In Memoriam

The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Iraq and Kuwait or who died at a military hospital of their injuries:

John E. Allen, 25, of Palmdale; sergeant, Army. Allen was among four soldiers killed March 17 when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Bliss, Texas.

Christopher R. Brevard, 31, of Tucson; sergeant first class, Army. Brevard was killed March 16 when a roadside bomb exploded near him while on foot patrol in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division at Ft. Richardson, Alaska.

Wayne R. Cornell, 26, of Holstein, Neb.; sergeant, Army. Cornell was one of two soldiers killed Tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division at Ft. Riley, Kansas.

William N. Davis, 26, of Adrian, Mich.; private first class, Army. Davis was among four soldiers killed March 17 when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Bliss, Texas.

Curtis E. Glawson Jr. , 24, of Daleville, Ala.; specialist, Army. Glawson was killed Tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 610th Brigade Support Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division at Ft. Riley, Kansas.

Ryan P. Green, 24, of The Woodlands, Texas; sergeant, Army. Green died March 18 at a military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries suffered March 15 when a roadside bomb exploded near him in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Darrell R. Griffin Jr., 36, of Alhambra; sergeant first class, Army. Griffin was killed Wednesday when his unit was attacked with small-arms fire in Balad, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division at Ft. Lewis, Wash.

Marieo Guerrero, 30, of Fort Worth; specialist, Army. Guerrero was killed March 17 when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division in Schweinfurt, Germany.

Anthony A. Kaiser, 27, of Narrowsburg, N.Y.; private first class, Army. Kaiser was killed March 17 when his unit was attacked with small-arms fire in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade at Ft. Lewis, Wash.

John F. Landry Jr. , 20, of Lowell, Mass.; private first class, Army. Landry was among four soldiers killed March 17 when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Bliss, Texas.

Dustin J. Leev, 20, of Quitman, Miss.; corporal, Marine Corps. Lee was killed Wednesday in a mortar attack in Fallouja, Iraq, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the Headquarters Battalion, Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, Ga.

Nicholas J. Lightner, 29, of Newport, Ore.; sergeant, Army. Lightner died Wednesday at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., of injuries suffered March 15 when a roadside bomb exploded near him in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Stephen K. Richardson, 22, of Bridgeport, Conn.; private first class, Army. Richardson was one of two soldiers killed Tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division at Ft. Riley, Kansas.

Joey T. Sams II, 22, of Spartanburg, S.C.; private first class, Army. Sams was killed Wednesday when he was pinned between two vehicles at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, near the Iraqi border. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division at Ft. Benning, Ga.

Ed Santini, 25, of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico; sergeant, Army. Santini was among four soldiers killed March 17 when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Bliss, Texas.

Benjamin L. Sebban, 29, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; sergeant first class, Army. Sebban was killed March 17 when a roadside bomb exploded near him in Baqubah, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, N.C.

Gina R. Sparks, 35, of Drury, Mo.; staff sergeant, Army. Sparks died of noncombat-related injuries Oct. 4, 2004, at Ft. Polk, La. Serving in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, she was assigned to the 115th Field Hospital, Warrior Brigade at Ft. Polk.

John S. Stephens, 41, of San Antonio; sergeant first class, Army. Stephens was killed March 15 when a roadside bomb exploded near him in Tikrit, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division at Ft. Riley, Kan.

Nimo W. Tauala, 29, of Honolulu; sergeant, Army. Tauala died of noncombat-related injuries March 17 in Muqdadiya, Iraq, northeast of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 209th Aviation Support Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Harry H. Timberman, 20, of Minong, Wis.; lance corporal, Marine Corps. Timberman was killed in combat March 17 in Iraq's Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Peter E. Winston, 56, of Plant City, Fla.; lieutenant colonel, Army. Winston died Nov. 13 in Kaiserslautern, Germany, of injuries suffered in a noncombat-related incident in Iraq. He was assigned to the 143rd Sustainment Command in Orlando, Fla.