West Virginia Casualty Report

In Memorial to those fine young West Virginia citizens

Average age at time of death 24.0 years

This West Virginia casualty report is incomplete, and will be regrettably updated as grim circumstances require.

Pfc. Richard W. Hafer

21

1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)

Cross Lanes, West Virginia

Killed when two 101st Airborne Division UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters collided in mid-air over Mosul, Iraq, on November 15, 2003

Cpl. Joshua S. Wilfong

22

2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force

Walker, West Virginia

Died due to hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on April 30, 2004

Staff Sgt. Darren D. VanKomen

33

2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team)

Bluefield, West Virginia

Killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive inside the mess hall at Camp Marez in Mosul, Iraq, on December 21, 2004

Spc. Danny B. Daniels II

23

630th Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade

Varney, West Virginia

Killed when his patrol vehicle came under attack by small-arms fire and hit a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 20, 2004

Lance Cpl. Bradley L. Parker

19

Company B, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force

Marion, West Virginia

Died as result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on November 15, 2004

Cpl. Bryan J. Richardson

23

Company K, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve

Summersville, West Virginia

Died as a result of hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on March 23, 2005

Pfc. Brian S. Ulbrich

23

L Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment

Chapmanville, West Virginia

One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their military vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 5, 2005

Pfc. Ernest Harold Sutphin

21

2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery, 25th Infantry Division

Parkersburg, West Virginia

Died in Landstuhl, Germany, on March 18, 2004, of injuries sustained in Kirkuk, Iraq, on March 11, 2004

Sgt. DeForest L. Talbert

24

1st Battalion, 150th Armor Regiment, West Virginia Army National Guard

Charleston, West Virginia

Died when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle in Balad, Iraq, on July 27, 2004

Staff Sgt. Roger C. Turner Jr.

37

Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division

Parkersburg, West Virginia

Killed in a rocket attack on Logistics Support Area Anaconda in Balad, Iraq, on February 1, 2004

Lance Cpl. Adam J. Crumpler

19

3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force

Charleston, West Virginia

Killed by small-arms fire during combat operations against enemy forces during Operation Spear in Karabila, Iraq, on June 18, 2005

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Staff Sgt. Jeremy A. Brown

26

66th Military Intelligence Company, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment

Mabscott, West Virginia

Died on July 3, 2005, in Mosul Iraq, of injuries sustained earlier that day when the Humvee in which he was riding accidentally rolled over in Tal Afar, Iraq

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Sgt. Matthew D. Hunter

31

1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division

Valley Grove, West Virginia

Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his dismounted patrol during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on January 23, 2006

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Sgt. Brian C. Karim

22

Company A, 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division

Talcott,West Virginia

One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their Humvee during combat operations in Taji, Iraq, on December 13, 2005

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Cpl. William B. Fulks

23

2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force

Culloden, West Virginia

Died at Brooke Army Medical Center on May 18, 2006, from wounds received while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 1, 2006

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Pvt. Michael J. Slater

19

407th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division

Scott Depot, West Virginia

Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle rolled over during combat operations in Taji, Iraq, on April 21, 2007

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Staff Sgt. Stephen A. Seale

25

2nd Brigade Troop Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division

Grafton, West Virginia

One of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated near their Humvee during combat operations in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 6, 2006

Lance Cpl. John T. Byrd II

23

Company B, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force

Fairview, West Virginia

Killed when a Marine convoy was attacked with a car bomb in western Iraq, near Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison, on October 30, 2004