Spc. Christopher G. Patton, 21, of Lawrenceville, Ga., died Sept. 1, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq, in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.  The circumstances surrounding the death are under investigation.

Pvt. Dylan R. Paytas, 20, of Freedom, Pa., died in Baqubah, Iraq, on Nov. 16, 2005 from injuries sustained from multiple gunshot wounds. Paytas was assigned to the 3rd Brigade Troops Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga. Listed as homicide. The incident is under investigation.

Sgt. 1st Class Eric P. Pearrow, 40, of Peoria, Ill., died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Nov. 24, 2005 when his M1A2 Abrams tank accidentally rolled over into a canal.  Pearrow was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colo.

Michael Pelkey Fort Sill, OK. Gunshot, 11/5/2004. Capt. Michael Jon Pelkey However, it would become tragically obvious that Michael's worries were not over. Michael met with the therapist on a Monday; the couple celebrated their third wedding anniversary on a Tuesday; and on Friday, November 5, 2004, Stefanie Pelkey came home to find her husband laying on the bed, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. http://www.usmedicine.com/article.cfm?articleID=1154&issueID=79

Spc. Pedro Pena 35, Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division Miami, Florida Died in a non-hostile incident in Kuwait on November 7, 2002

Pfc. Shane D. Penley, 19, of Sauk Village, Ill., died April 6, 2008 at Patrol Base Copper, Iraq, from wounds suffered while on duty at a guard post.   He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.   The incident is under investigation.

Lance Cpl. Javier Perales Jr., 19, of San Elizario, Texas, died June 11, 3008 from a non-hostile incident in Al Anbar province, Iraq.  He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.   The incident is currently under investigation.

Lance Cpl. Richard A. Perez, Jr., 19, of Las Vegas, Nevada.  Perez died as a result of non-hostile vehicle incident in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 6th Motor Transport Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, Las Vegas, Nevada. Died on February 10, 2005.

Sgt. Theodore L. Perreault 33, Company B, 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts Army National Guard Webster, Massachusetts Died of non-combat related injuries in Camp Bulkeley, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on December 23, 2003

Spc. Alyssa R. Peterson 27, Company C, 311th Military Intelligence Battalion, 101st Airborne Division Flagstaff, Arizona Died of wounds received from a non-combat weapons discharge on September 15, 2003, in Telafar, Iraq suicide.  A specialist is killed by a non-combat gunshot wound to the head. [Alyssa R. Peterson, 27, Flagstaff AZ] http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000  The third woman to die in Iraq, Army Specialist Alyssa Peterson, 27, from Flagstaff, Arizona, was reported as having died from a "non-hostile weapons discharge." A reporter who dug further, Kevin Elston, found that she committed suicide on September 15, 2003, after becoming distraught from working in an interrogation unit known as "the cage."
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Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Henry Petithory 2001-12-05, 32, Pittsfield Massachusetts Company A, 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Army One of three soldiers killed when a 2,000-pound satellite-guided bomb was targeted incorrectly and hit near his position north of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on December 5, 2001http://afghanistan.pigstye.net/wd.php?sort=unit

Lance Cpl. Neil D. Petsche, 21, of Lena, Illinois, died December 21, 2004 due to injuries received in a non-hostile vehicle incident in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Petsche was assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California.

Staff Sgt. James L. Pettaway, Jr., 37, of Baltimore, Maryland, died October 3, 2004 in Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, of injuries sustained in Fallujah, Iraq, on August 27, 2004 when he was involved in a motor vehicle accident.  Pettaway was assigned to the Army Reserves 223rd Transportation Company, Norristown, Pennsylvania.

Pfc. Sammie E. Phillips, 19, of Cecilia, Ky., died Sept. 10, 2007 in Rustamiyah, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a vehicle rollover.  He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery, Kentucky Army National Guard, Carlisle, Ky.  The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.

Lance Cpl. Steven L. Phillips 27, Company I, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Chesapeake, Virginia Died from a non-hostile vehicle accident during combat operations against enemy forces near Qaim, Iraq, on February 7, 2006.

Sgt. Edward O. Philpot, 38, of Latta, S.C., died Oct 23, 2007 in Afghanistan, from a non-combat related Humvee rollover accident.  He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 263rd Armor Regiment, South Carolina National Guard, Dillon, S.C.  This incident is under investigation.

Spc. Randy W. Pickering, 31, of Bovey, Minn., died Dec. 9, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident.   He was assigned to the Regimental Support Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Vilseck, Germany.  The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.

Chief Warrant Officer Paul J. Pillen 28, Detachment 3, Company A, 249th Aviation Battalion, South Dakota Army National Guard Keystone, South Dakota Died of a non-combat related cause in Salwa, Kuwait, on October 17, 2005.   He was assigned to the Army National Guard's 249th Aviation, Rapid City, South Dakota.

Sgt. Foster Pinkston 47, Headquarters Company, 878th Engineer Battalion, Georgia Army National Guard Warrenton, Georgia Died of a non-combat related illness at Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, on September 16, 2003

Jason Pirro   Last year, supposedly hanged himself at least that is the “Official” report from the Marine Corps. The biggest problem with that is simply this: less than one hour before Jason was found hanged in a bathroom stall he had breakfast with his friends in the mess hall; all of whom have stated essentially the following: “Jason was in very high spirits as he was getting discharge in a couple of days. He would be home when his wife had their second child…he was elated at going home finally.” Less than an hour later Jason was found hanged and the Marine Corps wrote off his death as a “suicide.” The Marine Corps completely ignored the fact that for months while awaiting his “discharge” Jason had been subject to a string of brutal hazing at the base. http://jack-dalton.blogspot.com/2005/06/suicides-in-ranks-something-is_19.html

Pfc. Derek J. Plowman, 20, of Everton, Ark., died on July 20, 2006 in Baghdad, Iraq, from a gun shot wound. Plowman was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 142nd Fires Brigade, Rogers, Ark.
This incident is under investigation.

Spc. Jessy G. Pollard 22 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Springfield, Missouri 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.

Spc. Justin W. Pollard 21, G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment Foothill Ranch, California Died as a result of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 30, 2003 A specialist is shot to death when a rifle accidentally goes off . [Justin W. Pollard, 21, Foothill Ranch CA]http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000

Lance Cpl. Christopher M. Poston, 20, of Glendale, Arizona.  Poston died from a non-hostile vehicle accident in Hit, Iraq. He was assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. Died on October 17, 2005.

Pfc. David L. Potter 22, Company B, 115th Forward Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division Johnson City, Tennessee Died of non-combat related injuries in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 7, 2004 In another case, Pfc. David L. Potter was kept in the war zone despite a diagnosis of anxiety and depression, a suicide attempt and a psychiatrist's recommendation that he be separated from the Army. Potter, 22, told friends that he believed the recommendation had been overruled, leading to a deepening of his depression, a fellow soldier said. On Aug 7, 2004 - 10 days after the psychiatrist recommended he be sent home - Potter took a gun from under another soldier's bed and killed himself. Hartford Courant

Pvt. Joshua F. Powers 21, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Skiatook, Oklahoma Died of a non-combat related injury in Baghdad, Iraq, on February 24, 2006 Powers, Joshua F. - [Skiatook] US Army - Private Pvt. Joshua Powers died in Baghdad, Iraq from a non-combat related injury. 21 year old Joshua Powers, who had only been in Iraq two weeks, was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. http://kotv.com/main/projects/homefronttribute.asp  The incident is under investigation.

Chief Warrant Officer Clint J. Prather, 32, of Cheney, Washington.  Prather died in Ghazni, Afghanistan, when the CH-47 helicopter he was on crashed. He was assigned to the 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, 12th Aviation Brigade, Giebelstadt, Germany.

Sgt. Austin D. Pratt, 22, of Cadet, Mo., died Dec. 15, 2007 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq, from a non-combat related incident.   He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4>th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), located at Fort Polk, La.  The incident is under investigation.

Sgt. 1st Class Daniel J. Pratt 48, 211th Maintenance Company, Ohio Army National Guard Youngstown, Ohio Died from a non-combat related cause in Nasiriya, Iraq, on November 3, 2005.  He was assigned to the Army National Guard's 211th Maintenance Company, Newark, Ohio.

Pfc. James E. Prevete, 22, of Whitestone, New York, died October 10, 2004 in Habbaniya, Iraq, when his military vehicle encountered whiteout conditions and the driver apparently lost control of the vehicle. Prevete was assigned to the Army's 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, Camp Greaves, Korea.

Pfc. Tina M. Priest 20, 4th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Austin, Texas "Died from a non-combat related injury in Taji, Iraq, on March 1, 2006. She was discovered dead in her room March 1, and investigators concluded that she shot herself in the upper chest with an M-16 rifle. Rape charges against the soldier she accused were dropped a few weeks after her death.

Staff Sgt. Brian Prosser 2001-12-05 28, Frazier Park California Company D, 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Army One of three soldiers killed when a 2,000-pound satellite-guided bomb was targeted incorrectly and hit near his position north of Kandahar, Afghanistan, on December 5, 2001 http://afghanistan.pigstye.net/wd.php?sort=unit

Petty Officer 3rd Class Jason Profitt 23, USS Deyo Charlestown, Indiana Died of a non-combat related injury while in the Red Sea on March 17, 2003

Cpl. Richard O. Quill III 22, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Roswell, Georgia Died of a non-hostile cause in Anbar province, Iraq, on February 1, 2007