PTSD from a veteran's voice

I Suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Part 1
by James Glaser, Posted December 31, 2007

No veteran wants Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In fact most will fight it for years, and when things really get out of hand, they have to go through the embarrassment of asking the Veterans Administration for help.

If you Google for a definition for PTSD, you find there are 677,000 pages on the subject. Here is one of the first ones I found:

A debilitating condition that often follows a terrifying physical or emotional event causing the person who survived the event to have persistent, frightening thoughts and memories, or flashbacks, of the ordeal. Persons with PTSD often feel chronically, emotionally numb. Once referred to as “shell shock” or “battle fatigue.”
I can remember when I first thought about getting some help with the problems I was having after returning from Vietnam. I was going to Arizona State University under the Vocational Rehabilitation for Disabled Veterans Program, after a tour in the Republic of South Vietnam with the Marines.

Basically, I was okay as far as I was concerned, but I was having nightmares and almost constant thoughts about Vietnam.

So I sought help at the student health center. I wasn’t the first vet they had seen with these problems. They had the answer all ready for me. That would be a big bottle of 10-mg. pills of valium. The pills were nice, and they did take Vietnam off my mind, but they also took everything else with it. Since I was trying to learn something at school, after a really crazy week I flushed the rest of the bottle and decided to just stuff everything into the back of my mind.

Like so many other vets, I stuffed that stuff; and every time it popped back out, I would stuff it in again. Some vets from World War II have been doing that for more than 60 years. The problem is that you can’t keep everything hidden. They might not know what is wrong with you, but your loved ones know that something is terribly wrong, and usually they are the ones who tell you that you need help.

There are lots of places to get help. Many vets used alcohol and others smoked lots of pot or snorted their problems away. In the end, though, most vets go to the VA for help, and that is where “scary” comes into play. First off, it is pretty unanimous that vets with PTSD don’t trust the Veterans Administration.

I still remember my first time at the Minneapolis VA looking for some help. The Nam vets at that time distrusted the VA so much that the building for PTSD was down the road about a mile. You couldn’t even see the VA hospital from there.

That first day was very scary. To begin with, I was totally embarrassed because real Marines wouldn’t need help, or at least that is what I thought.
go here for the rest
http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0710e.asp

This has to be one of the best accounts of why Vietnam veterans didn't go for help. Please go there and read it all.

Whenever I read about people thinking veterans will try to get away with claiming PTSD falsely I think about veterans like Glaser. I remember the years of trying to get my husband to go and all the others. It was damn near impossible. It still is for too many,

First they don't want to admit they have a problem, even though they know they do. Then they don't want to hear the words. They don't trust the VA and they don't trust their own mind. Some say that if they ever said what was going on inside of them they would be locked up. Glaser stated it point blank.

To hear that so many in this country see fake PTSD veterans coming from all over the place is really sickening when you know saying you have PTSD is the last thing you ever want to do.

If you know them, what they are like, then you can understand all of this better. Please read what he wrote and then think about it.

Oregon National Guard cutting through red tape with passion

Full-time red-tape cutters help troops adjust

By Brad Cain - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Dec 31, 2007 18:06:32 EST

EUGENE, Ore. — Darcy Woodke recalls the day she picked up her husband and several of his National Guard buddies after they got back from Iraq.

“I stopped at a four-way stop sign. I have never seen people in my life freak out like that. They were saying, ‘Why are you stopping? Go! Go! Go! Go! Don’t stop! Don’t stop!’” Woodke says.

The soldiers had been trained in Iraq not to stop at intersections because that can make you an easy target for insurgent gunmen or bombers.

That is the mind-set Woodke has to deal with in her job — helping soldiers readjust to civilian life after being shot at, bombed and psychologically maimed while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Woodke is a family assistance coordinator in Oregon for the U.S. military. As the title suggests, her job entails dealing with the Pentagon’s legendary red tape.

She is an advocate for the soldiers, arranging medical treatment, therapy, marital counseling and other assistance to help soldiers and their families deal with the transition from hyper-vigilant warriors back to husbands and wives, moms and dads.
go here for the rest

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/12/ap_familyassistance_071231up/

More Fort Carson soldiers return from Iraq

More Fort Carson soldiers return from Iraq

The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Jan 1, 2008 10:57:15 EST

FORT CARSON, Colo. — About 170 more soldiers have returned to Fort Carson after 15 months in Iraq.

The troops arrived back at Fort Carson at about 2 a.m. on New Year’s Day. They’re with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division

Six hundred of the brigade’s soldiers are now home, and the remaining 3,000 are expected later this month.

They began returning in October.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/01/ap_carsonsoldiersreturn_080101/

They will come home to a new attitude toward PTSD and have a better chance of healing thanks to one man.

The new man in charge of Fort Carson is Major General Mark Graham. He's described as a hands-on, people person. Graham says he'll be personally involved in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) issues on post and help guide Fort Carson as it expands over the next few years.

"I've already been to the hospital, had a great visit there the other day and one of the top issues we discussed was PTSD," says Graham. "It'll be on the top of my list."

Graham also says he'll continue the effort to expand the training site in Pinon Canyon site because preparing men and women for the war on terror demands it.

Fort Carson also expects a surge in troops and the completion of millions of dollars in construction projects in the next few years.
http://www.krdotv.com/Global/story.asp?s=7078203

But can one man do it all? Can Graham address what is coming home if the rest of the system is not up to speed?

Coming home changed

By DENNIS HUSPENI and TOM ROEDER



Soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are increasingly running afoul of the law, bringing the stress of war to Colorado Springs’ streets.

Most of it is small-time stuff. But some of the allegations against soldiers in the past three years have been serious. This month, police said a crime ring of Fort Carson Iraq war veterans was responsible for the deaths of two GIs.

The volume of military-related crime off-post is beginning to tax civilian law enforcement authorities. Felony El Paso County jail bookings for service members have jumped from 295 in 2005 to 471 so far this year. During that time, the number of soldiers assigned to the post stayed about the same, around 17,500.

“It doesn’t take a study to know the potential for problems is going to be there,” said Colorado Springs police Sgt. Jeff Jensen, whose agency is girding for issues with nearly 4,000 soldiers due back in the next three weeks. “It’s huge. It affects us from all standpoints. The workload alone is increasing as the population increases.”

go here back to VA Watchdog for the rest
http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfDEC07/nf122607-10.htm

It also looks like Fort Carson will have a lot more to deal with given this from the Fort Carson blog

Thursday, December 20, 2007
Post Heads For 30,000
Fort Carson will add 4,877 soldiers by 2013, pushing its active-duty population to nearly 30,000 and pumping millions of dollars into local coffers, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

The move will place a newly formed infantry brigade and supporting troops at the post. It will mean tens of millions of dollars in construction and will add to the building boom at Fort Carson, which was already slated to grow by 10,000 soldiers by 2010.

It could bring as much as an extra $250 million per year to Colorado businesses and create more than 3,000 civilian jobs, economists estimated.



go here for the rest
http://www.fortcarsonblog.com/

This piece went on to talk about adding housing and staff but what it did not get into was the need for mental health increases. Given the fact so many develop PTSD the need will be even greater to address the problem.

Will they be ready? Or will they be ready to toss these combat troops out of the service they loved and were willing to lay down their lives for? Not all PTSD veterans become "unemployable" and not all of them totally lose their "quality of life" if they are treated soon after they begin to show the signs of PTSD. That's a big IF considering there has so far been a lot of talk from Congress and the White House about doing something but not much actually being done on their end.

The DOD takes care of them while they are active and they have let so many fall through the cracks it's going to be damn near impossible to recover all of them if they can even find them. By the time they end up out of the "active" duty turning into veterans, a lot of time has been wasted. If you ask most of them, they want to stay in the military and as a matter of fact, that also happens to be the reason a lot of the won't go for help at all. They want to stay with their units who have become so bonded they feel like family members to them. It is also the time when they have more support at the time they need support the most. These are golden hours to treat the wounded. If there is not the support system there in place when they need to be taken care of, then you have a "perfect storm" of walking wounded and no place to go.

PTSD hits the thought processes, giving short term memory loss among other things. They do a great job covering up what is going on but sooner or later someone does notice there is something not quite right with Johnny anymore. What's it going to take for the military to entirely wake up the way Graham has appeared to open his eyes to? A soldier in Iraq needing a arrow and point toward enemy on his machine gun? Don't laugh. There was military equipment in Vietnam with that stenciled on it. If you get them into treatment right away you have a soldier ready to serve their country and healing. Not all of them can be returned into combat but think of the skills they have that can still be vital to the rest of the unit. Think about the fact they can be there to catch others coming back because they've been there and know what's going on.

As for sending them back into combat with PTSD, I have one issue with this and that is they are being sent back with PTSD and pills. These medications need to be monitored but no one is doing it. They also need therapy to go along with the medication but no one is doing that either. They are just sending them back with little regard for the level of PTSD the soldier has. Mild cases are one thing but when they have full blown PTSD, it is sending them back for just more trauma and torturing the already wounded. They are not making their judgments based on case by case with fully credentialed therapists calling the shots. They are using a one size fits all and that is causing most of the problems with redeploying them. kc

South Dakota National Guard has a real leader when it comes to PTSD

This is what it takes to remove an obstacle course in the way.

Letter: A Call To Soldiers

By: Maj. Gen. Steven Doohen
Rapid City, South Dakota National Guard
The holiday season is also a time to reflect on the gifts of freedom provided to us by our veterans who have served and sacrificed for our country throughout the years.

Some of these veterans give more than most of us realize. The months and even years away from family and home can never be repaid. The scars left from wounds received in combat may never fully heal.

But what I am concerned about the most, are the wounds to the hearts and minds of our veterans that are not marked by scars. These wounds, commonly known as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), run deeper than any cut to the flesh and must be treated in order to live a full and happy life.


For those of you whose wounds have not healed, I am asking that you take the first step in seeking the help and care available to all our South Dakota veterans. You only need to make that first step and I promise that the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs will support you the rest of the way.

Some of our veterans may think it a weakness to have issues not pronounced by a missing limb or an obvious physical disability. Veterans may think they have dealt with these issues for so long that it is too late to seek help. It's never too late. The sooner you take action, the sooner you can lead a healthier and happier life.
go here for the rest
http://www.yankton.net/stories/122707/ope_229338444.shtml

Linked from Veterans For Common Sense

They come home with wounds no one can see but everyone manages to notice, as odd as that sounds. They notice the changes in them but fail to make the connection. When they come home with the war with them they change. For some it is a subtle change, like not sleeping through the night. For others it appears to be a full blown character change but the person they were before they left is still there beneath the wound and all that came with the wound.

It takes a real leader to recognize this and take an active roll in healing his/her troops. There has been a lot of talk about what the best way to treat PTSD is and there will be a lot more discussion on this but one thing all the experts agree on is the earlier treatment begin, the better the healing rate is. Look at it like an infection. If you leave an infection to fester, it spreads out and goes deeper. Once you begin to treat the infection it stops getting worse and begins to heal.

The men and women from the Vietnam generation wouldn't have progressed so deep into their illnesses had there been early intervention but there wasn't any. It's not as if any of this is new considering the well publicized The War interviews.

THE WAR PBS
Check local listings for encore presentations of THE WAR » ... The War - A Ken Burns Film - Directed & Produced by Ken Burns

Some of their stories the general public was never made aware of. We regarded them as if they were made out of cast iron coming home untouched. We forgot about some of the war movies we saw because the wounded veteran was always in a minor role but the hero was always portrayed as rock solid, untouched by horror or grief, unmoved by loss, thus giving us all the impression they would all just "get over it" but the truth was not a movie actor playing a part. The truth was in the men and women who served.

With Vietnam the imagery of the 60's and 70's with drugged out veteran's glassy eyes along with the label of "freaks" prevented us from looking at them honestly and fully. We failed to see the boy next door coming home still trying to live like the same kid who left, raking leaves, washing his car and mowing the lawn without one single peace emblem to be found. After all most of them were gone for a year so no big deal. Right? Wrong. We got it all wrong when it came to them. They did what they were asked to do and suffered the way all generations of combat veterans suffered before them. Over 30 years later, we still don't have it right.

Now we have this new generation coming home, surviving what would have killed off a lot more had it not been for the advances in trauma treatment and field hospitals, yet we dare to wonder why the cases of PTSD are a lot higher. We dare to wonder why so many come home with wounds inside of them when the Army stated the redeployments would increase the risk of developing PTSD by 50%. We also dare to wonder why so many of them have taken their own lives.


We need a nation full of leaders like Maj. Gen. Steven Doohen taking a real look at how best to serve the troops we sent into combat. He just managed to do in this shot letter what Congress has failed to do in years. Changes in the way we treat the wounded will only come when all base commanders decide to fight this enemy still killing their men and women as surly as an enemy's gun would. This enemy was brought home in their minds and can only be defeated by loosening the lips of those who carry it within them. Loose lips may have suck ships but silence when it comes to PTSD kills.

Kathie Costos
Namguardianangel@aol.com
www.Namguardianangel.org
www.Namguardianangel.blogspot.com
www.Woundedtimes.blogspot.com
"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive veterans of early wars were treated and appreciated by our nation." - George Washington

Count all non-combat deaths part 3

G-J

Sgt. Denis J. Gallardo 22 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment St. Petersburg, Florida Died of a non-combat related illness in Tal Afar, Iraq, on November 22, 2005

Brandon M. Gallegos, also 21, of Post Falls, Idaho.April 20, 2004 Soldier sentenced to 30 years for murder of fellow G.I. Associated Press FORT LEWIS, Wash. A soldier who killed his Army buddy after a drinking party has been sentenced to 30 years in military prison, officials at this Army post south of Tacoma said. Daniel Isaiah Taylor, 21, who grew up in Colorado, was charged with premeditated murder but pleaded guilty to unpremeditated murder in the death of Brandon M. Gallegos, also 21, of Post Falls, Idaho.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/1-292925-2839815.php

Not Counted

Garcia, Anthony R. Captain 48 Army 2/17/06 weapon discharge No. 148-06
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb 20, 2006
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Cpt. Anthony R. Garcia, 48, of Fort Worth, Texas, died in Tikrit, Iraq, on Feb. 17, from a gun shot wound. Garcia was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky. The incident is under investigation.
Not counted on CNN

Post officials Monday did not say whether Garcia's injuries were combat-related, nor did they release any details about the nature of his injuries. Cathy Grambling, a spokeswoman for Fort Campbell, confirmed Garcia was shot on a military base in Tikrit on Friday
http://iraq.pigstye.net/article.php/GarciaAnthonyR

Pvt. Gardi Gardev March 07, 2005 Bulgarian says coalition troops likely killed soldier

Not reported as "friendly fire"

Gardev was killed when he was shot southeast of Diwaniya, Iraq, on March 4, 2005. The Bulgarian defense ministry says Gardev's patrol had fired warning shots to stop an Iraqi civilian car when it received heavy fire from the direction of a U.S. Army communications facility 150 meters (165 yards) away.

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



Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria A Bulgarian soldier killed last week in Iraq was likely shot by troops of the U.S.-led coalition, Defense Minister Nikolai Svinarov said Monday. The result (of the investigation) gives us enough grounds to believe the death of Pvt. Gardi Gardev was caused by friendly fire, Svinarov told reporters. He said a Bulgarian patrol was approached by a civilian Iraqi car Friday. The car did not stop after the patrol gave a signal and the servicemen fired warning shots in the air from the north. Shortly after the warning shots were fired, the patrol became the target of massive fire from the west, where a U.S. Army communications site was located about 150 yards away, Svinarov said. Initial reports had said Gardev was killed in a shootout with insurgents near the central Iraqi city of Diwaniya.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/1-292925-704395.php

Spc. James W. Gardner 22 1st Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Glasgow, Kentucky Died of a non-combat related cause in Tal Afar, Iraq, on April 10, 2006

Cpl. Erik T. Garoutte
22
1st Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Company, Marine Corps Security Force Battalion, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force
Santee, California
Died in Baghdad, Iraq, on October 19, 2007

No cause of death listed on CNN

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

Sgt. Landis W. Garrison 23 333rd Military Police Company, Illinois Army National Guard Rapids City, Illinois Died of non-combat related injuries in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, on April 29, 2004

Sgt. Christopher P. Geiger 38 Headquarters Company, 213th Area Support Group, Pennsylvania Army National Guard Northampton, Pennsylvania Died of a non-combat related cause in Bagram, Afghanistan, on July 9, 2003

2nd Lt. Mark C. Gelina 33 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Moberly, Missouri Died in a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq, on November 4, 2006

Staff Sgt. Lewis J. Gentry 48 94th Engineer Battalion Detroit, Michigan Died of a non-combat related cause in Mosul, Iraq, on October 26, 2005

Genzersky, Roman Sergeant 23 6 Separate Mechanized Brigade Non-hostile - weapon discharge (suicide)
Al Kut 07/02/04
Український Форум / Новини і Політика

UK

Lance Cpl. Darren John George 22 1st Battalion, Royal Anglican Regiment Essex, England Accidentally shot in the head while on patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 9, 2002

Lance Cpl. Cory Ryan Geurin 18 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division Santee,California Died as a result of injuries received when he fell 60 feet from a palace roof while performing guard duty in Babylon, Iraq on July 15, 2003

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

Another case of family not knowing right away

Pfc. Kyle Gilbert of Brattleboro, Vt. both members of the 82nd Airborne Division were killed when they were caught in crossfire during an ambush Aug. 6, 2003, in Baghdad. “Why didn’t they tell us off the bat?” asked Sue Ritter, Hellermann’s sister. Gilbert was also killed by friendly fire, but his family members could not be reached for comment. Ritter, of Avon, Minn., said a soldier who was with her brother during the ambush was not allowed to tell them that Hellermann died by friendly fire. The soldier became a family friend because he is a fellow Minnesotan, and after he left the Army he was able to tell the family what happened, she said.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-2058597.php

Case of crimes against them

Spc. Joseph Godfrey Jr.
Civilian charged with killing Iraq vet Police have charged a 33-year-old man with robbing and killing a medically retired soldier who served in Iraq. Police arrested Paul M. Leary of Oswego, N.Y., on Jan. 17 on two counts of second-degree murder and one count of first-degree robbery in connection with the death of 24-year-old Spc. Joseph Godfrey Jr. A passerby found Godfrey’s body early Jan. 14 beneath some wooden steps leading to the Oswego River. Godfrey was stabbed in the back of the head and neck area, Police Chief Alexander Zukovsky said. Godfrey returned home Oct. 2 from Iraq. He had served in field artillery since 2002, his family said.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-610097.php

Spc. David J. Goldberg 20 52nd Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy), 43rd Area Support Group, U.S. Army Reserve Layton, Utah Died of a non-combat injury in Qayyarah, Iraq, on November 26, 2003 A specialist dies from an accidental non-combat gunshot to the chest
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000

Negligent Homicide

Staff Sgt. Andrew Gonzales, 30,
A Marine captain and three staff sergeants have been charged in connection with the August drowning of a drill instructor at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.Staff Sgts. David J. Roughan and Fernando Galvan were charged Jan. 27 with negligent homicide, manslaughter and dereliction of duty, said Maj. Joseph Kloppel, a depot spokesman. In addition, Staff Sgt. Duane D. Dishon and Capt. Vincent M. Guida, who was in charge of the Instructional Training Company here, face charges of dereliction of duty.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-1522527.php

Pfc. Amanda Gonzales, 19, in Hanau, Germany, said Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) spokesman Chris Grey. November 2001 murder. Gonzales’ body was found on the third floor of her barracks room in Fliegerhorst Kasern after she failed to report to work, he said.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/1-292925-511534.php

Accident

Cpl. Armando Ariel Gonzalez, 25, of Hileah, Fla., was killed April 14 in a non-hostile accident when a commercial refueler collapsed at Logistics Supply Area Viper in southern Iraq. Gonzalez was assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS)-273, Marine Wing Support Group (MWSG)-27, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C.

Murdered

Capt. Jason L. Gonzalez on June 3 and shot him multiple times. Four charged in fatal shooting of pilot Four men, including two teenagers, were charged with murder June 21 in the death of an Army officer. Investigators said Fort Hood, Texas, soldier Russell Alligood, 22, Erik Siperko, 17, Matthew Harris and a 15-year-old broke into the home of Capt. Jason L. Gonzalez on June 3 and shot him multiple times. The suspects were being held in lieu of $1 million bail. Gonzalez, 28, was a company commander with the 4th Infantry Division. The father of two was an Apache helicopter pilot and a 1998 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy.Police said the four did not know Gonzalez.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-936348.php

Pvt Mark Anthony Graham 2006-09-04 33 Hamilton Ontario 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Canadian Army Mark was killed during a friendly fire incident in Panjwayi District.

Listed as died of natural causes

Sandra S. Grant Sunday, January 28 2007Sandra Grant of Linwood joined the U.S. Navy so she could serve her country, see the world and keep alive a family tradition dating back to her great-grandfather. Last week the sailor's body returned home to Davidson County where family and friends buried her at Forest Hill Memorial Park. The 23-year-old West Davidson High School graduate died in her sleep on New Year's Eve after apparently going into cardiac arrest while onboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, an aircraft carrier, in the Persian Gulf.
http://iraq.pigstye.net/article.php/GrantSandraS

Died on base, not counted

Sgt. Adam J. Gray, 24, of Hartford, Wis., was discovered by a soldier on duty at the barracks at Fort Wainwright on Sunday. Post spokeswoman Linda Douglass said today that an autopsy was performed at Elmendorf Air Force Base, but the results, including the cause of death, would not be released until the investigation has been completed. Gray was one of the few soldiers left behind while his unit, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, is in field training with most of the rest of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. Sept 1, 2004
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/1-292925-332679.php

Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Michael Gray, died in May 2004 in Kuwait, reportedly in a vehicle crash. “The only information that’s been correct so far is that he’s dead.” Gray said some members of her husband's unit were barred from speaking with her, but rumors persist that the man who crashed into his vehicle did so on purpose.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-1220591.php
Killed when his vehicle was struck from the rear by a civilian vehicle while he was traveling to Kuwait Navy Base on March 5, 2004
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page3.html

Sgt. Tommy L. Gray 34 215th Forward Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division Roswell, New Mexico Died when he became caught between two motor pool vehicles in Taji, Iraq, on August 3, 2004
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page3.html

Curtis Green 25 FORT RILEY 12/6/2004 "Over my dead body are they going to make me go back." "I knew he was having dreams, nightmares," Lisset said. "He would wake up at night really sweaty." On Dec. 6, he showed up for work, his uniform pressed, his boots polished. He sang cadence. That night, he was found hanging in his barracks. Sgt. Curtis Greene, 331st Signal Company, was 25
http://www.commondreams.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/headlines05/0214-09
Not counted

Cpl. Jeffrey G. Green 20 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Dallas, Texas Found dead in the Euphrates River in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 5, 2004. The cause of death is under investigation.

Cpl. Jeremy R. Greene
24
2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
Springfield, Ohio
Died due to injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident at Forward Operating Base Tillman, Afghanistan, on April 28, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/oef.casualties/page2.html


UK

Cpl. John Gregory 30 Royal Logistics Corps Catterick, North Yorkshire, England Shot himself after shooting a fellow soldier at the British base at Kabul International Airport on August 17, 2002

Seaman Genesia Mattril Gresham
19
U.S. Naval Support Activity Bahrain
Lithonia, Georgia
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/page3.html

Spc. James T. Grijalva 26 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment, Illinois Army National Guard Burbank, Illinois Died of a non-combat related injury in Baghdad, Iraq, on October 12, 2005

ERIC RYAN GROSSMAN 22 CALIFORNIA RAN INTO TRAFFIC 4/6/2006
Not counted

Sgt. Dave Guindon In August, Air Guard, 48, of Merrimack, killed himself a day after returning from combat in Iraq. The death of Tech Sgt. David Guindon, 48, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Aug. 18 “was just heartbreaking,” said Caryl Ahern, the readjustment team leader at the Vet Center in Manchester, which offers counseling and other services to veterans and their families.
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/index.cfm/Page/Article/ID/1932
Not counted

Pfc. Zachary R. Gullett
20
984th Military Police Company, 759th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade
Hillsboro, Ohio
Died as a result of a non-combat related incident in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 1, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page3.html

Pfc. Hannah L. Gunterman 20 542nd Maintenance Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion Redlands, California Died of a non-combat related cause in Taji, Iraq, on September 4, 2006. The incident is under investigation.

Pfc. Hannah Gunterman McKinney was 20 years old, the brown-eyed mother of a toddler son, when she was spotted in the headlights of a passing Humvee on a perimeter road at one of the largest U.S. military camps in Iraq.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22499062/

Pfc. Christian D. Gurtner, 19, of Ohio City, Ohio Marine killed by non-combat weapons discharge in southern Iraq. (4/03/2003)
http://www.lunchwithgeorge.com/lwg_iraqwar.html

Spc. Agustin Gutierrez, 19, of San Jacinto, Calif.The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died March 29 in North Kabul, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered during a non-combat related vehicle accident on March 28 in North Kabul. Their deaths are under investigation. Both soldiers were assigned to the 782nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C

Lt. Col. Marshall A. Gutierrez 41 Area Support Group, Arijan, Kuwait New Mexico Died in Camp Virginia, Kuwait of non-combat related injuries on September 4, 2006. The incident is under investigation.

Pfc. Robert A. Guy 26 Company I, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Willards, Maryland Died due to a non-hostile incident near Karma, Iraq, on April 21, 2005 "Any little thing they do is a help," said Ann Guy of Willards, Md., whose son, Marine Pfc. Robert A. Guy, killed himself in Iraq on April 21, 2005 - a month after he was prescribed the antidepressant Zoloft with no monitoring.
http://www.optruth.org/index.php/images/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=2232&Itemid=116

Derek J. Hale results in criminal charges and a complete lustration (in the Eastern European sense of the term) of Delaware's law enforcement establishment. Hale, a retired Marine Sergeant who served two tours in Iraq and was decorated before his combat-related medical discharge in January 2006, was murdered by a heavily armed 8–12-member undercover police team in Wilmington, Delaware last November 6. He had come to Wilmington from his home in Manassas, Virginia to participate in a Toys for Tots event.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w10.html

Sgt. Christopher Hall, 26. A Fort Knox, Ky., soldier has pleaded not guilty in a central Kentucky court to charges in a fatal drunk-driving crash that killed a sergeant. Spc. Marc Hampton, 22, was arraigned June 13 on charges of reckless homicide and fourth-degree assault. A trial was set for next April. State police said Hampton drove a 2001 Ford Mustang into a tree around 2 a.m. Oct. 30. The crash killed passenger Sgt. Christopher Hall, 26. A Fort Knox spokesperson said the military has not taken any action against Hampton.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-1873540.php

Spc. David E. Hall 21 805th Military Police Company, 16th Military Police Brigade, U.S. Army Reserve Uniontown, Kansas Died in a non-hostile accident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on February 25, 2004

No cause listed on CNN
Pfc. Joseph G. Harris
19
2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division
Sugar Land, Texas
Died at Forward Operating Base Warrior, Afghanistan, on May 3, 2007

Staff Sgt. Darren Harmon 44 203rd Military Intelligence Battalion, 205th Military Intelligence Brigade, Army Reserve Newark, Delaware Died of a non-combat related cause in Haditha, Iraq, on June 3, 2006 A Delaware soldier who died while serving in Iraq suffered an apparent heart attack
http://iraq.pigstye.net/article.php/HarmonDarren

Pfc. Torry D. Harris 21 12th Chemical Company, 1st Infantry Division Chicago, Illinois Died of non-combat related injuries in Tikrit, Iraq, on July 13, 2004

Leonard Harvey 55 Defense Fire Service Suffolk, England Died in a British hospital on May 22, 2003, after falling ill while deployed in the Persian Gulf as a civilian firefighter with the Defense Fire Service

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

Spc. William S. Hayes III 23 Company C, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division St. Tammany, Louisiana Died of a non-combat related injury in Baghdad, Iraq, on February 5, 2006

Killed by friendly fire but family didn't know for two years

Staff Sgt. Brian Hellermann’s family didn’t know for almost two years that he had been killed by friendly fire. Hellermann, of Freeport, Minn., and Pfc. Kyle Gilbert of Brattleboro, Vt. both members of the 82nd Airborne Division were killed when they were caught in crossfire during an ambush Aug. 6, 2003, in Baghdad.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-2058597.php

Kyle Hemauer 21 Family questions Army ruling that soldier committed suicidePublished Thursday, August 10, 2006 12:08:28 AM Central TimeMILWAUKEE (AP) -- The family of a Chilton soldier who died in Afghanistan last year said it plans to continue its own investigation after a new military report says the soldier committed suicide.
Chilton soldiers parents seek answers about his death Monday, Feb 20, 2006
APPLETON, Wis. The parents of a Chilton soldier who died nine months ago while serving in Afghanistan say the military still hasn't told them the full details of how their son died. Andy and Ann Hemauer said the Department of Defense has given the... read entire article»
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/gua/1-213101-1546920.php

Spc. Melvin L. Henley Jr.
26
603rd Aviation Support Battalion, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division
Jackson, Mississippi
Died of injuries suffered from non-combat related incident at Camp Striker in Baghdad, Iraq, on November 21, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page3.html

Spc. Melvin Henley was on his second tour of duty in Iraq family members say when he died Wednesday at Camp Striker in Iraq from injuries suffered from a noncombat-related incident, the Associated Press reports. The U.S. Department of Defense announced Henley’s death on Friday.
The cause of death was a single gunshot wound to the head, Jim Jeffcoat, a spokesman for Fort Stewart in Georgia, where Henley was assigned, told The Clarion-Ledger newspaper in Jackson, Miss. “It is under investigation,” Jeffcoat said.

Spc. Jeffrey S. Henthorn 25 24th Transportation Company, 541st Maintenance Battalion, 937th Engineer Group Choctaw, Oklahoma Died of non-combat related injuries in Balad, Iraq, on February 8, 2005What his hometown does not know is that Henthorn, 25, had been sent back to Iraq for a second tour, even though his superiors knew he was unstable and had threatened suicide at least twice, according to Army investigative reports and interviews.When he finally succeeded in killing himself on Feb. 8, 2005, at Camp Anaconda in Balad, Iraq, an Army report says, the work of the M-16 rifle was so thorough that fragments of his skull pierced the barracks ceiling.

Spc. Marisol Heredia
19
15th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division
El Monte, California
Died at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, on September 7, 2007, of injuries suffered from a non-combat related injury in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 18.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page3.html

Lance Cpl. Ramiro Hernandez III The grieving mother of a Marine found dead in his barracks in August at Twentynine Palms doesn't believe her son committed suicide. But a military investigation concluded that Lance Cpl. Ramiro Hernandez III, 24, died in his barracks by hanging himself with a belt.

Spc. Joseph F. Herndon, II, 21, of Derby, Kan., died July 29, in Hawijah, Iraq, when he was shot while on guard duty. Herndon was assigned to the Armys 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
The incident is under investigation.

Spc. Julie R. Hickey 20 412th Civil Affairs Battalion, Army Reserve Galloway, Ohio Hickey was evacuated from Bagram, Afghanistan, on June 30, 2004, and died in Landstuhl, Germany, on July 4 of complications from a non-combat related illness.

Melissa Hobart, the East Haven native who collapsed and died in June 2004, had enlisted in the Army in early 2003 after attending nursing school, and initially was told she would be stationed in Alaska, her mother, Connie Hobart, said. When her orders were changed to Iraq, Melissa, the mother of a 3-year-old daughter, fell into a depression and sought help at Fort Hood, Texas, according to her mother. "Just before she got deployed, she said she was getting really depressed, so I told her to go talk to somebody," Connie Hobart recalled. "She said they put her on an antidepressant." Melissa, a medic, accepted her obligation to serve, even as her mother urged her to "go AWOL" and come home to Ladson, S.C., where the family had moved. But three months into her tour in Baghdad - and a week before she died - she told Connie she was feeling lost. "She wanted out of there. She said everybody's morale was low," Connie recalled. "She said the people over there would throw rocks at them, that they didn't want them there. It was making her sad." Around the same time, Melissa fainted and fell in her room, she told Connie in an e-mail. She said she had been checked out by a military doctor. The next week, while serving on guard duty in Baghdad, Melissa collapsed and died of what the Army has labeled "natural" causes. The autopsy report lists the cause of death as "undetermined."

Cpl. Benjamin D. Hoeffner 21 324th Psychological Operations Company, Army Reserve Wheat Ridge, Colorado Died of a non-combat related cause in Ali Al Salem, Kuwait, on October 25, 2005

Capt. Roselle M. Hoffmaster
32
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
Cleveland, Ohio
Died of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident in Kirkuk, Iraq, on September 20, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page3.html

Spc. Eric M. Holke
31
1st Battalion, 160th Infantry, California Army National Guard
Crestline, California
Died of wounds sustained from a non-combat related incident in Tallil, Iraq, on July 15, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page3.html

Cpl. Paul C. Holter III 21 Battery S, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Corpus Christi, Texas Died due to a non-combat related incident at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, on January 14, 2005

Lance Cpl. Raymond J. Holzhauer 19 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Dwight, Illinois Died of a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq, on March 15, 2007 http://iraq.pigstye.net/article.php/HolzhauerRaymondJ

Pfc. Sean Horn 19 Combat Service Support Group 11, 1st Force Service Support Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Orange, California Died due to a non-hostile incident at Camp Taqaddum, Iraq, on June 19, 2004

Spc. Robert Hornbeck, 23, has not been seen or heard from since April 16 when he called his father, who was visiting in Savannah, Ga. Hornbeck had asked his dad to pick him and an Army buddy up at the DeSoto Hilton hotel after a night of barhopping, The Associated Press reported. But he never met his father. The soldier had returned to Fort Benning, Ga., in January after a year in Iraq. Hornbeck was preparing to leave the Army at the end of April and return to the University of Michigan, where he studied psychology for two years before joining the Army in 2004. He also had a wedding date to marry his college sweetheart in July.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-1738626.php

Spc. Robert Hornbeck, 23, was discovered April 28 inside a piece of hotel air-conditioning equipment in Savannah. He bled to death after being struck by fan blades. Maintenance workers found the body while investigating guests’ complaints of a foul odor in the lobby.
Hornbeck’s family has since sued the Hilton Savannah DeSoto for $10 million, claiming the hotel was negligent and contributed to the soldier’s death.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/04/army_missing_rust_070410w/

Spc. Corey A. Hubbell 20 Company B, 46th Engineer Battalion Urbana, Illinois Died from a non-combat related cause in Camden Yards, Kuwait, on June 26, 2003
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page3.html


Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas C. Hull
41
USS Princeton
Princeton, Illinois
Died on board the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Arabian Gulf after being medically evacuated to the carrier for a non-combat related incident on August 2, 2005
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page3.html


Spc. Craig S. Ivory 26 501st Forward Support Company, 173rd Airborne Brigade Port Matilda, Pennsylvania Ivory was medically evacuated due to a non-combat related cause from Kuwait on August 12, 2003 and died on August 17 at Homberg University Hospital, Germany

Lt. Cmdr. Edward E. Jack 51 Assigned to Commander, Destroyer Squadron Seven Detroit, Michigan Died of a non-combat related incident aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard on January 29, 2005
Lt. Cmdr. Edward E. Jack 51 Assigned to Commander, Destroyer Squadron Seven Detroit, Michigan Died of a non-combat related incident aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard on January 29, 2005 A Lutheran minister and military chaplain, Edward E. Jack was a favorite among his shipmates aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard. "Everybody loved him," said his wife, Jean. "He didn't have to go on this trip. He volunteered." Jack, 51, of Detroit, died of a heart attack Jan. 29 on the amphibious assault ship in the waters near Iraq. Before reaching Iraq, Jack's ship was part of the U.S. military's tsunami relief. He served in the Navy for 23 years, with three in the Navy reserves. He was due to retire in June. Navy spokesman Lt. Kyle Raines said Jack was most recently based in San Diego, where he was assigned to Commander Destroyer Squadron Seven. "His role was in comforting the sailors and Marines," said his wife, who noted that her husband also served in the war zone in 2003. "He took it because he liked adventure." Jack also is survived by a daughter, Amanda Roggow, and a son, Todd. "Chaplain Jack exemplified an unwavering commitment to Scripture and to service to the men and women of the sea services," said Cmdr. Mark Steiner, a Lutheran chaplain and a longtime friend of Jack's. "He will be dearly missed."
http://www.legacy.com/chicagotribune/Soldier/Story.aspx?PersonID=3113271

James L. Jacobs served nearly a year as a US Army sergeant in Iraq, where he saw combat and witnessed children being blown up. He came home in August 2004, moved in with his mother in Randolph, and started working as a mortgage consultant for a Mattapan lending firm. After nearly five years in the Army and far from battle, he was struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, but his family thought he was finally safe. Friday night, he was shot and killed outside a friend’s house on McLellan Street in Dorchester, less than a mile from Rosseter Street, where he grew up. April 2007
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/04/soldier_survive.html


Electrician Mate Fire Michael J. Jakes Jr 2001-12-04 20 Brooklyn New York USS Kitty Hawk Navy Michael died in the Northern Arabian Sea as a result of non-hostile injuries.
http://afghanistan.pigstye.net/wd.php?sort=unit


Sgt. Grzegorz Jakoniuk 25 Company B, 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division Schiller Park, Illinois Died of non-combat related injuries in Taji, Iraq, on November 30, 2005




Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis Jallah Jr. 49 Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment, 10th Mountain Division Fayetteville, North Carolina Jallah died due to a non-combat cause on March 28, 2004, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He was medically evacuated from Afghanistan to via Landstuhl Medical Center in Germany on February 16.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Laquita Pate James 23 Navy master-at-arms Orange Park, Florida Died of apparent natural causes while deployed aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship the USS Bataan on February 12, 2007


Cpl. Jessiah Jameson’s body was recovered Dec. 1 from the Cumberland River in Tennessee. Jameson, 21, disappeared Nov. 16, two days after returning on leave from Iraq.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/04/army_missing_rust_070410w
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Sgt. Edmund J. Jeffers 23 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Daleville, Alabama Died of injuries suffered from a non-combat related accident in Taqqadum, Iraq, on September 19, 2007


Spc. William A. Jeffries 39 Company D, 1st Battalion, 152nd Infantry Regiment, Illinois Army National Guard Evansville, Indiana Died from a sudden illness on March 31, 2003, in Rota, Spain, after he was evacuated from Kuwait

JAMES JENKINS 23 SAN DIEGO 10/1/2005 A Marine's fall from Iraq heroism Thursday, October 13, 2005 By KEVIN SHEA Staff Writer James Jenkins left Hamilton for the Marines in 2001 as a solid young man and citizen, his family and a former coach say. He was a Nottingham High School graduate, a star wrestler and talked of turning his military training into a career with the U.S. Secret Service. But something went terribly wrong. By all accounts, Jenkins was an excellent Marine. He'd served two tours of duty in Iraq with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, based at Camp Pendleton, Calif. And of the many awards that were pinned on his uniform, one was a Bronze Star with a combat V for valor. But the James Jenkins whose picture was plastered all over the news in the San Diego area two weeks ago was described as an AWOL soldier who'd gone on a violent crime spree with a stolen gun. He'd robbed, kidnapped and even tried to sexually assault a woman he had carjacked at gunpoint. Police said he was considered armed and dangerous - and possibly suicidal.
On Sept. 28, with federal agents at his fiancee's front door in Oceanside, Calif., Jenkins shot himself. He died six hours later at the age of 23.
http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/news/times/stories/20051013tt_war_jenkins.html
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Christopher Jerry, 22, died near the post Aug. 31,(05) two weeks after he was discharged. He had been assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-1373102.php
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Linda C. Jimenez, 39, Brooklyn NY A sergeant falls into a hole while running to keep up with friends in Baghdad and suffers a blood clot in her brain that causes a stroke, and she dies of complications nine days later.
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000


Pfc. Jason D. Johns 19 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division Frankton, Indiana Died of a non-combat related injury in Bagram, Afghanistan, on February 21, 2007


Benjamin Johnson Electronics Technician 3rd Cla 2001-11-18 21 Rochester New York Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division Army Benjamin died in the Persian Gulf as a result of a non-hostile accident
http://afghanistan.pigstye.net/wd.php?sort=unit


Spc. John P. Johnson 24 Company A, 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division Houston, Texas Died of non-combat related injuries on October 22, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq

Pvt. Lavena L. Johnson 19 Headquarters Detatchment, 129th Corps Support Battalion, 101st Support Group, 101st Airborne Division Florissant, Missouri Died of non-combat related injuries in Balad, Iraq, on July 19, 2005


Sgt. 1st Class Charles J. Jones 29 Headquarters Company, 149th Brigade Combat Team, Kentucky Army National Guard Lawrenceburg, Kentucky Died from a non-combat related incident in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 20, 2006



Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Darrell Jones 22 Guided missile destroyer USS Higgins Wellston, Ohio Died of non-combat related injuries in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates on October 8, 2003

Capt. Gussie M. Jones 41 31st Combat Support Hospital Shreveport, Louisiana A combat surgical nurse, Jones died of a non-combat cause in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 7, 2004

Spec. Kelon Jones On July 17, after an El Paso County sheriff's deputy stopped a pursuit that began when he saw two men on motorcycles popping wheelies and screaming up Academy Boulevard at speeds of more than 80 mph, Army Spec. Kelon Jones slammed his Kawasaki into a car. He flew 85 feet and later died. Jones, 20, had served in Iraq with the 43rd Area Support Group.
http://www.democraticwarrior.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2798


Sgt. 1st Class Michael D. Jones 43 Company A, 133rd Engineer Battalion, Maine Army National Guard Unity, Maine Jones became ill at Fort Drum, New York, just after returning from duty in Iraq, and was taken to a hospital in Syracuse, where he died of a non-combat related illness on March 3, 2005

Pfc. Thomas Jones Fort Hood soldier found dead in barracks 7/4/05 Officials from III Corps at Fort Hood, Texas, on June 21 released the name of a soldier who was found dead in his barracks room. According to a news release, the body of the 4th Infantry Division soldier, Pfc. Thomas Jones, 25, was found by his roommates June 19, around noon. A post spokesman would not speculate on the cause of death, but said it is under investigation by the fort’s Criminal Investigation Command, which has responsibility for investigating all on-post deaths. Jones was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery, 4th Brigade Combat Team.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-936348.php
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Lt. Kylan Jones-Huffman An Iraqi man has been convicted of murdering a 31-year-old Navy reservist last year in what U.S. military officials described as the first time Iraq’s new criminal justice system has held a citizen accountable for the death of an American serviceman. The Central Criminal Court of Iraq sentenced Alaa Sartell Khthee, 28, to 15 years in prison for the death of Lt. Kylan Jones-Huffman, who was shot to death in Baghdad in August 2003 when the sport utility vehicle in which he was riding stalled in a marketplace.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-559260.php

Sgt. Curt E. Jordan Jr. 25 Company A, 14th Combat Engineer Battalion, 555th Combat Engineer Group Green Acres, Washington Died of non-combat injuries near Bayji, Iraq, on December 28, 2003


Gunnery Sgt. Phillip Jordan, died in March 2003 near Nasiriyah, Iraq. Jordan was present at one of the worst friendly fire incidents of the war, a mistaken attack by an Air Force A-10 fighter on Marines fighting for possession of the city in southern Iraq. A Marine investigation concluded, based on eyewitness reports, that Jordan was killed by an enemy rocket-propelled grenade. But Amanda Jordan said the Marine Corps did not complete tests on her husband's body that could confirm the cause of death.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-1220591.php

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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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