Listing of Recent Non-combat Deaths

Surnames F -- I

Spc. Jacob J. Fairbanks, 22, of Saint Paul, Minn., died April 9, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident.  He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.  The incident is under investigation.  Update:  fatal gunshot wound to the head.

Cpl. Adam R. Fales 21, Combat Service Support Detachment-21, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Cullman, Alabama Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound in Falluja, Iraq, on December 16, 2005.  He was assigned to Combat Service Support Detachment-21, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. The incident is under investigation.

1st Lt. Daniel Farkas, 42, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died on July 4, 2008 of injuries suffered from a non-hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan (Camp Phoenix).  He was assigned to the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Syracuse, N.Y.   The incident is under investigation.

Staff Sgt. Donald B. Farmer, 33, of Zion, Illinois.  Two members of the 180th Transportation Battalion, 13th Corps Support Command, Fort Hood, Texas died December 19, 2004 in Shuaybah, Kuwait, when a vehicle struck them.

Sgt. Andrew K. Farrar Jr. 31, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 2nd Force Service Support Group, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Weymouth, Massachusetts.  Died due to a non-hostile related incident in Anbar province, Iraq, on January 28, 2005 Al Anbar Province.  Non-hostile - electrocution.

Staff Sgt. Jefferey J. Farrow 28, 146th Quartermaster Company, Army Reserve Birmingham, Alabama Died of non-combat related injuries in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on July 19, 2005.

Army Capt. Brian Faunce, 28, Sept. 18, 2003 was a Bensalem High School graduate. He was electrocuted in Al Asad, Iraq.

Lt. Col. Glade L. Felix, 52, of Lake Park, Ga., died June 11, 2007 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. His death is under investigation.  Felix was assigned to the 622nd Aeromedical Staging Squadron, Robins Air Force Base, Ga.

Sgt. Gregory D. Fejeran, 28, of Barrigada, Guam.  Died Mar. 5, 2007 in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, of injuries sustained during a vehicle roll-over. The incident is under investigation. 

Master Sgt. Richard L. Ferguson, 45, of Conway, New Hampshire, died March 30, 2004 in Somara, Iraq, when the military vehicle he was riding in rolled over. Ferguson was assigned to the Army's 10th Special Forces Group, Fort Carson, Colorado.

Sgt. Christopher J. C. Fernandez, 28, of Dededo, Guam.  Died Mar. 5, 2007 in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, of injuries sustained during a vehicle roll-over. The incident is under investigation. 

Sgt. Nathan R. Field, 23, of Lehigh, Iowa. died in Umm Qasr, Iraq, on Jan. 7, 2006, when his HMMWV was hit by a civilian vehicle.  Field was assigned to the Army Reserve's 4249th Port Security Company, Pocahontas, Iowa.

Capt. Michael S. Fielder, 35, of Holly Springs, N.C., died Aug. 19, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 248th Medical Detachment, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 44th Medical Command, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C.  The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.

Sgt. Courtney D. Finch, 27, of Leavenworth, Kan., died July 24, 2007 in Qayyarah, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 714th Maintenance Company, Kansas Army National Guard, Topeka, Kan.  The incident is under investigation.

Marine Sgt. Michael W. Finke, Jr., 28, of Huron, Ohio.  Finke died when the CH-53E helicopter he was in crashed near Ar Rutbah, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Died on January 26, 2005.

Spc. David M. Fisher, 21, of Green Island, New York, died December 1, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq, when his unit was on patrol and the HMWWV in which he was riding rolled over. Fisher was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 101st Cavalry Regiment, Newburgh, New York.

Cpl. Donald E. Fisher II, 21, of Avon, Massachusetts.  Fisher died in Kirkuk, Iraq when his convoy vehicle was involved in a collision. He was assigned to the 40th Transportation Company, 44th Corps Support Battalion, 593rd Corps Support Group, Fort Lewis, Washington. Died on November 11, 2005.

Staff Sgt. Sean P. Fisher, 29, of Santee, Calif.  The Department of Defense announced today the death of five soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died Aug. 14, 2007 in Al Taqqadum, Iraq, of injuries suffered when their helicopter crashed. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, Task Force 49, Fort Wainwright, Alaska. The incident is under investigation.

Private Daniel Patrick Fisher of Bassett, Virginia, 19 on October 4, 2007.  A release from the fort says the 19-year-old Fisher was killed Thursday when he was accidentally shot by a machine gun during a training exercise.  >It says Fisher was training on the loading and unloading of an M-2 machine gun when the weapon fired. He was taken to the Troop Medical Clinic then to Comanche County Memorial Hospital in Lawton where he was pronounced dead.

Sgt. 1st Class Brandon Floyd he also was taking Lariam before he killed his wife and himself, although the Army said it could not confirm that he was taking the drug.

Chief Warrant Officer John M. Flynn, 36, of Sparks, Nevada. Flynn was assigned to the Army National Guard's 113th Aviation Regiment, Stead, Nevada. All five personnel aboard a CH-47 transport helicopter were killed when it crashed southwest of Deh Chopan, Afghanistan, on September 25, 2005. Officials reported that the aircraft was returning from a mission in support of an ongoing operation at the time of the crash. There were no reports of enemy involvement in the crash. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

Chief Warrant Officer Paul J. Flynn, 28, 4th Squadron, 6th U.S. Air Cavalry Regiment Whitsett, North Carolina. One of 14 soldiers killed when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter accidentally crashed while returning from a combat mission in Multaka, Iraq, on August 22, 2007.

Sgt. Ryan D. Foraker 2002-09-24. 31, Logan Ohio 342nd Military Police Company Army Reserve Ryan Disappeared from his unit in Guantanamo Bay. Exhaustive searches were conducted in an effort to locate him. His clothes and personal effects were found near the water's edge. http://afghanistan.pigstye.net/wd.php?sort=unit

Chris Forcum 20, Oregon, Gunshot 12/3/2005. He tried to get help. But he slipped through the cracks in the military’s mental-health system. He applied for veterans’ health benefits, but Call — a combat veteran with years of active and Reserve duty — was told he didn’t qualify. Veterans Affairs has mental-health counselors even for veterans who don’t qualify for health benefits, but Call never got a chance to see one.On Feb. 3 of this year, he shot himself.http://www.veteransforamerica.org/index.cfm/page/Article/ID/7672 After Soldier's Suicide, his Family Calls for More Counseling December 5, 2005 - 9:06AM When soldiers return home from overseas, they go through a debriefing process, but one Springfield family says the military doesn't to enough for soldiers returning to civilian life; Chris Forcum, a 20-year-old marine, killed himself six weeks after returning home from Iraq.http://www.ktvl.com/engine.pl?station=ktvl&id=10947&template=doesitwork.html

Spc. Joseph A. Ford, 23, of Knox, Ind., died May 10, 2008 in Al Asad, Iraq, of injuries suffered in a vehicle accident. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 152nd Cavalry Regiment, 76th Brigade Combat Team, Indiana National Guard, New Albany, Ind.  The incident is under investigation.

Sgt. James F. Fordyce, 22, of Newton Square, Pa. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2006 The Defense Department announced the names of eight Marines and two airmen killed in a Feb. 17, 2006 helicopter crash while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.  All 10 died when two CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan, northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area, officials reported. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

Sgt. Curtis J. Forshey, 22, of Hollidaysburg, Pa., died Mar. 27 in Homburg, Germany, of a non-combat related illness. Forshey was assigned to the 129th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.

John "Gunship" Frasso Friends of John Frasso were coming to terms Tuesday a day after the Vietnam War veteran they called "Gunship" took his own life outside the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Plains Township. They wondered why Frasso, who enjoyed making children laugh and giving more than he received, shot himself with a .45-caliber handgun. A note apparently written by Frasso, 61, of Nescopeck, explained he was protesting the war in Afghanistan, Luzerne County Coroner Dr. Jack Consalvo said. http://storiesinamerica.blogspot.com/2006/10/vietnam-vet-commits-suicide-outside-of.html

Pfc. Jason Franco 18, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 11, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Corona, California Died from a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq, on October 31, 2006.

Spc. Leslie Frederick Jr 23, July 26, 2005— shot and killed himself at his South Tacoma apartment. Wounded while serving 15 months in Iraq, Frederick had recently been among the first soldiers to receive the Army's new Combat Action Badge, which represents, says Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, "the Warrior Ethos." Frederick, according to relatives, suffered psychologically from the stress of combat. His wife also won a divorce and custody of their child six days before his suicide.

Benjamin L. Freeman, 19, Valdosta GAA private drowns in a recreational swimming hole set up for troops in the Euphrates River. http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000

Spc. Daniel J. Freeman, 20, of Cincinnati, Ohio.  Freeman died in Ghazni, Afghanistan, when the CH-47 helicopter he was on crashed. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment, Camp Ederle, Italy.

Air Force Capt. Jeremy Fresques, 26, of Clarkdale, Arizona.  Fresques died in the crash of an Iraqi air force aircraft during a training mission in eastern Diyala province. He was assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida. Died on May 30, 2005.

Staff Sgt. Christopher S. Frost, 24, of Waukesha, Wis., died March 3, 2008 near Bayji, Iraq in a crash of an Iraqi Army Mi-17 helicopter.  He was assigned to the 377th Air Base Wing, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.  The circumstances surrounding the crash are under investigation.

1st Lt. Travis J. Fuller, 26, of Granville, Massachusetts.  Fuller died when the CH-53E helicopter he was in crashed near Ar Rutbah, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Died on January 26, 2005.

Sgt. Donald D. Furman, 30, of Burton, South Carolina.  Furman died in Balad, Iraq when his military vehicle collided with a civilian vehicle and overturned. He was assigned to the 24th Transportation Company, 541st Maintenance Battalion, Fort Riley, Kansas. Died on October 12, 2005.

Spc. Marcus S. Futrell, 20, of Macon, Ga. Died at Tallil Air Base, Iraq, on Dec. 2, 2005 of injuries sustained earlier that day when their truck accidentally rolled over. The soldiers were assigned to the Army National Guard's 148th Forward Support Battalion, 48th Brigade Combat Team, Forsyth, Ga. The incident is under investigation.

Command Sgt. Maj. Marilyn L. Gabbard, 46, Black Hawk helicopter crash near Baghdad, Jan. 20.

Sgt. Denis J. Gallardo 22, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment St. Petersburg, Florida Died of a non-combat related illness in Tal Afar, Iraq, on November 22, 2005. Gallardo was assigned to the Army's 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.

Captain Anthony R. Garcia  48, Army 2/17/06 weapon discharge Andres Raya's parents prayed Tuesday morning in the liquor store parking lot where, 36 hours earlier, their Marine son shot and killed a police officer and wounded another. A law enforcement spokesman said officer Sam Ryno's condition had improved from critical to serious. Sgt. Howard Stevenson was the officer who was killed. Tuesday night, more than 200 people gathered for a town hall meeting where Stanislaus County sheriff's Lt. Bill Heyne said authorities had yet to establish a motive for Raya's rampage, but added they do know "he wanted to die, he didn't want to go back to Iraq." Because of rain, Raya's parents decided not to walk from the liquor store to the alley where police shot and killed their 19-year-old son in an exchange of gunfire Sunday night. http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/01/12/17143571.php

Spc. James W. Gardner 22, 1st Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Glasgow, Kentucky.  Died of a non-combat related cause in Tal Afar, Iraq, on April 10, 2006.

Cpl. Erik T. Garoutte, 22, of Santee, Calif., died Oct. 19, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st  Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Company, Marine Corps Security Force Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Norfolk, Va. The incident is currently under investigation. Garoutte, 22, of Santee, Calif., collapsed and died Oct. 19 after working out in Baghdad, where he had been stationed for nearly three months.

Sgt. Landis W. Garrison, 23, of Rapid City, Illinois, died April 29, 2004 in Abu Gharb, Iraq, of non-combat related injuries. Garrison was assigned to the 333rd Military Police Company, Illinois National Guard, Freeport.

Pvt. 1st Class Damian J. Garza, 19, of Odessa, Texas.  Two members of the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia, died on August 4, when their Humvee slid into the Kunar River northeast of Jalalabad, Afghanistan. The Armed Services Press Services reported that two other service members escaped from the vehicle before it slid into the river. One was treated and released by U. S. military medical personnel at the scene, and the other was transported to Bagram Air Base for treatment. The soldier was reported to be in good condition and was expected to be released soon. The up-armored Humvee was part of a larger convoy conducting operations against enemy forces. The convoy was traveling along the river, which is swollen due to melting snow from nearby mountain peaks and rainfall in the area in recent weeks.

Pfc. Anthony A. Gaunky, 19, of Sparta, Wisconsin.  Gaunky died at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained in Bayji, Iraq, on November 17, 2005 when a local national crossed the median and struck his HMMWV during convoy operations. He was assigned to the 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.  Died on November 18, 2005. 

Sgt. Christopher P. Geiger 38, Headquarters Company, 213th Area Support Group, Pennsylvania Army National Guard Northampton, Pennsylvania Died of a non-combat related cause in Bagram, Afghanistan, on July 9, 2003.

2nd Lt. Mark C. Gelina 33, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Moberly, Missouri Died in a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq, on November 4, 2006.

Staff Sgt. Lewis J. Gentry 48,  94th Engineer Battalion Detroit, Michigan.  Died of a non-combat related cause in Mosul, Iraq, on October 26, 2005.  He was assigned to the 94th Engineer Battalion, Vilseck, Germany. Died on October 26, 2005.

Cpl. Timothy M. Gibson, 23, of Hillsborough, New Hampshire.  Gibson died when the CH-53E helicopter he was in crashed near Ar Rutbah, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Died on January 26, 2005.

Cpl. Richard A. Gilbert, Jr., 26, of Montgomery, Ohio.  Gilbert died when the CH-53E helicopter he was in crashed near Ar Rutbah, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Died on January 26, 2005.

Sgt. Charles C. Gillican III, 35, of Brunswick, Georgia.  Gillican died at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, from injuries sustained in a military vehicle accident. Gillican was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery Regiment, 48th Infantry Brigade, Brunswick, Georgia. Died on May 14, 2005.

Spc. Christopher A. Golby, 26, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Golby was assigned to the 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance) based in Fort Carson, Colorado. A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed on January 8, 2004 while on a MEDEVAC mission in Fallujah, Iraq. Nine soldiers were killed in the incident.

Spc. David J. Goldberg 20, 52nd Engineer Combat Battalion (Heavy), 43rd Area Support Group, U.S. Army Reserve Layton, Utah Died of a non-combat injury in Qayyarah, Iraq, on November 26, 2003 A specialist dies from an accidental non-combat gunshot to the chest. [David J. Goldberg, 20, Layton UT] http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000

Senior Airman Alecia S. Good, 23, of Broadview Heights, Ohio. Good was assigned to the 92nd Communications Squadron, Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2006 The Defense Department announced the names of eight Marines and two airmen killed in a Feb. 17, 2006 helicopter crash while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. All 10 died when two CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan, northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area, officials reported. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

Army Spc. Dakotah L. Gooding, 21, of Des Moines, Iowa.  Gooding died in Balad, Iraq, when the vehicle he was riding in overturned. He was assigned to the 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry, 3d Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia. Died on February 13, 2005.  

Marine Capt. Lyle L. Gordon, 30, of Midlothian, Texas.  Gordon died when the CH-53E helicopter he was in crashed near Ar Rutbah, Iraq. He was assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California. Died on January 26, 2005.

Sgt. Shawn A. Graham, 34, of Red Oak, Texas, died on September 25, 2005, in Balad, Iraq, of injuries sustained earlier that day in Baghdad, Iraq. The vehicle in which he was riding accidentally rolled over. Graham was assigned to the Army National Guard's 124th Cavalry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division, Fort Worth, Texas.

Lance Cpl. David J. GramesSanchez, 22, of Fort Wayne, Ind.  Died May 11, 2006, as a result of a vehicle accident in Al Anbar province, Iraq. All four Marines were assigned to the 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael J. Gray, 32, of Richmond, Virginia, died March 5 2004 in Kuwait. Gray was traveling to the Kuwait Navy Base when his vehicle was struck from the rear by a civilian vehicle. Gray was assigned to Navy Detachment Kuwait Navy Base in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Staff Sgt. Yance T. Gray, 26, one of the authors of "The War as We Saw It," was killed in Baghdad on September 10, 2007 when the five-ton cargo truck he was riding in overturned. Two of seven soldiers who wrote a controversial New York Times editorial about their war experiences in Iraq were killed Sept. 10, 2007 in Baghdad.

Sgt. Curtis Green 25, 331st Signal Company, Fort Riley 12/6/2004. "Over my dead body are they going to make me go back." "I knew he was having dreams, nightmares," Lisset said. "He would wake up at night really sweaty." On Dec. 6, he showed up for work, his uniform pressed, his boots polished. He sang cadence. That night, he was found hanging in his barracks.  http://www.commondreams.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/headlines05/0214-09.

Cpl. Jeffrey G. Green 20, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Dallas, Texas.  Found dead in the Euphrates River in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 5, 2004. The cause of death is under investigation.

Cpl. Jeremy R. Greene, 24, of Springfield, Ohio, died Apr. 28, 2007 at Forward Operating Base Tillman, Afghanistan, due to injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident.  Greene was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.  

According to the Department of Defense, Greene was killed when a weapon discharged while being cleaned by a group of soldiers at Forward Operating Base Tillman, Afghanistan. His death is under investigation.

Spc. Quincy J. Green, 26, of El Paso, Texas, died June 2, 2008 in Tikrit, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 601st Aviation Support Battalion, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.  The incident is under investigation.

Spc. James T. Grijalva 26, 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment, Illinois Army National Guard Burbank, Illinois Died of a non-combat related injury in Baghdad, Iraq, on October 12, 2005.  He was assigned to the Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment, Urbana, Illinois.

Seaman Genesia Mattril Gresham, 19, of Lithonia, Ga. held the Master-at-Arms rating and was assigned to U.S. Naval Support Activity Bahrain.  She died on October 22, 2007 of a gunshot wound.  Homicide at the hands of a fellow sailor.

MCpl. Kyle J. Grimes, 21, of Northampton, Pennsylvania.  Grimes died when the CH-53E helicopter he was in crashed near Ar Rutbah, Iraq. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Died on January 26, 2005.

Eric Ryan Grossman 22, California. "Ran into traffic." 4/6/2006

Pfc. Daniel F. Guastaferro, 27, of Las Vegas, Nevada.  Guastaferro died in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when his military vehicle left the road and went into a canal. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Camp Casey, Korea. Died on January 7, 2005.

Pvt. Ernesto R. Guerra, 20, of Long Beach, California, died July 29 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained on July 28 in Baghdad, Iraq, when his HMMWV was involved in an accident. Guerra was assigned to the Army's 4-3rd Brigade Troops Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia.