Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs - Arkansas Casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan

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Arkansas¹ Casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan

No.	DATE	CITY	NAME	RANK	AGE	BRANCH	COUNTRY	DoD
1	25-Mar-03	Little Rock	Johnson Jr., Michael Vann²	Hospital Corpsman 3rd Cl.	25	Navy	Iraq	162-03
2	26-Jul-03	Camden	Cheatham, Jonathan M.²	Private 1st Class	19	Army Reserve	Iraq	554-03
3	12-Sep-03	Little Rock	Morehead, Kevin N.²	Master Sergeant	33	Army	Iraq	679-03
4	30-Sep-03	Springdale	McGaugh, Dustin K.	Specialist	20	Army	Iraq	726-03
5	3-Oct-03	Little Rock	Kimbrough, Paul	Lieutenant Colonel	44	Army	Afghanistan	734-03
6	2-Nov-03	Little Rock	Moss, Keelan L.²	Sergeant	23	Army	Iraq	814-03
7	7-Mar-04	Forrest City	Jones, Gussie M.	Captain	41	Army	Iraq	156-04
8	18-Mar-04	Washington	Smith, Brandon C.²	Private 1st Class	20	Marines	Iraq	195-04
9	4-Apr-04	McGehee	Cason, Ahmed Akil "Mel"²	Specialist	24	Army	Iraq	273-04
10	7-Apr-04	Bauxite	Labadie Jr., William W.²	Sergeant 1st Class	45	AR Army Nat. Guard	Iraq	286-04
11	24-Apr-04	Hazen	Brandon, Stacey C.²	Staff Sergeant	35	AR Army Nat. Guard	Iraq	371-20
12	24-Apr-04	Humnoke	Orton, Billy J.²	Staff Sergeant	41	AR Army Nat. Guard	Iraq	371-20
13	24-Apr-04	Lewisville	Felder, Arthur L. "Bo"²	Captain	36	AR Army Nat. Guard	Iraq	371-20
14	24-Apr-04	North Little Rock	Kordsmeier, Patrick W.²	Chief Warrant Officer 4	49	AR Army Nat. Guard	Iraq	371-20
15	25-Apr-04	Westplaines, MO	Melton, Kenneth A.²	Sergeant	31	AR Army Nat. Guard	Iraq	381-04
16	6-May-04	Nashville	Box Jr., Hesley²	Staff Sergeant	24	AR Army Nat. Guard	Iraq	435-04
17	20-May-04	Wickes	Miranda, Troy Leon²	Sergeant 1st Class	44	AR Army Nat. Guard	Iraq	493-04
18	21-Jun-04	Cleburne	Parker Jr., Tommy L.²	Corporal	21	Marines	Iraq	599-04
19	11-Jul-04	Shirley	Peters, Dustin W.²	Staff Sergeant	25	Air Force	Iraq	668-04
20	15-Aug-04	Green Forest	Goins, James Michael²	Second Lieutenant	23	Army	Iraq	783-04
21	18-Sep-04	Hope	Rosenbaum, Thomas Chad²	Sergeant	25	Army	Iraq	931-04
22	3-Oct-04	Harrison	Collier, Russell L.²	Sergeant	48	AR Army Nat. Guard	Iraq	989-04
23	13-Oct-04	Cabot	Baker, Ronald W.²	Sergeant	34	AR Army Nat. Guard	Iraq	1029-04
24	21-Oct-04	Rogers	Samek, Jesse M.	Airman First Class	21	Air Force	Afghanistan	1056-04
25	26-Nov-04	Camden	Smith, Michael A.²	Sergeant	24	AR Army Nat. Guard	Iraq	1230-04
26	12-Dec-04	Salem	Clairday, Jason S.²	Corporal	21	Marines	Iraq	1288-04
27	4-Jan-05	Floral	Buie, Jimmy D.²	Corporal	44	AR Army Nat. Guard	Iraq	024-05
28	4-Jan-05	Evening Shade	Marcum, Joshua S.²	Specialist	33	AR Army Nat. Guard	Iraq	024-05
29	4-Jan-05	Mabelvale	McHalffey, Jeremy W.²	Specialist	28	AR Army Nat. Guard	Iraq	024-05
30	26-Jan-05	Wynne	Hopper, Brian C.	Lance Corporal	21	Marines	Iraq	087-05
31	28-Jan-05	Roland	Rymer II, Lyle W.²	Specialist	24	AR Army Nat. Guard	Iraq	116-05
32	28-Jan-05	West Helena	Jones, Charles S.	Chief Warrant Officer	34	Army	Iraq	106-05
33	10-Feb-05	Beebe	Robbins, William T.	Staff Sergeant	31	AR Army Nat. Guard	Iraq	154-05
34	26-Feb-05	Gurdon	Giles, Landon S.²	Private	19	Army	Iraq	210-05
35	22-May-05	Jacksonville	Creamean, Tyler L.²	Specialist	21	Army	Iraq	513-05
36	24-May-05	Fort Smith	Fisher, Dustin C.²	Specialist	22	Army	Iraq	546-05
37	28-May-05	Jacksonville	Sayles, Phillip N.²	Specialist	26	Army	Iraq	533-05
38	19-Jul-05	Gravette	McGill, Arthur R.²	Sergeant	25	Army	Iraq	748-05
39	12-Aug-05	Pocahontas	Bell, Rusty W.	Specialist	21	Army	Iraq	839-05
40	26-Sep-05	McRea	Valdez, Steven A.²	Lance Corporal	20	Marines	Afghanistan	975-05
41	15-Jan-06	Conway	Kendall, Dustin Lee	Specialist	21	Army	Iraq	044-06
42	5-Mar-06	Paragould	Jessen, Kevin P.²	Staff Sergeant	28	Army	Iraq	195-06
43	30-May-06	Beebe	West, Bobby R.²	Corporal	23	Army	Iraq	496-06
44	20-Jul-06	Everton	Plowman, Derek James	Specialist	20	AR Army Nat. Guard	Iraq	699-06
45	12-Aug-06	Fouke	Jenkins, Kenneth A.²	Staff Sergeant	25	Army	Iraq	774-06
46	13-Sep-06	Harrison	Shaffer, Jeffrey P.²	Private First Class	21	Army	Iraq	923-06
47	6-Jan-07	West Memphis	Mitchell III, Raymond N.	Specialist	21	Army	Iraq	025-06
48	20-Jan-07	Little Rock	Brown, John Gary²	Staff Sergeant	43	AR Army Nat. Guard	Iraq	081-07
49	20-Jan-07	North Little Rock	Taylor, Michael Vernon²	Major	40	AR Army Nat. Guard	Iraq	081-07
50	20-Jan-07	North Little Rock	Warren, William Thomas²	Sergeant Major	48	AR Army Nat. Guard	Iraq	081-07
51	9-Feb-07	Little Rock	Shaw, Alan W.²	Staff Sergeant	31	Army	Iraq	164-07
52	5-Mar-07	Sims	Estes, Justin M.²	Staff Sergeant	25	Army	Iraq	264-07
53	22-Mar-07	Little Rock	Gardner Jr., Freeman L.²	Sergeant	26	Army	Iraq	336-07
54	7-Apr-07	Camden	McCandless, Rodney L.²	Private First Class	21	Army	Iraq	413-07
55	21-Apr-07	Jasper	Bushnell, William W.²	Sergeant	24	Army	Iraq	474-07
56	26-May-07	Trumann	Smallwood, Erich S.²	Sergeant	23	AR Army Nat. Guard	Iraq	655-07
57	28-May-07	Vilonia	Baker, Zachary D.²	Corporal	24	Army	Iraq	685-07
58	6-Jul-07	Bismarck	Stacey, Jeremy L.²	Corporal	23	Army	Iraq	851-07
59	5-Jul-07	Fayetteville	Salazar, Jr., Bruce C.²	Private First Class	24	Army	Iraq	864-07
60	14-Jul-07	Higginson	Massey, John Ray²	Sergeant	29	AR Army Nat. Guard	Iraq	890-07
61	31-Jul-07	Little Rock	Marshall, Bradley W.²	Sergeant	37	Army	Iraq	976-07
62	21-Aug-07	Malvern	Witham, Donovan D.²	Private First Class	20	Army	Iraq	1034-07
63	22-Aug-07	Lincoln	Seideman, Tyler R.	Specialist	20	Army	Iraq	1039-07
64	6-Sep-07	Malvern	Yarbrough, Michael J.²	Sergeant	24	Marines	Iraq	1095-07
65	22-Sep-07	Newport	Watson, David L.	Specialist	29	Army	Iraq	1148-07
66	29-Sep-07	Queens, N.Y.,	Vidhyarkorn, Chirasak	Sergeant	32	AR Army Nat. Guard	Iraq	1181-07
67	29-Sep-07	Pine Bluff	Doster, James D.²	Sergeant First Class	38	Army	Iraq	1172-07
68	12-Oct-07	Greenbrier	Thacker, Nathan Z.²	Private	18	Army	Iraq	1212-07
69	14-Oct-07	Ward	Martin, Thomas M.²	First Lieutenant	27	Army	Iraq	1218-07
70	5-Nov-07	Hector	Bewley, Kevin R.²	Petty Officer 2nd Class	27	Navy	Iraq	1287-07
71	13-Nov-07	Hot Springs	Liles, Stuart F.	Second Lieutenant	26	Army	Afghanistan	1326-07
72	1-Dec-07	Harrison	Reece, Matthew K.²	Specialist	24	Army	Iraq	1370-07
73	16-Jan-08	Jacksonville	Kimme, Danny L.²	Private First Class	27	Army	Iraq	046-08
74	22-Jan-08	Conway	Sturdivant, Michael R.	Sergeant	20	Army Reserve	Iraq	058-08
75	15-Apr-08	Rogers	Wilks, Kyle W.²	Corporal	24	Marines	Afghanistan	318-08

¹Arkansas - all were either born in Arkansas, lived in the state at some time or deployed with the Arkansas National Guard.

²KIA

Some ranks were posthumously awarded.

Information compiled from the following sources:

DOD News Releases - listed in the far right column
The Arkansas National Guard Public Affairs Office
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Newspaper
Arkansas Online
Military Times

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