Other Deaths

The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Afghanistan and Iraq:

Bryan Edward Barron, 26, of Biloxi, Miss.; specialist, Army National Guard. Barron was among four soldiers killed Monday when an improvised explosive device detonated near their convoy vehicle in Haswa, Iraq, south of Baghdad. He was assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry, Army National Guard in Biloxi, Miss.

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Joshua T. Brazee, 25, of Sand Creek, Mich.; specialist, Army. Brazee died of noncombat injuries Monday in Al Qaim, Iraq, near the Syrian border. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Ft. Carson, Colo.

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Randy D. Collins, 36, of Long Beach; sergeant first class, Army. Collins died Tuesday at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., of injuries suffered May 4 during a mortar attack in Mosul, Iraq. He was assigned to the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment at Ft. Irwin, Calif.

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Tyler L. Creamean, 21, of Jacksonville, Ark.; specialist, Army. Creamean was one of two soldiers killed May 22 when an improvised explosive device detonated near their Humvee in Mosul, Iraq. He was assigned to the 73rd Engineer Company at Ft. Lewis, Wash.

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Peter J. Hahn, 31, of Metairie, La.; sergeant first class, Army National Guard. Hahn was killed Tuesday when his observation point in Baghdad was attacked with small-arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Brigade Combat Team, Army National Guard in New Iberia, La.

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Kyle M. Hemauer, 21, of Manassas, Va.; private first class, Army National Guard. Hemauer died Monday of noncombat injuries while serving near Baylough in southern Afghanistan’s Zabol province. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, Army National Guard in Manassas, Va.

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Matthew Scott Lourey, 40, of East Bethel, Minn.; chief warrant officer, Army. Lourey was one of two soldiers who died Friday of injuries suffered Thursday when their OH-58 Kiowa helicopter crashed after being attacked with small-arms fire in Buhriz, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, N.C.

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Audrey Daron Lunsford, 29, of Sardis, Miss.; specialist, Army National Guard. Lunsford was among four soldiers killed Monday when an improvised explosive device detonated near their convoy vehicle in Haswa, Iraq, south of Baghdad. He was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry, Army National Guard in McComb, Miss.

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Mark A. Maida, 22, of Madison, Wis.; sergeant, Army. Maida died Friday in Baghdad of injuries suffered Thursday when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Diyarah, Iraq, south of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment at Ft. Irwin, Calif.

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Carl J. Morgain, 40, of Butler, Pa.; sergeant, Army National Guard. Morgain died May 22 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when a car bomb exploded near his Humvee in Kadasia, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, Army National Guard in Butler, Pa.

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Benjamin C. Morton, 24, of Wright, Kan.; sergeant, Army. Morton was killed May 22 when his dismounted patrol was attacked with small-arms fire in Mosul, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) at Ft. Lewis, Wash.

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John B. Ogburn III, 45, of Fruitland, Ore.; sergeant, Army National Guard. Ogburn was killed May 22 when the Humvee in which he was riding overturned after the driver swerved to avoid hitting a civilian vehicle in Kirkuk, Iraq. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 116th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Army National Guard in Ontario, Ore.

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Saburant Parker, 43, of Foxworth, Miss.; staff sergeant, Army National Guard. Parker was among four soldiers killed Monday when an improvised explosive device detonated near their convoy vehicle in Haswa, Iraq, south of Baghdad. He was assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry, Army National Guard in Biloxi, Miss.

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Christopher S. Perez, 30, of Hutchinson, Kan.; sergeant, Marine Corps. Perez was shot to death Monday while fighting insurgents in Ramadi, Iraq. He was assigned to Headquarters and Service Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

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Kenneth J. Schall, 22, of Peoria, Ariz.; sergeant, Army. Schall was killed May 22 when his Humvee was involved in an accident in Yusufiya, Iraq, southwest of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division at Ft. Riley, Kan.

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Kurt D. Schamberg, 26, of Euclid, Ohio; sergeant, Army. Schamberg was killed May 20 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division at Ft. Drum, N.Y.

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Joshua Michael Scott, 28, of Sun Prairie, Wis.; chief warrant officer, Army. Scott was one of two soldiers who died Friday of injuries suffered Thursday when their OH-58 Kiowa helicopter crashed after being attacked with small-arms fire in Buhriz, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, N.C.

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Aaron N. Seesan, 25, of Ohio; first lieutenant, Army. Seesan was one of two soldiers killed May 22 when an improvised explosive device detonated near their Humvee in Mosul, Iraq. He was assigned to the 73rd Engineer Company at Ft. Lewis, Wash.

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Alfred B. Siler, 33, of Duff, Tenn.; sergeant, Army National Guard. Siler was killed Wednesday, when his Humvee struck another vehicle in Tuz Khurmatu, Iraq, south of Kirkuk. He was assigned to the Support Squadron, 278th Regimental Combat Team, Army National Guard in Knoxville, Tenn.

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Steven C. Tucker, 19, of Grapevine, Texas; private first class, Army. Tucker died May 21 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in the Shinkay district of Afghanistan’s Zabol province. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vicenza, Italy.

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Daniel Ryan Varnado, 23, of Saucier, Miss.; sergeant, Army National Guard. Varnado was among four soldiers killed Monday when an improvised explosive device detonated near their convoy vehicle in Haswa, Iraq, south of Baghdad. He was assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry, Army National Guard in Biloxi, Miss.

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Russell J. Verdugo, 34, of Phoenix; staff sergeant, Army. Verdugo was killed in an explosion Monday as he responded to a call to dismantle a homemade bomb in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 767th Ordnance Company at Ft. McNair in Washington, D.C.

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Antwan L. Walker, 22, of Tampa, Fla.; sergeant, Army. Walker was killed May 18 in a rocket attack on his camp in Ramadi, Iraq. He was assigned to the 2nd Forward Support Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division at Ft. Carson, Colo.

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Brad A. Wentz, 21, of Gladwin, Mich.; sergeant, Army Reserve. Wentz was killed May 20 when his convoy came under attack along one of Iraq’s main supply routes. He was assigned to the 180th Transportation Company, Army Reserve in Muskegon, Mich.

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Charles T. Wilkerson, 30, of Kansas City, Mo.; sergeant, Army. Wilkerson was killed May 22 when an explosive device detonated near his tent in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Ft. Carson, Colo.

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David N. Wimberg, 24, of Louisville, Ky.; sergeant, Marine Corps Reserve. Wimberg was killed Wednesday when he was attacked with small-arms fire in Haditha in Iraq’s Al Anbar province. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Corps Reserve in Columbus, Ohio. As part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, his unit was attached to the 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward).

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Sources: Department of Defense, Associated Press