The Pentagon has released the names of the following US service members killed recently in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to an Associated Press count, at least 3,921 members of the US military have died since the Iraq war began in March 2003. At least 28,870 have been wounded, the military says. In Afghanistan, at least 472 US personnel have died and 1,851 have been wounded.
In Iraq
Private First Class Juctin R.P. McDaniel, 19, of Andover, N.H., on Dec. 17, 2007, in Baghdad. Army 524th Combat Service Support Battalion, 45th Sustainment Brigade, Eighth Theater Sustainment Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.
First Lieutenant Jeremy E. Ray, 26, of Houston, on Dec. 20, 2007, in Kanaan. Army First Squadron, Third Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.
Private First Class George J. Howell, 24, of Salinas, Calif., on Dec. 21, 2007, in Riyadh. Army First Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, First Brigade Combat Team, 10th Infantry Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.
Sergeant Peter C. Neesley, 28, of Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., on Dec. 25, 2007, in Baghdad. Army Third Squadron, Seventh Cavalry Regiment, Second Brigade Combat Team, Third Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Sergeant Bryan J. Tutten, 33, of St. Augustine, Fla., on Dec. 25, 2007, in Balad. Army First Squadron, 73d Cavalry Regiment, Second Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Two soldiers were killed on Dec. 26, 2007, in Mosul: Captain Rowdy J. Inman, 38, of Panorama Village, Texas; Sergeant Benjamin B. Portell, 27, of Bakersfield, Calif. Both were assigned to the Army Third Squadron, Third Armored Cavalry Regiment, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas.
Private First Class Joseph R. Berlin Jr., 21, of Chelsea, Ala., on Dec. 30, in Baghdad. Army Special Troops Battalion, Fourth Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Sergeant Reno S. Lacerna, 44, of Waipahu, Hawaii, on Dec. 31, 2007, in Qayyarah. Army 87th Corps Support Battalion, Third Sustainment Brigade, Third Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Staff Sergeant Ryan D. Maseth, 24, of Pittsburgh, on Jan. 2 in Baghdad. Army First Battalion, Fifth Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Specialist Joshua R. Anderson, 24, of Jordan, Minn., on Jan 2 in Kamasia. Army Sixth Squadron, Eighth Cavalry Regiment, Fourth Brigade Combat Team, Third Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Two soldiers were killed on Jan. 3 in As Sadiyah: Major Andrew J. Olmsted, 37, of Colorado Springs; Captain Thomas J. Casey, 32, of Albuquerque. Both were assigned to the Army Military Transition Team, First Brigade, First Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Corporal Jason F. Lemke, 30, of West Allis, Wis., on Jan. 5 in Ibrahim Al Adham. Army Second Battalion, 23d Infantry Regiment, Fourth Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Second Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Petty Officer Second Class Menelek M. Brown, 24, of Roswell, N.M., was declared dead Jan. 4 after apparently going overboard from USS Hopper in the Arabian Sea on Jan. 3. Navy aircraft and ships conducted an extensive search but did not locate him. USS Hopper is based in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Specialist James D. Gudridge, 20, of Carthage, N.Y., on Jan. 6 in Baghdad. Army Fourth Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, Fourth Brigade Combat Team, Third Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Private First Class Timothy R. Hanson, 23, of Kenosha, Wis., on Jan. 7 in Salmon Pak. Army First Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, Third Brigade Combat Team, Third Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga.
In Afghanistan
Senior Airman Nicholas D. Eischen, 24, of Sanger, Calif., on Dec. 24, 2007, in Bagram Air Base. Air Force 60th Medical Operations Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, Calif.
Private First Class Brian L. Gorham, 21, of Woodburn, Ky., on Dec. 31, 2007, at Fort Sam, Houston, of wounds suffered on Dec. 12 in Afghanistan. Army First Battalion, 503d Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173d Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Camp Ederle, Vicenza, Italy.
Sergeant Shawn F. Hill, 37, of Wellford, S.C., on Jan. 2 in Khowst Province. Army 178th Engineer Battalion, 218th Infantry Brigade, South Carolina Army National Guard, Rock Hill, S.C.
Major Michael L. Green, 36, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, on Jan. 7 in Laghar Juy. Army Headquarters, V Corps, Heidelberg, Germany.
Sergeant James K. Healy, 25, of Hesperia, Calif., on Jan. 7 at Jalalabad Airfield. Army 703d Explosive Ordnance Detachment, Fort Knox, Ky.
