51 US DEATHS IN APRIL IN IRAQ. WE HAVE LIST OF NAMES, HOMETOWNS, WHERE AND CAUSE OF DEATH

The official Department of Defense casualty figures for the month of April have been released and 51 US servicemen were killed during the month. Some of the names have yet to be confirmed pending contact with next of kin. The rest of the soliders and Marines killed in the month of April are listed by name and date of death with the province where they were killed and cause of death.

You can click on the names in "BLUE" to obtain more details of each death.


Total Name Place of Death - Province Cause of Death
30-Apr-2008
4
US: 4 UK: 0 Other: 0



US
NAME NOT RELEASED YET
Ninawa Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
NAME NOT RELEASED YET
Baghdad (southern part)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
NAME NOT RELEASED YET
Baghdad (southern part)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
NAME NOT RELEASED YET
Baghdad (northern part)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
29-Apr-2008
2
US: 2 UK: 0 Other: 0



US
NAME NOT RELEASED YET
Baghdad (northeastern part)
Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire

US
NAME NOT RELEASED YET
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
28-Apr-2008
4
US: 4 UK: 0 Other: 0



US
Specialist David P. McCormick
Baghdad (western part)
Hostile - hostile fire - Rocket fire

US
Private 1st Class Adam L. Marion
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - indirect fire

US
Sergeant Marcus C. Mathes
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - indirect fire

US
Sergeant Mark A. Stone
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - indirect fire
27-Apr-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0



US
Private 1st Class William T. Dix
Camp Buehring
Non-hostile
24-Apr-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0



US
Staff Sergeant Shaun J. Whitehead
Iskandariyah - Babil
Hostile - hostile fire - IED, small arms fire
23-Apr-2008
4
US: 4 UK: 0 Other: 0



US
Sergeant Guadalupe Cervantes Ramirez
Camp Arifjan
Non-hostile - vehicle accident

US
Private 1st Class John T. Bishop
Golden Hills - Salah Ad Din
Non-hostile - vehicle rollover

US
1st Lieutenant Timothy W. Cunningham
Golden Hills - Salah Ad Din
Non-hostile - vehicle rollover

US
Staff Sergeant Ronald C. Blystone
Baghdad (eastern part)
Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire
22-Apr-2008
3
US: 3 UK: 0 Other: 0



US
Private Ronald R. Harrison
FOB Falcon (nr. Baghdad)
Non-hostile - injury

US
Lance Corporal Jordan C. Haerter
Ramadi (near) - Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack (VBIED)

US
Corporal Jonathan T. Yale
Ramadi (near) - Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack (VBIED)
21-Apr-2008
4
US: 4 UK: 0 Other: 0



US
Airman Apprentice Adrian M. Campos
Dubai -
Non-hostile

US
1st Lieutenant Matthew R. Vandergrift
Basra - Basrah
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Specialist Steven J. Christofferson
Baiji - Salah Ad Din
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Sergeant Adam J. Kohlhaas
Baiji - Salah Ad Din
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
20-Apr-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0



US
Petty Officer 1st Class Cherie L. Morton
Galali, Muharraq
Non-hostile
18-Apr-2008
2
US: 2 UK: 0 Other: 0



US
Specialist Benjamin K. Brosh
Balad - Salah Ad Din
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack (VBIED)

US
Specialist Lance O. Eakes
Baghdad (north of)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
17-Apr-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0



US
Staff Sergeant Jason L. Brown
Sama Village
Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire, grenade
14-Apr-2008
4
US: 4 UK: 0 Other: 0



US
Specialist Arturo Huerta-Cruz
Tuz - Salah Ad Din
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Sergeant Joseph A. Richard III
Baghdad (northeastern part)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Corporal Richard J. Nelson
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Lance Corporal Dean D. Opicka
Al Anbar Province
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
12-Apr-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0



US
Specialist William E. Allmon
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
09-Apr-2008
5
US: 5 UK: 0 Other: 0



US
Technical Sergeant Anthony L. Capra
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Specialist Jeremiah C. Hughes
Baghdad
Non-hostile - injury

US
Sergeant Jesse A. Ault
Tunis (died in Baghdad) - Salah Ad Din
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Sergeant Shaun P. Tousha
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Specialist Jacob J. Fairbanks
Baghdad
Non-hostile - suicide
08-Apr-2008
2
US: 2 UK: 0 Other: 0



US
Staff Sergeant Jeffery L. Hartley
Kharguliah - Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Major Mark E. Rosenberg
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
07-Apr-2008
4
US: 4 UK: 0 Other: 0



US
Sergeant Timothy M. Smith
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Sergeant Michael T. Lilly
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack

US
Specialist Jason C. Kazarick
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack

US
Sergeant Richard A. Vaughn
Baghdad (eastern part)
Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire
06-Apr-2008
7
US: 7 UK: 0 Other: 0



US
Staff Sergeant Jeremiah E. McNeal
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Staff Sergeant Emanuel Pickett
Baghdad
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Private 1st Class Shane D. Penley
Rustamiyah - Baghdad
Non-hostile

US
Colonel Stephen K. Scott
Baghdad (Green Zone)
Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack

US
Major Stuart A. Wolfer
Baghdad (Green Zone)
Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack

US
Captain Ulises Burgos-Cruz
Diyala Province (Died in Balad)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

US
Specialist Matthew T. Morris
Diyala Province (Died in Balad)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
03-Apr-2008
1
US: 1 UK: 0 Other: 0



US
Staff Sergeant Travis L. Griffin
Baghdad (near)
Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack

Total
51
US: 51 UK: 0 Other: 0