge, N.J., in which several football players were accused of raping a mentally retarded girl. The charges against Corcoran were dropped the day before the trial, and he won $200,000 in a federal civil-rights lawsuit claiming malicious prosecution.
http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/2629/2028208.html

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Staff Sgt. Victor M. Cortes III 29 Company E, 703rd Forward Support Batttalion, 3rd Infantry Division Erie, Pennsylvania 5/29/05 Staff Sgt. Victor M. Cortes III, 29, of Erie, Pa., died May 29 in Baghdad, Iraq of non-combat-related injuries. Cortes was assigned to the 703rd Forward Support Batttalion, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.

Pvt. Robert Costall Canadian who died in the same March 29 firefight at a southern Afghan base, officials said. Stone, 52, was part of an embedded training team working with Afghan troops. The medic had been stationed there for about six weeks. Vermont Guard spokeswoman Lt. Veronica Saffo said the investigation should not be interpreted to mean the military believes Stone and Costall were killed by their comrades.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-1673040.php

Private Frédéric Couture of the Royal 22nd Regiment died on Wednesday at his parents' home. His left leg had been amputated below the knee after he stepped on a land mine in December.A Canadian soldier who had a foot blown off in Afghanistan has died of an apparent suicide, raising questions about the distress faced by combat troops.

Pfc. Dwane A. Covert Jr.
20
104th Transportation Company, 13th Corps Support Sustainment Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division
Tonawanda, New York
Died from injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident in Al-Sahra, Iraq, on November 3, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page2.html

Pfc. Ryan R. Cox 19 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division Derby, Kansas Died as a result of a non-hostile gunshot wound he sustained near Najaf, Iraq, on June 15, 2003

Spc. Tambo Cox, 20, shot and injured two women April 5 in a Sunland Park, N.M., home because he was angry that his ex-girlfriend ended their relationship. Investigators said Coxlater shot himself during a traffic stop April 6 along Interstate 10 near Deming, N.M. Fort Bliss officials said Cox, originally from Trinidad, has been in the Army since 2004. He served with 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-1688474.php

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Craig, Heather N. Staff Sergeant 06/21/06 28 US U.S. Army 159th Air Ambulance Medical Company Non-hostile Naray (Nangarhar Pr.)

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Spc. Richard M. Crane 25 Detachment 1, 325th Field Hospital, Army Reserve Independence, Missouri Died of non-combat related injuries in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on February 8, 2005

Lance Cpl. Andrew Jason Craw
21
1st Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Clack- mannanshire, Scotland
Died in a training range accident near Basra on January 7, 2004

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page2.html

Cpl. Mark Cridge 25 7 Signal Regiment, Royal Corp of Signals Hometown of record not available Died at Camp Bastion near Lashkar Gah in the southern province of Helmand, Afghanistan, on March 22, 2006. British authorities said initial inquiries into his death did not indicate hostile action.

Spc. Michael J. Crutchfield 21 3rd Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment Stockton, California Died of a non-combat related injury in Balad, Iraq, on December 23, 2006 suspected link to Lariam Between Christmas and New Year's 2006, five U.S. soldiers committed suicide after being informed they'd been ordered to serve an additional tour in Iraq. http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061230/A_NEWS/612300318"
Michael Crutchfield of Stockton, California killed himself north of the capital, Baghdad. The day of his death, he e-mailed his foster brother and confidant, Johnny Sotello, to relate his pain to the remnants of his family still living in the area. "As you know, there are more people waiting for me to pull this trigger than there are waiting on my return to the states," Crutchfield wrote in a portion of the message, quoted by the Stockton Record. "I'm done hurting. All my life I've been hurting... end this pain," Crutchfield wrote at the end of his two-page message.

http://www.antiwar.com/glantz/?articleid=10313

Pfc. Joseph Cruz 22 Company A, 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Whittier, California Died of non-combat related injuries sustained in an accident at Organ-E, Afghanistan, on October 15, 2005.

Sgt. Sirlou C. Cuaresma 25 68th Engineer Company, 62nd Engineer Battalion, 13th Containment Command Chicago, Illinois Died from a non-combat related cause in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 21, 2006 Relatives of Cuaresma who spoke to reporters outside the family's home Friday night said Cuaresma joined the Army in 2000 and was on his third tour of duty.
http://iraq.pigstye.net/article.php/BuzzardJasonJ

Tyler Curtis survived bullets and bombs. But once he got home, he couldn’t escape the emotional wounds he suffered. Curtis, 25, took his own life on Thanksgiving morning, three months after returning to Maine following his 2006 discharge from the Army.

Pfc. Brian K. Cutter 19 Company B, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Riverside, California Found unconscious on May 13, 2004, and was later pronounced dead in Al Asad, Iraq. The cause of death is under investigation.

Note: Cause of death is listed when known. Most never had the finds of investigations published.

Anti-malarial drug linked to Afghan massacre a long time ago

What the hell is going on when reports do not research what they report on? Here is one more case of that.

MARCH 26, 2012 CNN reported Military Scrambles To Limit Malaria Drug Just After Afghanistan Massacre

That isn't the problem, even though reports on this drug go way back.

VA issued warning on Lariam in 2004

Spc. Adam Kuligowski's problems began because he couldn't sleep, April 2010

Army curbs prescriptions of anti-malaria drug Mefloquine NOVEMBER 20, 2011 and this one the same month. After four decades of use, the U.S. Army is banning the use of mefloquine (an anti-malaria drug) because of side effects.

Is Mefloquine the new Agent Orange? from August 2012

This report claims that it is "new information" but it isn't.

Anti-malarial drug linked to Afghan massacre
Soldier was taking mefloquine when he killed 16 civilians, report indicates
By Patricia Kime
Staff writer
Jul. 13, 2013

In less than a month, Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will be sentenced for the massacre of 16 Afghan civilians in March 2012.

His attorney, John Henry Browne, has not publicly disclosed whether he will use a mental health defense to fight for a parole-eligible sentence.

But an argument could be made that Bales, 40, was out of his mind:

■ He was treated for a traumatic brain injury resulting from a rollover accident in 2010 and possibly had post-traumatic stress disorder.

■ He admitted to using steroids, which can cause aggression and violence.

■ And new evidence suggests he was prescribed an anti-malaria drug known to cause hallucinations, aggression and psychotic behavior in some patients.
read more here

Count all non-combat deaths Part #2

Capt. Nathan S. Dalley 27 Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division Kaysville, Utah Died from a non-hostile gunshot wound on November 17, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq. A captain is killed by a "non-hostile" gunshot.
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000

Chris Dana came home from the war in Iraq in 2005 and slipped into a mental abyss so quietly that neither his family nor the Montana Army National Guard noticed. As Gary Dana was collecting his dead son's belongings, he found a letter indicating that the National Guard was discharging his son under what are known as other-than-honorable conditions. The move was due to his skipping drills, which his family said was brought on by the mental strain of his service in Iraq.

Capt. Patrick D. Damon 41 240th Engineer Group, Maine Army National Guard Falmouth, Maine Died from a non-combat related cause in Bagram, Afghanistan, on June 15, 2006

CHRIS DANA 23 MONTANA GUNSHOT FORT HARRISON - 3/4/2007It took several months of pushing, but finally, Chris Dana was ready.The 23-year-old veteran of the Iraq war, who served with the 163rd Infantry Battalion, Montana National Guard, agreed to see a counselor for post-combat stress. Members of his family, concerned for months about his change in behavior, believed they were starting to get through to him. Their son and brother promised to seek the help they all knew he so desperately needed.Then Dana canceled the appointment. He began screening his calls. He stopped showing up at drill with the National Guard. He quit his job at Target, cleaned his car and the trailer he shared with a friend. And then, on March 4, he shut himself into his bedroom, put a blanket over his head, and shot himself.
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2007/03/10/news/mtregional/news05.txt

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Spc. Shawn M. Davies 22 Battery C, 4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division Hopewell, Pennsylvania Died of a non-combat related illness in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 8, 2004

Machinist Mate Fireman Bryant L. Davis 2001-11-07 20 Chicago Illinois USS Kitty Hawk Navy Bryant accidentally drowned in the Arabian Sea

Davis fell overboard on November 7, 2001, and was declared deceased after more than two days of search and rescue efforts were unsuccessful.
http://afghanistan.pigstye.net/wd.php?sort=unit

Maj. Gloria D. Davis 47 Assigned to the Defense Security Assistance Agency St. Louis, Missouri Died from a non-combat related incident in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 12, 2006

Master Sgt. Jefferson Donald Davis 2001-12-05 39 Watauga Tennessee Company D, 2nd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Army One of three soldiers killed when a 2,000-pound satellite-guided bomb was targeted incorrectly and hit near his position north of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on December 5, 2001 USA
http://afghanistan.pigstye.net/wd.php?sort=unit

Pfc. Justin R. Davis, 19, of Gaithersburg, Md., died on June 25 in eastern Kunar province when he came in contact with indirect fire a term used for mortar shelling while on patrol during combat operations.

The circumstances of the soldier’s death are under investigation as a possible friendly-fire incident.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/1-292925-1925553.php

PFC Nicholas A. Davis Born April 27, 1986 - July 13, 2005 Dates of service: Jan. 20, 2004 - July 13, 2005 US Army He died at Ft. Knox, KY From his Nick definately died from the results of PTSD. He fell 1250 feet when his parachute failed and was only treated for a broken ankle. From what I can tell, he never received a CAT scan or MRI to check for further damage. He had flashbacks and nightmares and was punished for asking for help. On his final day he asked for help several times and others asked for help for him. Those around him were concerned for him but those in charge did nothing. And that evening he was dead. The records tell how his personality changed for the worse, he became a different person. He also began suffering from tremors and toward the end of his life he began having siezures. Several witnesses put that into their statements...that his superiors did not help him they "put him into a room until he calmed down". He was being discharged and coming home in less than 24 hours. He was found hung by a shoelace on the hook of a latrine stall door.
http://www.killingourown.homestead.com/

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Spc. Richard Davis Days after returning in July 2003 from a tour of duty in Iraq, five soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division went out for a night of drinking in Columbus, Ga. One of them, Spc. Richard Davis, was beaten and stabbed to death and his body burned in an attempt to cover the crime. The case is now nearly resolved, The Associated Press reported.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-1511540.php

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Sgt. Kyle Dayton
22
2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division
El Dorado Hills, California
Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident in Ashwah, Iraq, on December 3, 2007

James E. Dean Iraq Vet Commits Suicide by Inducing Police Action Veteran Slain in Police Standoff Was Devastated by Call-Up, Family Says By Megan GreenwellWashington Post Staff WriterFriday, December 29, 2006; B01 James E. Dean's first Christmas as a married man was supposed to be a joyous affair. The man everyone called Jamie had received a diagnosis of depression, but things were looking up. He frequently told Muriel, his wife of four months, that she was the best thing that had ever happened to him. He had plans to celebrate his 29th birthday two days before the holiday. His parents and grandmother, to whom he was extremely close, lived just a few miles away in the same St. Mary's County town -- perfect for sharing Christmas dinner and opening presents together. But everything good in Dean's life had been overshadowed by a letter he received three weeks earlier. The letter, from U.S. Army headquarters, instructed him to report to Fort Benning, Ga., on Jan. 14. From there, he was likely to be sent to Iraq. Dean had already fought in one war, serving 12 months as a sergeant, leading a small infantry unit on the front lines in Afghanistan. Army records show that he was an excellent soldier, and he had a fistful of awards to prove it: for service in defense of the nation, good conduct and outstanding marksmanship with rifles and grenades. He was such a good soldier, in fact, an Army spokesman said, that the military needed him back just three weeks after his first Christmas with his wife. He couldn't stomach the thought. His post-traumatic stress disorder, which was diagnosed shortly after he returned from Afghanistan, became worse immediately after he received the letter -- and so did his drinking and his rages, family members said. He would break down in front of his wife, telling her over and over that nobody knew what it had been like. "The next time you see me, it's going to be in a body bag," she said he told her as he walked out of their house for the last time.
On Christmas night, Dean drove to his childhood home on the farm where his parents still live. He took up one of his hunting guns and called his family; he said he was going to kill himself. Fourteen agonizing hours later, he was dead -- not by his own bullet but by that of a Maryland state trooper.
http://www.differentdrummercafe.org/iraqvetsuicide.html

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ROBERT DECOUTEAUX 24 NY GUNSHOT8/1/2005 Decouteaux died Saturday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He'd been airlifted from his home to a Temple hospital for emergency surgery, but died while doctors tried to save his life.
http://www.kcentv.com/news/local-article-arch.php?nid=7692

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Spc. Michael S. Deem 35 Company D, Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division Rockledge, Florida Died of non-combat related injuries in Baghdad, Iraq, on February 24, 2005

Spc. Robert W. Defazio 21 23rd Ordnance Company, 101st Ordnance Battalion, 29th Support Group West Babylon, New York Died of non-combat related injuries in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on April 24, 2005

Pvt. Jason L. Deibler 20 Company A, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division Coeburn, Virginia Killed on May 4, 2003, by a non-combat weapon discharge in Kuwait

Ken Dennis (father) His son didn't see 23. On March 21, exactly one year after the first Marine combat deaths in Iraq, the wiry 6-foot-1 soldier who had been a classroom cut-up, a devotee of heavy philosophical tomes and a proud patriot tattooed with the Marine Corps insignia hanged himself from a showerhead in the bathroom of his Renton apartment.

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UK

Signaller Paul William Didsbury 18 21st Signal Regiment (Air Support) Blackpool, England Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Basra, Iraq, on June 29, 2005

Netherlands

Dijkstra Sergeant Netherlands Royal Dutch Army10/11/06 Non-hostile - suicide

Pfc. James R. Dillon Jr 2003-03-13 19 Grove City Pennsylvania 3rd Light Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division Marines James died as a result of a self inflicted gun shot wound in Kuwait.
http://afghanistan.pigstye.net/wd.php?sort=unit

Romania

Cpl. Lili Dobre 28 280th Infantry Battalion, Romanian Army Romania Dobre shot himself in the head in a tent at Camp Mittica in Nasiriya, Iraq, on March 14, 2006. He was taken to a hospital in Kuwait City, Kuwait, where he died on March 25, 2006

UK

Pvt. Mark Stephen Dobson 41 B (Green Howards) Company, The Tyne-Tees Regiment, British Territorial Army County Durham, England Dobson was found dead of a non-hostile cause in his quarters at Basra Air Station in Basra, Iraq, on March 28, 2005. (from below the 41-year-old from Darlington would kill himself in his Basra bed. His suicide note described the 'evil world' encountered in Iraq. 'Sorry to let you down lads,' it concluded.)

Sgt. Michael E. Dooley of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment August 20, 2004 Report: Two Carson soldiers committed suicide in Iraq Associated Press FORT CARSON, Colo. Two Fort Carson soldiers who died in Iraq took their own lives, according to Army reports released this week.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/1-292925-314145.php

But on CNN.com the report was this way

Sgt. Michael E. Dooley
23
B Troop, 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Pulaski, Virginia
He was manning a checkpoint in Al Asad, Iraq, on June 8, 2003, when a vehicle approached and two people got out requesting a medic for a sick friend. Immediately following the request for help, they opened fire, killing Dooley

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page2.html

Staff Sgt. Aurelio A. Dudley, 39, of Panama City, Panama, died Tuesday after completing the run. He began having trouble breathing when he finished, and other soldiers training with Dudley called for emergency help. October 2005
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/1-292925-1206041.php

Pfc. Joseph J. Duenas
23
Company C, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101 Airborne Division
Mesa, Arizona
Died of non-combat related injuries while returning from combat operations in Kirkuk Province, Iraq, on March 30, 2006

Pfc. Amy A. Duerksen 19 Company D, 4th Combat Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland Died of a non-combat related injury in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 11, 2006 Pfc. Amy A. Duerksen was remembered Friday as a soldier who loved her country and championed its freedoms.About 200 people attended Duerksen's funeral at a church in Temple while more than 120 members of the Patriot Guard Riders, a motorcycle group, gathered outside to counter the protest of six members of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan The Kansas protesters claim the deaths of soldiers in Iraq are divine punishment for America's toleration of homosexuals. The motorcycle riders try to shield families from the protesters.Duerksen, 19, died March 11 in Iraq, the Temple Daily Telegram reported."The two themes of freedom and justice were colossal for her," the Rev. Shannon Soard said in remarks prepared for delivery at the service, the newspaper reported.Soard said Duerksen "had a kindness and gentleness for people that caused you to warm to her quickly. Warm smiles, encouraging words and affectionate hugs were the order of the day with Amy. She loved people, and they knew it."
http://iraq.pigstye.net/article.php/DuerksenAmyA

Cynthia Dunn, 27, was driving on a bridge in Augusta, Ga., when she lost control of her car about 1 a.m. The vehicle hit a concrete retaining wall, drove on top of it and then went airborne, said a deputy sheriff. October 9, 2004
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-452264.php

Sgt. Jeannette T. Dunn 44 15th Sustainment Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Bronx, New York Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related injury in Taji, Iraq, on November 26, 2006

Staff Sgt. Joan J. Duran
24
5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division
Roxbury, Massachusetts
Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident in Iraq on August 10, 2007

Ciara Durkin
Mystery surrounds death of soldier
Quincy woman is called a noncombat casualty
By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff October 2, 2007
The Massachusetts National Guard soldier from Quincy who died in Afghanistan Friday was found with a single bullet in her head lying near her church on a secure military base, her family said yesterday after a briefing from Army officials.

The Department of Defense said in a statement yesterday that Ciara Durkin's injuries came from a "non-combat related incident" that is under investigation. The statement contradicts a Sunday statement from the Massachusetts Army National Guard that said Durkin, an Army specialist, was killed in action. A guard spokesman said the term was meant to imply that Durkin was deployed in Afghanistan at the time of her death.

"We're completely in the dark," said Pierce Durkin, the soldier's 28-year-old brother. "Patience is probably dissipating."

Cpl Ainsworth Dyer 2002-04-18 24 Montreal Quebec 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia s Canadian Light Infantry Canadian Army Ainsworth was one of four soldiers killed in a freindly fire accident near Kandahar when a bomb was dropped on their location.
http://afghanistan.pigstye.net/wd.php?sort=unit

Staff Sgt. Richard S. Eaton Jr. 37 323rd Military Intelligence Battalion, Army Reserves Guilford, Connecticut Died in Ramadi, Iraq, after a fellow soldier tried to wake him and noticed he was not breathing on August 12, 2003 A staff sergeant dies in his sleep from fluid buildup in his lungs. http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000

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

Pfc. Christopher M. Eckhardt 19 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division Phoenix, Arizona Died of a non-combat related cause in Taji, Iraq, on May 3, 2006 AP -- FORT HOOD, Texas -- The death of a Phoenix soldier in Iraq is under investigation, the Department of Defense said Friday. Pfc. Christopher M. Eckhardt, 19, died Wednesday from a "non-combat related cause" in Taji, according to a statement from the military. No other details were provided. Eckhardt was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division in Fort Hood.
http://iraq.pigstye.net/article.php/EckhardtChristopherM

Sgt. 1st Class Amos C. Edwards, Jr. 41 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery Regiment, 48th Brigade Combat Team, Georgia Army National Guard Savannah, Georgia Died of a non-combat related cause in Rutba, Iraq, on February 17, 2006

Staff Sgt. Mark O. Edwards 40 Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Tennessee Army National Guard Unicoi, Tennessee Died from a non-combat related cause at his forward operating base near Tuz, Iraq, on June 9, 2005

Spc. Andrew C. Ehrlich 21 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division Mesa, Arizona Died of non-combat related injuries in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, on October 18, 2004

Senior Airmen Nicholas D. Eischen
24
60th Medical Operations Squadron, Travis Air Force Base
Sanger, California
Died of a non-combat related incident at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, on December 24, 2007. The circumstances surrounding the death are under investigation.

Staff Sgt. Gregory L. Elam
39
54th Quartermaster Company, 49th Quartermaster Group, 101st Airborne Division
Columbus, Georgia
Died as a result of a non-combat related illness in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on December 11, 2007. His death is under investigation.

Spc. Matthew J. Emerson
20
2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division
Grandview, Washington
Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident in Nineveh Province, Iraq, on September 18, 2007

Pfc. Andrew T. Engstrom
22
1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division
Slaton, Texas
Died of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident in Taji, Iraq, on July 4, 2007

Espaillat Jr, Pedro I. Senior Airman Air Force 20 5/15/04 weapon discharge
Pedro I. Espaillat Jr. Columbia, Tennessee Senior Airman Pedro I. Espaillat Jr., who worked for the Air Force as a plane mechanic, wanted to be an engineer.His father said he tried to persuade his oldest son to go first to college, then make the military a career. But Espaillat enlisted in 2001 after high school graduation."After he was in boot camp, I couldn't pull him out. He wanted to be an engineer since he was little. Now he never will," Pedro I. Espaillat Sr. said of his son.Espaillat, 20, of Columbia, Tenn., died May 15 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Kirkuk, Iraq. He was based at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.Espaillat moved to Tennessee in 1993 with his mother and two brothers from the Dominican Republic. His father had arrived about three years earlier.The son graduated with honors, 38th in a class of 228 at Spring Hill High.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/news/iraq/profile?

Capt. Phillip T. Esposito 30 Headquarters Company, 42nd Infantry Division, New York Army National Guard Suffern, New York Esposito died on June 8, 2005, in Tikrit, Iraq, of injuries sustained in an alleged fratricide attack in Tikrit, Iraq, on June 7, 2005. Another soldier, Staff Sgt. Alberto B. Martinez, has been charged with murder in connection with the attack, and is awaiting trial.


http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page3.html
Arraignment set for alleged fragger
Staff Sgt. Alberto B. Martinez will face an arraignment hearing Nov. 3 at Fort Bragg, N.C., in the June 2005 deaths of two officers at a forward operating base in Tikrit, Iraq, the Army announced today.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-2157595.php

Pvt. David Evans of the 924th Military Police Battalion, was killed in May 2003 while guarding the munitions dump at Ad Diwaniyah. Military officials told Macklin in March that Spc. Benjamin Hathaway lit some fuse bundles at the cajoling of another soldier, sparking a series of blasts that sent the three soldiers diving for cover. After a 10-month investigation, Hathaway was charged with involuntary manslaughter, negligent homicide and other offenses.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/1-292925-341142.php

Staff Sgt. Christopher L. Everett 23 2nd Battalion, 112th Armor Regiment, 56th Brigade Combat Team, Texas Army National Guard Huntsville, Texas Killed in an accident in the motor pool in Taqqadum, Iraq, on September 7, 2005

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page3.html

Sammantha Arlene Owen Ewing, 20, passed away Monday, Nov. 26, 2007, in Pawtucket, R.I. Sammantha was born in Orem, Utah, on Dec. 7, 1986

Cpl. Adam R. Fales 21 Combat Service Support Detachment-21, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Cullman, Alabama Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Falluja, Iraq, on December 16, 2005

Carolyn Farrar-Johnson, 58, was an active reserve sergeant with the 11th Battalion, 80th Regiment, Officer Education System. She was found dead in her residence at midday Monday.Her husband, Ronnie Nelson, has been charged with murder.

http://namguardianangel.blogspot.com/2007
/12/fort-belvoir-reservist-killed-by.html

Sgt. Andrew K. Farrar Jr. 31 Headquarters and Service Battalion, 2nd Force Service Support Group, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Weymouth, Massachusetts Died due to a non-hostile related incident in Anbar province, Iraq, on January 28, 2005 Al Anbar Province
Non-hostile - electrocution from ICasualties.org

Staff Sgt. Jefferey J. Farrow 28 146th Quartermaster Company, Army Reserve Birmingham, Alabama Died of non-combat related injuries in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on July 19, 2005

Capt. Brian R. Faunce 28 Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Faunce's unit was clearing dangerously low-hanging power lines south of Ad Dujayl, Iraq, when he apparently touched an active power line, fatally injuring him on September 18, 2003.

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page3.html

Jason A. Fegler Serving with the 101st Airborne Division, Fegler may have died in a friendly fire incident, according to the Department of Defense . The Pentagon said the circumstances of his death“are under investigation as a potential friendly fire incident,” but released no further information. One requirement was to serve a tour of duty in Iraq, Snyder said. Fegler was promoted to his new rank a few days before his death, said Kelly Tyler , a spokeswoman at Fort Campbell.He was about a month into his third tour of duty in Iraq, Snyder said.
http://iraq.pigstye.net/article.php/FeglerJasonA

Spc. Rian C. Ferguson 22 Regimental Support Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Taylors, South Carolina Died when he fell from the light medium tactical vehicle in which he was a passenger outside forward operating base Quinn, Iraq, on December 14, 2003

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page3.html

Capt. Michael S. Fielder
35
248th Medical Detachment, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 44th Medical Command, XVIII Airborne Corps
Holly Springs, North Carolina
Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 19, 2007

Spc. Kirsten Fike, 36, of Warren, Pa., died a day after collapsing only two hours into the first day of a border surveillance mission near Yuma. She had deployed with the 28th Military Police Company. It was the first death in Arizona of a National Guard soldier since the start in June of Operation Jump Start, President Bush’s initiative to place 6,000 National Guard troops in support of Border Patrol operations along the Mexican border.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-2039955.php

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Sgt. Courtney D. Finch
27
714th Maintenance Company, Kansas Army National Guard
Leavenworth, Kansas
Died of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident in Qayyara, Iraq, on July 24, 2007

Spc. John R. Fish Searchers found, clad in his Army uniform, Wednesday afternoon while flying over a patch of rugged desert surrounding the Dona Ana Base Camp, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) from Fort Bliss in New Mexico, said Jean Offutt, a fort spokeswoman. His body was found about 1 1/2 miles (2.4 kilometers) north of the camp.

http://woundedtimes.blogspot.com/
2007/08/spc-john-r-fish-death-suspected-suicide.html

Sgt. 1st Class Brandon Floyd he also was taking Lariam before he killed his wife and himself, although the Army said it could not confirm that he was taking the drug.

Sgt Ryan D. Foraker 2002-09-24 31 Logan Ohio 342nd Military Police Company Army Reserve Ryan Disapeared from his unit in Guantanamo Bay. Exhaustive searches were conducted in an effort to locate him. His clothes and personal effects were found near the water's edge.

CHRIS FORCUM 20 OREGON GUNSHOT 12/3/2005 He tried to get help. But he slipped through the cracks in the military’s mental-health system. He applied for veterans’ health benefits, but Call — a combat veteran with years of active and Reserve duty — was told he didn’t qualify. Veterans Affairs has mental-health counselors even for veterans who don’t qualify for health benefits, but Call never got a chance to see one.
On Feb. 3 of this year, he shot himself.
http://www.veteransforamerica.org/index.cfm/page/Article/ID/7672

After Soldier's Suicide, his Family Calls for More Counseling December 5, 2005 - 9:06AM When soldiers return home from overseas, they go through a debriefing process, but one Springfield family says the military doesn't to enough for soldiers returning to civilian life; Chris Forcum, a 20-year-old marine, killed himself six weeks after returning home from Iraq.
http://www.ktvl.com/engine.pl?station=ktvl&id=10947&template=doesitwork.html

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Sgt. Curtis J. Forshey, 22, of Hollidaysburg, Pa., died Tuesday in Homburg. His illness was not combat-related Sgt. Curtis J. Forshey liked the military life and, despite the daily dangers that went with serving in Iraq, had planned on making a career of it. Tragically, the 22-year-old Hollidaysburg resident died Tuesday in an Army hospital in Homburg, Germany, leaving behind a wife, Laura, and their 3-month-old son, Benjamin. "He was a great guy," the 23-year-old Laura, said Thursday. "He was a great husband, a great father and a great soldier." Curtis' mom, Sharon Forshey, said her son was serving his second tour of Iraq with the 494th Transportation Company, a part of the 101st Airborne Division out of Fort Campbell, Ky., when he got sick. Within a week of finding out he had leukemia, Curtis died from a brain aneurysm, a complication of his treatment. His death occurred shortly after his wife, son and parents arrived in Germany where he was hospitalized
http://iraq.pigstye.net/wd.php

Pfc. Jason Franco 18 Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 11, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Corona, California Died from a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq, on October 31, 2006
Age: 18
From: Corona, California
Assigned To: Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 11, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Based In: Marine Corps Air Sta. Miramar, CA
Fatality Date: Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Fatality Cause: Non-hostile - gun shot wound
Fatality Location: Al Asad, Iraq

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_H_marine02.3aaa5e7.html Press-Enterprise CORONA - Gulf War veteran and retired Marine Genaro Franco sat in his living room talking about how his son loved his mother's lasagna, his Mercedes Benz C320 and spending time with their large, extended family. He said he also knows his 18-year-old son loved being a Marine. Jason Franco had been in Iraq less than a month when he died Tuesday. He was the seventh Inland man to die in one of the war's deadliest months and the second Buena Vista High School graduate to die there this year. About 2 a.m. Tuesday, the family got a knock on the front door. His mother, Guadalupe Franco, asked who it was, and when the answer was the Marine Corps, she knew. The family had spoken to him just a few hours before he died. "He was so happy to be there. That's why he volunteered," said his teary-eyed mother, who was glad to have had that last conversation. Jason Franco also told his father that no matter what happened to him in Iraq, his father should take care of his younger brother, Kristian, 14, and sister Kuuielani, 12. Officials in Iraq are investigating the death, which the family described as agunshot wound to the head.
http://iraq.pigstye.net/article.php/FrancoJason

Leslie Frederick Jr 23 July 26, 2005—Army Spc. Leslie Frederick Jr., 23, stationed at Fort Lewis, shot and killed himself at his South Tacoma apartment. Wounded while serving 15 months in Iraq, Frederick had recently been among the first soldiers to receive the Army's new Combat Action Badge, which represents, says Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, "the Warrior Ethos." Frederick, according to relatives, suffered psychologically from the stress of combat. His wife also won a divorce and custody of their child six days before his suicide.

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John "Gunship" Frasso Friends of John Frasso were coming to terms Tuesday a day after the Vietnam War veteran they called "Gunship" took his own life outside the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Plains Township.They wondered why Frasso, who enjoyed making children laugh and giving more than he received, shot himself with a .45-caliber handgun. A note apparently written by Frasso, 61, of Nescopeck, explained he was protesting the war in Afghanistan, Luzerne County Coroner Dr. Jack Consalvo said.
http://storiesinamerica.blogspot.com/2006/10/vietnam-vet-commits-suicide-outside-of.html

Pvt. Benjamin L. Freeman 19 K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Valdosta, Georgia Drowned near Al Asad, Iraq, on October 13, 2003. Soldiers from his unit were searching for Freeman when they found him floating in the Euphrates River near Haditha Dam and attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page3.html