Killed in Iraq

U.S. Army Sgt. Sean Kelly Cataudella,, 28. Died: Aug. 30, 2003 in Ba'qubah near Tikrit, Iraq. Assigned to 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, based in Fort Hood, Texas.

Tucson tie: Rincon High Class of 1994.

U.S. Army Sgt. Benjamin Biskie,, 27. Died: Dec. 24, 2003 near Samarra, Iraq. He was assigned to 5th Engineer Battalion, 1st Engineer Brigade, based in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

Tucson tie: Attended Tucson Junior Academy parochial school. In his junior year, he moved with his mother to Vermillion, Ohio, in 1993.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Robert Paul Zurheide Jr.,, 20. Died: April 12, 2004, near Fallujah, Iraq. He was a rifleman assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, based in Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Tucson tie: Desert View High Class of 2001.

U.S. Marine Cpl. Jeffrey David Lawrence, 22. Died July 6, 2004, near Fallujah, Iraq. He was assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, based in Camp LeJeune, N.C.

Tucson tie: Palo Verde High Magnet Class of 2000.

U.S. Army Spc. Robert Oliver Unruh, 25. Died: Sept. 25, 2004, Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 44th Engineer Battalion, based in Camp Howze, Korea.

Tucson tie: Lived in Tucson part of his youth, then Virginia, returning to Tucson in 2002.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua E. Lucero, 19. Died: Nov. 27, 2004 in the Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion of 2nd Marine Division, based in Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Tucson tie: Sunnyside High Class of 2003.

U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Tina Time, 22. Died: Dec. 13, 2004, in southeast Iraq. She was ssigned to 208th Transportation Co., based in Tucson.

Tucson tie: Lived in Tucson while attending Pima Community College and joined the reserves; moved to Texas before her unit was activated.

U.S. Army Pfc. Sam Williams Huff, 18. Died April 17, 2005 after her Humvee was hit by a roadside bomb near Baghdad. She was assigned to 170th Military Police Company, 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade, based in Fort Lewis, Wash.

Tucson tie: Mountain View High Class of 2004.

U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Kenneth E. Hunt Jr., 40. Died Oct. 12, 2005, in Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas, from injuries received July 24 when the armored Humvee he was in was hit by an anti-tank mine in Al Taqaddum, Al-Anbar province west of Baghdad. He was assigned to Marine Wing Support Group 37, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma.

Tucson tie: Santa Rita High Class of 1983.

U.S. Army Spc. Thomas H. Byrd, 21. Died: Oct. 15, 2005, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when a roadside bomb detonated near the M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle he was in during combat operations. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, based in Fort Benning, Ga.

Tucson tie: Santa Rita High Class of 2003.

U.S. Army Sgt. Mark R. Vecchione, 25. Died: July 18, 2006, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when a roadside bomb blew up near his tank. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment of the 1st Armored Division, based in in Friedberg, Germany.

Tucson tie: Sahuaro High School Class of 1999.

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Chadwick Thomas Kenyon, 20. Died: Aug. 20, 2006 in Al Anbar province of injuries suffered when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations against enemy forces. He was assigned to 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based in Twentynine Palms, Calif.

Tucson tie: Mountain View High School Class of 2004.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Budd M. Cote, 21. Died: Dec. 11, 2006 after the Humvee he was riding in was hit a roadside bomb in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, based out of the Marine Corps Air Station at Miramar, Calif.

Tucson tie: Attended Marana and Mountain View high schools before moving temporarily to Las Vegas. He returned to Tucson and attended Canyon del Oro High, dropped out and received his GED before joining the Marines.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Russell P. Borea, 38. Died: Jan. 19, 2007 when a roadside bomb detonated near his vehicle in Mosul. He was with the 1st Cavalry Division from Fort Bliss, Texas.

Tucson tie: Catalina Magnet High School Class of 1986. Wife, Nicole, 37, is a 1989 Sahuaro High School graduate.

U.S. Army Sgt. Sean Fennerty, 26. Died: Jan. 20, 2007 in Anbar Province when the vehicle in which he was riding was hit by a roadside bomb.

Tucson tie: attended Fruchtendler Elementary School and St. Cyril's School.

U.S. Army Spc. Alan E. McPeek, 20. Died: Feb. 2, 2007 in Ramadi of injuries sustained when his troop came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 16th Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, based in Giessen, Germany.

Tucson tie: Mountain View High School Class of 2004.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Darrel Kasson, 43. Died: March 4, 2007 in Bayji, Iraq when an improvised explosive device exploded near his Humvee. Was deployed with the Arizona Army National Guard's 259th Engineer Company, based in Phoenix. He was a member of the Alpha Battery, 2-180th Field Artillery Battalion and was serving at Camp Anaconda in the Sunni Triangle.

Tucson tie: Amphitheater High School Class of 1982.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Damian Lopez-Rodriguez, 19. Died: April 6, 2007 when an improvised explosive device exploded near his Humvee. Army's 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, based in Schweinfurt, Germany. It deployed to Iraq in September.

Tucson tie:Pueblo High School Class of 2005.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher R. Brevard, 31: Died: March 16, 2007 when a roadside bomb exploded in Baghdad. Served with the 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, based at Fort Richardson, Alaska.

Tucson tie:Spent his formative years — from ages 6 to 16 — in Tucson, until his Air Force father was transferred to Alaska in 1991.

U.S. Army Sgt. Gary D. Willett, 34: Died: February 8, 2008 when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Taji, Iraq. Served with the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team in the Army's 25th Infantry Division, based at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Tucson tie:Willett's mother lives in Tucson.

U.S. Army Sgt. Victor M. Cota, 33. Died: May 14, 2008 when his vehicle struck improvised explosive device in Kadamiyah, Iraq. He was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division at Fort Hood, Texas.

Tucson tie:Graduated from Tucson High School, Class of 1993.

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Robert C. Hammett, 39. Died: June 24, 2008 when a bomb exploded in Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division out of Fort Carson, Colorado.

Killed in Afghanistan

U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Raymond Losano, 24. Died: April 25, 2003 in eastern Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. He was assigned to 14th Air Support Operations Squadron, based at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. and deployed to Afghanistan with 82nd Airborne Division of Fort Bragg, N.C.

Tucson tie: Attended business classes at Pima Community College.

U.S. Army Sgt. Kenneth G. Ross, 24. Died: Sept. 25, 2005, in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan's Deh Chopan district, 180 miles southwest of Kabul. He was assigned to 7th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, based in Giebelstadt, Germany.

Tucson tie: Mountain View High School Class of 1999.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Charles Browning, 31. Died: May 31, 2007 when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan. He served with the Arizona Army National Guard's Gilbert-based B Company, 1-158th Infantry Battalion.

Tucson tie: Resident of Florence. Grew up in Tucson, graduated from Palo Verde High Magnet School.

Died from illness or noncombat injuries

U.S. Army Capt. Gilbert A. Munoz, 29. Died: Feb. 9, 2005 from a staph infection less than two weeks after returning from a scouting mission in Iraq. He was to lead a Special Forces team into Iraq to help train Iraqis to take over security of their country. He was with the Third Batallion of the 7th Special Forces Group, based in Fort Bragg, N.C.

Tucson tie: Tucson native and Salpointe Catholic High School class of ‘94.

U.S. Army Spc. Scott Mullen, 22. Died: Oct. 14, 2005, in Makati City, The Republic of the Philippines, from injuries sustained while on leave in the country. He was stationed in the Philippines with the 5th Battalion, 4th Psychological Operations Group, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command, based in Fort Bragg, N.C.

Tucson tie: Catalina Foothills High School Class of 2002.

Marine Sgt. Aron C. Blum, 22. Died: Dec. 28, 2006 of an illness at Naval Medical Center in San Diego after being evacuated Dec. 8 from Al Anbar province. His family declined to discuss his illness. He was assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force at Marine Corps Air Station, based in Miramar, Calif.

Tucson tie: Sahuaro High School Class of 2002.

Those with southern Arizona ties

Chief Warrant Officer Christopher Nason, 39. Died: Nov. 23, 2003 in Iraq. Southern Arizona tie: Stationed at Fort Huachuca.

Army Spc. Isaac Campoy, 21. Died: Oct. 28, 2003 when his tank hit a landmine. Southern Arizona tie: Graduated from Douglas High School in 2001.

Army Sgt. Michael Merila, 23. Died: Feb. 16, 2004 after an explosion hit his convoy in northern Iraq the day before his 24th birthday. Southern Arizona tie: From Sierra Vista.

Marine Cpl. Brandon Scott Schuck, 21. Died: Feb. 6, 2006 by an improvised explosive device near Baghdad. Souther Arizona tie: A Safford High School graduate.

Army 1st Sgt. Bobby Mendez, 38. Died: April 27, 2006 when his vehicle was hit by a homemade bomb in Baghdad. Southern Arizona tie: Stationed at Fort Huachuca, was killed in action on his son's birthday.

Army Cpl. Casey L. Mellen, 21. Died: Sept. 25, 2006, in Balad, Iraq, after his patrol group was hit by small arms fire during combat in Mosul. Mellen was assigned to Fort Lewis, south of Tacoma, Wash. Southern Arizona tie: Huachuca City resident.

Army Spc. Collin R. Schockmel, 19. Died: Jan. 16, 2007, in Ramadi, Iraq, by a rocket-propelled grenade. Southern Arizona tie: Spend much of his childhood in Sierra Vista and attended Buena High school.

Army Cpl. Victor Langarica, 29. Died: Jan. 20, 2007 when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter he was in crashed in Baghdad. Southern Arizona tie: Stationed in Fort Huachuca.

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