U.S. Casualties March 2004
- ️John Pike
| U.S. Casualties in Operation Iraqi Freedom March 2004 |
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| 52 | Total Casualties | ||||
| # | Service Member | Age | Date | Unit | Details |
| 1 | Spc. Michael R. Woodliff | 22 | 02 Mar 2004 | HHC, 1st Bn, 37th Armor, 1st Armor Division | An improvised-explosive-device attack killed one soldier and seriously wounded another. The soldiers were part of a five-vehicle convoy traveling through Adhamiyah when the IED exploded. The first US soldier killed by hostile action in ten days. / DoD Release |
| 2 | Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael J. Gray | 32 | 05 Mar 2004 | Navy Detachment Kuwait Navy Base | service members were traveling in a mini van near the Kuwait Naval Base when they were rear-ended by a second vehicle occupied by two Third Country Nationals causing the minivan to roll over. |
| 3 | Capt. Gussie M. Jones | 41 | 07 Mar 2004 | 31st Combat Support Hospital, 2nd Medical Brigade | non-combat-related medical condition |
| 4 | Pfc. Matthew G. Milczark | 18 | 08 Mar 2004 | 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st MARDIV | found dead from a gunshot wound at Camp Victory, Kuwait |
| 5 | Sgt. 1st Class Richard S. Gottfried | 42 | 09 Mar 2004 | 1st Division Support Command, 1st ID | vechicle struck by improvised explosive device in Tampa, Iraq |
| 6 | Spc. Edward W. Brabazon | 20 | 09 Mar 2004 | 2-505th PIR, 82nd ABN Division | non-hostile gunshot wound |
| 7 | Pfc. Bert. E. Hoyer | 23 | 10 Mar 2004 | 652nd Engineer Company, U.S. Army Reserve | improvised explosive device hit his convoy in Baqubah, Iraq |
| 8 | Fern L. Holland | 33 | 10 Mar 2004 | DOD Civilian | roadside ambush near the town of Hillah, about 60 kilometers south of Baghdad |
| 9 | Robert J. Zangas | 44 | 10 Mar 2004 | DOD Civilian | roadside ambush near the town of Hillah, about 60 kilometers south of Baghdad |
| 10 | Staff Sgt. Joe L. Dunigan Jr. | 37 | 11 Mar 2004 | 1st Bn, 16th Infantry Bde, 1st ID | improvised explosive device during convoy escort northeast of Habbiniyah |
| 11 | Spc. Christopher K. Hill | 26 | 11 Mar 2004 | 1st Bn, 16th Infantry Bde, 1st ID | improvised explosive device during convoy escort northeast of Habbiniyah |
| 12 | Spc. Jocelyn L. Carrasquillo | 28 | 13 Mar 2004 | 1-120th Infantry Regiment | improvised explosive device attack on their convoy southeast of Baghdad |
| 13 | Staff Sgt. Clint D. Ferrin | 31 | 13 Mar 2004 | 1-504th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division | improvised explosive device struck vehicle in Baghdad |
| 14 | Sgt. Daniel J. Londono | 22 | 13 Mar 2004 | 1-504th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division | improvised explosive device struck vehicle in Baghdad |
| 15 | Pfc. Joel K. Brattain | 21 | 13 Mar 2004 | 1-504th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division | improvised explosive device struck vehicle in Baghdad |
| 16 | Capt. John F. Kurth | 31 | 13 Mar 2004 | 1-18th Infantry, 1st ID | patrol encountered an improvised explosive device in Tikrit |
| 17 | Spc. Jason C. Ford | 21 | 13 Mar 2004 | 1-18th Infantry, 1st ID | patrol encountered an improvised explosive device in Tikrit |
| 18 | Sgt. William J. Normandy | 42 | 15 Mar 2004 | 1-86th Field Artillery | Died at Camp Virginia, Iraq (north of Kuwait City), of non-combat related injuries |
| 19 | Master Sgt. Thomas R. Thigpen | 52 | 16 Mar 2004 | 151st Signal Bn | Died at Camp Virginia, Kuwait (north of Kuwait City), of non-combat related injuries |
| 20 | First Lieutenant Michael R. Adams | 24 | 16 Mar 2004 | 1st Squadron, 3rd ACR | Struck by the barrel of the .50 caliber weapon mounted on his tank in Al Asad |
| 21 | Spc. Tracy L. Laramore | 30 | 17 Mar 2004 | 1-18th Infantry Regiment | Died of injuries sustained when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle went over an embankment and flipped over in the river in Baji, Iraq |
| 22 | Sgt. Ivory L. Phipps | 44 | 17 Mar 2004 | 13th Corps Support Command 1544th Transportation Co., Illinois ARNG | Died of injuries sustained in mortar attack on Logistics Base Seitz in Baghdad |
| 23 | Pfc. Brandon C. Smith | 20 | 18 Mar 2004 | 3rd Bn, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st MARDIV, I MEF | Killed as a result of enemy action in Al Qaim, Al Anbar province, while conducting security and stability operations |
| 24 | Pfc. Ricky A. Morris Jr. | 20 | 18 Mar 2004 | 3rd Bn, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st MARDIV, I MEF | Killed as a result of enemy action in Al Qaim, Al Anbar province, while conducting security and stability operations |
| 25 | Pfc. Ernest Harold Sutphin | 21 | 18 Mar 2004 | 2-11th FA, 25th ID (Light) | Died from injuries sustained in a vehicle incident in Kirkuk, Iraq, on March 11 |
| 26 | Cpl. Andrew D. Brownfield | 24 | 18 Mar 2004 | Marine Wing Support Squadron 374, Marine Wing Support Group 37, 3rd MAW, I MEF | Died from wounds received from an enemy mortar attack at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq |
| 27 | Spec. Doron Chan | 20 | 18 Mar 2004 | 411th Engineer Brigade | Died near Balad, Iraq, when his convoy vehicle was cut off by a civilian vehicle, swerved, crossed into oncoming traffic, and flipped over |
| 28 | Cpl. David M. Vicente | 25 | 19 Mar 2004 | 2-7th Marines, 1st MARDIV, I MEF | Killed in an attack during security operations near Hit in the Al Anbar province |
| 29 | Pfc. Jason C. Ludlam | 22 | 19 Mar 2004 | 2-2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division | Electrocuted in Ba'qubah, Iraq, while laying telephone wires |
| 30 | Spc. Clint Richard Matthews | 31 | 19 Mar 2004 | 1-18th Infantry Regiment | Died in Baji, Iraq, from injuries sustained when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle went over a 60-foot embankment and flipped over on March 17 |
| 31 | Spc. Matthew J. Sandri | 24 | 20 Mar 2004 | 82nd Forward Support Bn, 82nd Airborne Division | Killed during rocket attack on amilitary base near Fallujah |
| 32 | Maj. Mark D. Taylor | 41 | 20 Mar 2004 | 782nd Main Support Bn, 82nd Airborne Division | Killed during rocket attack on amilitary base near Fallujah |
| 33 | 1st Lt. Michael W. Vega | 41 | 20 Mar 2004 | 223rd MI Co, 223rd MI Bn | Died from injuries sustained when his military vehicle rolled over in Diwaniyah, Iraq, on March 11 |
| 34 | Pvt. Dustin L. Kreider | 19 | 21 Mar 2004 | 1-26th Infantry Regiment, 1st ID | Killed by friendly fire during a unit weapon test-firing incident |
| 35 | Pfc. Christopher E. Hudson | 21 | 21 Mar 2004 | 2nd Bn, 12th Cavalry Regiment | His military vehicle was hit with an Improvised Explosive Device while on a patrol in Abu Ghraib district on the western outskirts of Baghdad |
| 36 | Lance Cpl. Andrew S. Dang | 20 | 22 Mar 2004 | 1st Combat Engineer Bn, 1st MARDIV, I MEF | Died as a result of hostile fire near Ar Ramady, Iraq |
| 37 | Pfc. Bruce Miller, Jr. | 23 | 22 Mar 2004 | 2-3rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division | Non-combat related injuries |
| 38 | SSgt. Wentz Jerome Henry Shanaberger III | 33 | 24 Mar 2004 | 21st MP Co, 16th MP Brigade, XVIIIth Airborne Corps | Killed after investigating a suspicious vehicle and coming under attack by individuals using small arms and an improvised explosive device (IED). |
| 39 | Spc. Adam D. Froehlich | 21 | 25 Mar 2004 | 1-6th Field Artillery | Died from injuries sustained when his patrol came under an IED at Baqubah |
| 40 | LCpl. Jeffrey C. Burgess | 20 | 25 Mar 2004 | Wing Support Squadron 373, Marine Wing Support Group 37, 3rd MAW, I MEF | Died in ambush west of Fallujah |
| 41 | LCpl. James A. Casper | 20 | 25 Mar 2004 | 2nd Bn, 11th Marines, 1st MARDIV, I MEF | Non-combat related incident at Al Asad, Iraq |
| 42 | Pfc. Leroy Sandoval Jr. | 21 | 26 Mar 2004 | 2nd Bn, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st MARDIV, I MEF | Died from hostile fire in the Al Anbar Province, Iraq |
| 43 | Master Sgt. Timothy Toney | 27 | 27 Mar 2004 | Headquarters Bn, 1st MARDIV, I MEF | Non-combat related incident at Camp Wolverine, Kuwait |
| 44 | Spc. Jeremiah J. Holmes | 27 | 29 Mar 2004 | 744th Transportation Co | vehicle hit an improvised explosive device and fell from a bridge near Balad, Iraq |
| 45 | Pfc. Sean M. Schneider | 22 | 29 Mar 2004 | 115th Forward Support Bn | Died as the result of a vehicle accident near Baghdad |
| 46 | Lance Cpl. William J. Wiscowiche | 20 | 30 Mar 2004 | 1st Combat Engineer Bn, 1st MARDIV, I MEF | Died as a result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq |
| 47 | Master Sgt. Richard L. Ferguson | 45 | 30 Mar 2004 | 10th Special Forces Group | Died in Somara, Iraq, when the military vehicle he was riding in rolled over |
| 48 | 1st Lt. Doyle M. Hufstedler | 25 | 31 Mar 2004 | 1st Engineer Bn, 1st BDE, 1st ID | Killed in a roadside bomb explosion near their armored personnel carrier in Habbaniyah, Al-Anbar province, west of the capital, Baghdad. |
| 49 | Spc. Sean R. Mitchell | 24 | 31 Mar 2004 | 1st Engineer Bn, 1st BDE, 1st ID | Killed in a roadside bomb explosion near their armored personnel carrier in Habbaniyah, Al-Anbar province, west of the capital, Baghdad. |
| 50 | Spc. Michael G. Karr Jr. | 23 | 31 Mar 2004 | 1st Engineer Bn, 1st BDE, 1st ID | Killed in a roadside bomb explosion near their armored personnel carrier in Habbaniyah, Al-Anbar province, west of the capital, Baghdad. |
| 51 | Pfc. Cleston C. Raney | 20 | 31 Mar 2004 | 1st Engineer Bn, 1st BDE, 1st ID | Killed in a roadside bomb explosion near their armored personnel carrier in Habbaniyah, Al-Anbar province, west of the capital, Baghdad. |
| 52 | Pvt. Brandon L. Davis | 20 | 31 Mar 2004 | 1st Engineer Bn, 1st BDE, 1st ID | Killed in a roadside bomb explosion near their armored personnel carrier in Habbaniyah, Al-Anbar province, west of the capital, Baghdad. |
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