They were Utahans’ - some for life, others for only a few years. And since Sept. 11, 2001, They paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the nation's ongoing wars. | USA John Daren Smith, 32, of Taylorsville, died when the Black Hawk helicopter he was piloting went down in a sandstorm. The Army chief warrant officer was assigned to B Company, 5-158th Aviation Regiment, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Died: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 Kuwait | | USMC James W. Cawley, 41, of Layton, was crushed when a coalition Humvee rolled over him during the push to Baghdad. The Marine Corps staff sergeant was assigned to Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, in Salt Lake City. Died: Saturday, March 29, 2003 Iraq | | USN Nathan White, 30, a graduate of Brigham Young University, was killed when his F/A-18 Hornet was shot down by a U.S. Patriot missile. The Navy lieutenant was assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Nine Five, based in Atsugi, Japan, and was deployed with Carrier Air Wing Five aboard the USS Kitty Hawk. Died: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 Iraq | | USA Nino D. Livaudais, 23, of Syracuse, was killed along with two other Army Rangers when a car bomb exploded at a checkpoint he was manning. The Army staff sergeant was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, in Fort Benning, Ga. Died: Thursday, April 03, 2003 Iraq | | USA Randall S. Rehn, 36, the former commander of the South Salt Lake Recruiting Station, died in fighting near the Baghdad airport. The Army sergeant first class was assigned to C Battery, 3rd Battalion, 13th Field Artillery Regiment in Fort Sill, Okla. Died: Thursday, April 03, 2003 Baghdad, Iraq | | USA Mason Douglas Whetstone, 30, who was born at Hill Air Force Base, died of a non-combat weapons discharge. The Army sergeant was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 58th Aviation Group in Hanau, Germany.Died: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 Baghdad, Iraq |
| | USA Nathan S. Dalley, 27, of Kaysville, died from a non-hostile gunshot wound. He was assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany. Died: Monday, November 17, 2003 Baghdad, Iraq | | USA David Goldberg, 20, of Layton, died of a non-combat gunshot wound to the chest. The Army specialist was assigned to C Company, 52nd Engineer Combat Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve, 43rd Area Support Group, in Fort Carson, Colo. Died: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 Qayyarah, Iraq | | USA Juan Carlos Cabral Banuelos , 25, of Washington Terrace, was killed with two others in a roadside bomb attack. The Army corporal was assigned to Company A, 4th Forward Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, in Fort Hood, Texas. Died: Saturday, January 31, 2004 Kirkuk, Iraq | | USA Clint Ferrin, 31, of North Ogden, and two other soldiers were killed in a roadside bomb attack while on patrol. The Army staff sergeant was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, in Fort Bragg, N.C Died: Saturday, March 13, 2004 Baghdad, Iraq | | USMC Quinn A. Keith, 22, of Blanding, died with five other Marines, including fellow Utahn Michael Allred, in a suicide bomb attack. Keith, a Marine Corps lance corporal, was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, in Camp Pendleton, Calif. Died: Monday, September 06, 2004 Fallujah, Iraq | | USMC Michael J. Allred, 22, of Hyde Park, died with five other Marines, including fellow Utahn Quinn Keith, in a suicide bomb attack. Allred, a Marine Corps lance corporal, was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, in Camp Pendleton, Calif. Died: Monday, September 06, 2004 Fallujah, Iraq | | USMC Cesar F. Machado-Olmos, 20, of Spanish Fork, died with another Marine when the Humvee in which they were riding rolled during a patrol. The Marine Corps lance corporal was assigned to the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, in Camp Lejeune, N.C. Died: Monday, September 13, 2004 Al Anbar, Iraq |
| | UTNG Alan L. Rogers , 49, of Kearns, died of non-combat related injuries. The Army National Guard staff sergeant was assigned to the 211th Aviation Battalion in Utah. Died: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 Bagram, Afghanistan | | USA Bill Jacobsen , 31, a Brigham Young University graduate, was the highest ranking soldier killed when a suicide bomber slipped into the mess hall at Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, killing 22. The Army captain was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Stryker Brigade Combat Team, in Fort Lewis, Wash. Died: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 Mosul, Iraq | | USMC Matthew R. Smith , 24, of West Valley City, was among 31 people killed in a helicopter crash in western Iraq. The Marine corporal was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, in Hawaii. Died: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 Iraq | | USMC Rocky Payne , 26, of Howell, was killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his Humvee. The Army specialist, who had done a previous tour in Iraq with the Marine Corps, was assigned to the Army's 497th Transportation Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion, 1st Corps Support Command, in Fort Lewis, Wash. Died: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 Iraq | | USMC Tenzin Chuku Dengkhim , 19, who was among the first Tibetan refugees to move to Utah in 1992, died during a fire fight with Iraqi insurgents. The Marine lance corporal was assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, in Camp Lejeune, N.C. Died: Saturday, April 02, 2005 Al Anbar, Iraq | | UTNG Brandon James Thomas Died: Saturday, May 07, 2005 Baghdad, Iraq | | UTNG Ronald T. Wood , 28, of Cedar City, was killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his Humvee. The Army sergeant first class was assigned to the Army National Guard's 148th Field Artillery, in Brigham City. Died: Saturday, July 16, 2005 Kirkuk, Iraq | | USA Michael R. Lehmiller , 23, of Clearfield, died when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during a patrol. The Army sergeant was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, in Vicenza, Italy. Died: Sunday, August 21, 2005 Baylough, Afghanistan | | Contr. Kenneth Webb , 42, of St. George, died with three others when a suicide bomber attacked his convoy. Webb, a former special forces soldier, was in Iraq working for a private contractor. Died: Monday, September 19, 2005 Mosul, Iraq | | USA Lex Nelson , 21, of Bountiful, died in a fall from a guard tower. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery, 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia. Died: Monday, December 05, 2005 Tikrit, Iraq | | USA Tim Boyce , 29, of Farmington, died in Landstuhl, Germany, after being transported from Iraq, where he suffered a brain aneurysm. The Army sergeant was assigned to the Maintenance Troop, Support Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, in Fort Carson, Colo. Died: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 Singar, Iraq | | USA Gregson Glenn Gourley , 38, of Midvale, was killed when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb. The Army staff sergeant was assigned to the Army's 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, in Fort Campbell, Ky. Died: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 Hawijah, Iraq | | USA Ty John Johnson bomb attack. The Army specialist was assigned to the Army's 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, in Fort Campbell, Ky. Died: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 Kirkuk, Iraq | | USMC Adam A. Galvez , 21, of Salt Lake City, died with another Marine when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb. Galvez, a Marine Corps corporal, was assigned to the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, in Twenty-nine Palms, Calif. Died: Sunday, August 20, 2006 Al Anbar, Iraq | | USA Daniel G. Dolan , 19, of Roy, was killed with another soldier when their M1126 Stryker Vehicle came in contact with enemy forces using an improvised explosive device and small arms fire. Dolan, an Army private first class, was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Stryker Brigade Combat Team, in Fort Lewis, Wash. Died: Sunday, August 27, 2006 Baghdad, Iraq | | UTNG Scott Lundell , 35, of West Valley City, was killed in a fire fight with guerilla fighters using small arms and rocket propelled grenades. The Army National Guard second lieutenant was assigned to the 1st Corps Artillery, Army National Guard, in Camp Williams. Died: Saturday, November 25, 2006 Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan
| | USAF Daniel Miller , 24, a bomb disposal technician from Hill Air Force Base, was killed along with fellow Hill airmen Elizabeth Loncki and Timothy Weiner. Miller, an Air Force senior airman, was assigned to the 775th Civil Engineer Squadron at Hill Air Force Base. Died: Sunday, January 07, 2007 Baghdad, Iraq | | USAF Timothy Weiner , 35, a bomb disposal technician from Hill Air Force Base, was killed along with fellow Hill airmen Elizabeth Loncki and Daniel Miller. Weiner, an Air Force technical sergeant, was assigned to the 775th Civil Engineer Squadron at Hill Air Force Base. Died: Sunday, January 07, 2007 Baghdad | | USAF Elizabeth Loncki , 23, a bomb disposal technician from Hill Air Force Base, was killed along with fellow Hill airmen Timothy Weiner and Daniel Miller. Loncki, an Air Force senior airman, was assigned to the 775th Civil Engineer Squadron at Hill Air Force Base. Died: Sunday, January 07, 2007 Baghdad, Iraq | | USA Eric Sieger , 18, of Layton, died wounds suffered when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle rolled over. The Army specialist was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, in Fort Hood, Texas. Died: Thursday, February 01, 2007 Baghdad, Iraq | | USA Brandon A. Parr , 25, of West Valley City, was killed when the vehicle in which he was riding was struck by an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 630th Military Police Company, 759th Military Police Brigade, 89th Military Police Brigade in Bamberg, Germany. Died: Saturday, March 03, 2007 Baghdad, Iraq | | USA Douglas C. Stone , 49, of Taylorsville, was killed in a "non-combat incident," according to Army officials. Further details about his death have not been made available. The Army sergeant first class was assigned to the 96th Regional Readiness Command. Died: Sunday, March 11, 2007 Iraq | | USA Steve M. Kowalczyk , 32, formerly of Salt Lake City, was shot by a sniper while on patrol with his unit. The Army specialist was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, stationed in Fort Hood, Texas. Died: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 Muqdadiyah, Iraq | | USA Virgil Chance Martinez , 33, of West Jordan, died of wounds sustained when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using an improvised explosive device and small arms fire. The Army staff sergeant was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division in Schweinfurt, Germany. Died: Sunday, May 06, 2007 Kadhimiyah, Iraq | | USA Michael Pursel , 19, a resident of Utah since 2000, was one of six Fort Lewis soldiers who died when a bomb destroyed their Stryker vehicle during a patrol. The Army specialist was assigned to 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash. Died: Sunday, May 06, 2007 Diyala Province, Iraq | | USA Jesse A. Blamires, 25, was killed with four other soldiers when an Army CH 47-Chinook helicopter was reportedly shot down by Taliban militants. All of the soldiers were assigned to the 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. Died: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 Upper Sangin Valley, Afghanistan, | | USAF Ryan A. Balmer , 33, a resident of Roy, was one of two airmen killed when the convoy in which he was riding was struck by an improvised explosive device. The Air Force technical sergeant, originally of Mishawaka, Indiana, was a member of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. Died: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 Kirkuk, Iraq | | USAF William N. Newman , a 2001 graduate of Lone Peak High School in Highland, was killed while trying to dismantle an improvised explosive device. The senior airman was assigned to the 15th Civil Engineering Squadron's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team, Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, Hawaii. Died: Thursday, June 07, 2007 Balad, Iraq | | USAF Glade F. Felix , 52, who grew up in Springville, died of apparent natural causes while deployed in Qatar, where he was responsible for helping treat U.S. service members wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Air Force lieutenant colonel, a physical therapist, was assigned to 622nd Aeromedical Staging Squadron, Robins Air Force Base, Ga. Died: Monday, June 11, 2007 Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar | | USA Nathan L. Winder , of Blanding, died from wounds sustained from enemy small arms fire. The 32-year-old Army sergeant first class, a Special Forces combat medic, was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group in Ft. Lewis, Wash. Died: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 Diwaniyah, Iraq | | USA Nathan S. Barnes , of American Fork, was killed when his unit was attacked by insurgents using small arms fire. The 23-year-old Army sergeant was a member of the the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, at Fort Drum, N.Y. Died: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 Rushdi Mullah, Iraq | | USA Rocky Herrera , 43, was killed when his unit was approached by a suicide bomber in a vehicle that detonated while the soldiers were building a bridge. Two other U.S. soldiers died and six were injured during the incident. Died: Monday, August 27, 2007 Afghanistan | | USA Larry Rougle , of West Jordan, died on Sawtalo Sar Mountain, of a gunshot wound to the abdomen after his unit was engaged by enemy small arms fire. The 25-year-old Army staff sergeant was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in Vicenza, Italy. Died: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 Kunar Province, Afghanistan | | USN Jeffrey A. Ammon , 37, of Orem, Utah, died May 20, as a result of injuries suffered from an improvised explosive device in the Aband District, Afghanistan. The sailor was attached to Commander Navy Region Northwest, Bangor, Wash., and serving in Afghanistan as a member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni. Died: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 Aband District, Afghanistan | | USA Jonathan P. Brostrom Died: Sunday, July 13, 2008 Wanat, Afghanistan | | USA Jordan Thibeault , 22, of South Jordan, was killed in what the U.S. Army has described as a non-combat-related incident. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany. Died: Friday, September 05, 2008 Forward Operating Base Hammer, Iraq | | USA Micheal B. Alleman , 31, of American Fork, died alongside two other soldiers and an interpreter of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their unit using small arms fire. The former teacher was assigned to the Alaska-based 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division. Died: Monday, February 23, 2009 Diyala Province, Iraq | | USA Cory Jenkins , 28, a graduate of Brigham Young University, was killed alongside three other soldiers in a roadside bomb explosion. The Arizona native was a member of the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. Died: Monday, August 24, 2009 Southern Afghanistan | | USA Kurt Curtiss , 27, of Salt Lake City, was killed in a firefight as he and other soldiers were attempting to evacuate a hospital that had come under attack. The Army staff sergeant had joined the military immediately following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Died: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 Afghanistan | | USA Kimble A. Han , 30, who enlisted in the Army in 2008, died alongside another soldier on Friday, October 23, 2009 when the vehicles in which they were riding were struck by a coordinated two-strike roadside bomb attack near Kandahar, Afghanistan. Eleven other soldiers were wounded in the ambush. Died: Friday, October 23, 2009 Kandahar, Afghanistan | | USMC Carlos A. Aragon , of Orem, was killed in an improvised explosive device attack. The 19-year-old Marine Corps lance corporal was a member of Charlie Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, in Camp Williams, Utah. Died: Monday, March 01, 2010 Helmand Province, Afghanistan | | USMC Nigel K. Olsen, of Orem, died in an improvised explosive attack while on patrol in an Afghan village. The 21-year-old Marine Corps Reserve lance corporal was assigned to Charlie Company or the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, based out of Camp Williams in Utah. Died: Thursday, March 04, 2010 Helmand Province, Afghanistan | | USA Ellery Ray Wallace , a graduate of the University of Utah, died in a military hospital, a day after enemy forces attacked his vehicle with a rocket-propelled grenade. The 33-year-old Army captain joined the military in 2003 and was assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division in Fort Campbell, Ky. Died: Sunday, August 29, 2010 Nangahar, Afghanistan | | USA Aaron Kramer , of Cottonwood Heights, was killed during a firefight with Taliban rebels. The 22-year-old Army Ranger had previously served a combat tour of duty in Iraq. Died: Thursday, September 16, 2010 Afghanistan | | USA Matthew G. Wagstaff , 34, of Orem died along with eight others when the Blackhawk helicopter he was piloting crashed in a non-combat incident. The Army warrant officer was assigned to the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). Died: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Zabul, Afghanistan | | USA Jordan M. Byrd , of Grantsville, was shot while trying to render aid to a wounded soldier during a firefight. The 19-year-old Army medic, a private first class, was assigned to Alpha Company of the 1st Battalion of the 506th Infantry Regiment. Died: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 Patika Province | | USA Preston J. Suter, died on July 5, 2011, in Paktia province, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 709th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, Hohenfels, Germany. Died: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 Afghanistan | | USMC Norberto Mendez Hernandez, died Sunday, July 7, 2011, while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The 22-year-old graduate of Logan High School was assigned to 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division in Camp Pendleton, Calif. His battalion was assigned to the Sangin district, where Taliban fighters were attempting to regain control. Died: Sunday, July 10, 2011 Afghanistan | | USA Raphael Arruda , 21, died Saturday in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, when a roadside bomb hit the mine-protected vehicle he was in. Arruda died of blunt force trauma just a week shy of his 22nd birthday. Arruda planned to study construction engineering in college and was saving money to build a summer home in his native Brazil. Died: Saturday, July 16, 2011 Kunar Province, Afghanistan | | USMC Daniel Gurr, died Friday, August 5, 2011 in Malozai, in the Sangin district of the deadly Helmand province of Afghanistan, shot in the head by small-arms fire while he was on patrol. He was 21 years old. Died: Friday, August 05, 2011 Malozai, Afghanistan | | USN (SEAL) Jason Workman , 33, was aboard a Chinook helicopter that was shot down during a rescue mission about 60 miles from Kabul, Afghanistan. Workman grew up in Blanding and joined the Navy eight years ago. Died: Saturday, August 06, 2011 Near Kabul, Afghanistan | | Navy Information Systems Technician Petty Officer 1st Class (Expeditionary Warfare Specialist/Freefall Parachutist) Jared W. Day Died August 6, 2011 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom 28, of Taylorsville, Utah; assigned to an East Coast-based SEAL team; died Aug. 6 in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when the CH-47 Chinook helicopter in which he was riding was shot down. | | Army Spc. Cody J. Towse May 14, 2013 21, of Elk Ridge, Utah; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas; died May 14, in Sanjaray, Afghanistan, of wounds caused by an improvised explosive device. | | Army 1st Sgt. Tracy L. Stapley July 3, 2013 44, of Clearfield, Utah; assigned to 308th Medical Logistics Company, U.S. Army Reserve, Saint George, Utah; died July 3 in a noncombat incident at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar. | | Gunner’s Mate Seaman Connor A. McQuagge May 26, 2016 Gunnerís Mate Seaman Connor Alan McQuagge Died May 26 Serving Operation Inherent Resolve Gunner's Mate Seaman Connor Alan McQuagge, of Utah, died May 26 from a noncombat-related injury. McQuagge, 19, was assigned to the landing ship dock Harpers Ferry, forward deployed to the Red Sea. |
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