DoD Identifies Casualties
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Sgt. Justin L. Noyes, 23, of Vinita, Okla., died July 2 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan.
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Spc. Damien M. Montoya, 21, of Holbrook, Ariz., died in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 9 from a non-combat related cause. Montoya was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Sgt. Irving Hernandez Jr., 28, of New York, N.Y., died in Mosul, Iraq, on July 12 when he encountered enemy small arms fire during combat operations. Hernandez was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
DoD Identifies Army Casualty
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Sgt. Duane J. Dreasky, 31, of Novi, Mich., died on July 7, in the Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV in Habbaniyah, Iraq, on Nov. 21. Dreasky was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery, Lansing, Mich.
A sailor assigned to 9th Naval Construction
Regiment died due to enemy action while operating in Iraq's Anbar
province yesterday, and the Defense Department has identified earlier
casualties in the war on terror.
The name of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of next
of kin.
The Defense Department identified four soldiers and a Marine who died
recently in Iraq or from injuries sustained there:
- Marine Sgt. Justin L. Noyes, 23, of Vinita, Okla., died July 2 while
conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned
to 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, 3rd
Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan.
- Army Staff Sgt. Omar D. Flores, 27, of Mission, Texas; Spc. Troy C.
Linden, 22, of Detroit Lakes, Minn.; and Spc. Joseph P. Micks, 22, of
Rapid River, Mich., died in Ramadi, Iraq, July 8, when a makeshift bomb
detonated near their Mine Protected Vehicle. All three soldiers were
assigned to the 54th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, Warner
Barracks, Bamberg, Germany.
- Army Sgt. Duane J. Dreasky, 31, of Novi, Mich., died July 10 at
Brooke Army Medical Center, in San Antonio, of injuries sustained when a
makeshift bomb detonated near his Humvee in Habbaniyah, Iraq, on Nov. 21.
Dreasky was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 119th
Field Artillery, Lansing, Mich.
