In Memoriam

The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Iraq:

Juctin R.P. McDaniel, 19, of Andover, N.H.; private first class, Army. McDaniel died Monday in Baghdad of injuries suffered in a noncombat-related incident in Taji, Iraq. He was assigned to the 524th Combat Service Support Battalion, 45th Sustainment Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command at Ft. Shafter, Hawaii.

Austin D. Pratt, 22, of Cadet, Mo.; sergeant, Army. Pratt died Dec. 15 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries suffered in a noncombat-related incident in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) at Ft. Polk, La.

Jeremy E. Ray, 26, of Houston; first lieutenant, Army. Ray was killed Thursday in an enemy attack with an explosive device in Kanaan, Iraq, northeast of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Ft. Hood, Texas.