March 28
AS SAYLIYA CAMP, Qatar (Reuters) - One U.S. Marine has been killed and
another injured when
they were accidentally run over by a U.S. armored vehicle in southern Iraq,
U.S. Central
Command said on Friday. A statement said the incident took place on Wednesday night. The
names of the Marines, both from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, were withheld pending
the notification of their families.
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March 28
Sgt Fernando Padilla-Ramirez, USMC
The Department of Defense announced on March 30 the identity of a Marine whose status is listed
as missing in action. He is: Sgt. Fernando Padilla-Ramirez, 26, of Yuma, Ariz.
He was
assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron-371, Marine Wing
Support Group-37, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Ariz. He was
last seen conducting convoy operations in the vicinity of Al
Nasiriyah on 28 March. A search and rescue effort is
continuing.
The Department of Defense announced on April 11 that it had changed the
status of Marine Sgt. Fernando Padilla-Ramirez from Duty Status
Whereabouts Unknown (DUSTWUN) to killed in action. Sgt.
Padilla-Ramirez, 26, of San Luis, Ariz., was assigned to Marine
Wing Support Squadron-371, Marine Wing Support Group-37, Marine
Corps Air Station, Yuma, Ariz. He was last seen conducting
convoy operations in the vicinity of Al Nasiriyah on 28 March.
His remains were identified on April 10.
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March 29
Staff Sgt. James W. Cawley, USMC
Staff Sgt. James W. Cawley, 41, of Roy, Utah, was killed on
March 29 during a firefight with enemy forces. He was assigned
to F Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine
Division, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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March 29
Lance Cpl. William W. White, USMC
The Department of Defense announced on March 30 that Lance Cpl.
William W. White, 24, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was killed in a
non-hostile vehicle accident on March 29 in Iraq. He was
assigned to the 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion, 1st Marine
Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif. The accident is under
investigation. The Defense Department provided no other information about the accident except to say that it was not
related to hostile action. Earlier, it was reported that one Marine from the 1st Expeditionary Force had
drowned when a Humvee rolled over in an Iraqi canal, but it is not known if White is the Marine
referred to in the report.
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March 29
Lance Cpl. Joseph B. Maglione, USMC
The Department of Defense announced today that Lance Cpl. Joseph B.
Maglione, 22, of Lansdale, Pa., was killed yesterday by a non-combat weapon discharge
at Camp Coyote, Kuwait. Maglione was assigned to Bridge Company B, 6th Engineer Support
Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group, based in Folsom, Pa.
His death is under investigation.
Maglione grew up in the Philadelphia suburb of Lansdale. A third-year architectural
engineering major at Drexel University, Maglione was activated March 7 then deployed to
Kuwait on Sunday. He joined the reserves in 2000
because "he wanted to serve his country. He was
so proud of being a Marine. He thought the Marines were the best, the bravest," said his
mother, Rosemarie Maglione.
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March 30
SAN DIEGO -- Three Camp Pendleton Marines: Capt. Aaron J. Contreras,
Sgt. Michael V. Lalush, and
Sgt. Brian McGinnis, were killed in a Huey helicopter crash in Iraq on Sunday, March 30,
it was announced on Wednesday. A fourth Marine aboard was injured but survived.
The Marine UH-1 Huey helicopter they were in, which was from
Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Marine Aircraft
Group 39, crashed at a supply and refueling point in southern Iraq. Enemy fire was not involved,
the military said.
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Captain Aaron J. Contreras, USMC
Capt. Aaron J. Contreras, 31, who was piloting the chopper, was killed on
March 30 in a UH-1N Huey helicopter crash in Southern Iraq. He
was assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron
(HMLA)-169, Marine Air Craft Group-39, Marine Corps Air Station
Camp Pendleton, Calif.
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Sgt Michael V. Lalush, USMC
Sgt. Michael V. Lalush, 23, of Troutville, Va., who was the crew chief aboard the
helicopter,
was killed on
March 30 in a UH-1N Huey helicopter crash in Southern Iraq. He
was assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron
(HMLA)-169, Marine Air Craft Group-39, Marine Corps Air Station
Camp Pendleton, Calif.
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Sgt. Brian McGinnis, USMC
Sgt. Brian McGinnis, 23, of St. Georges, Delaware, was killed on
March 30 in a UH-1N Huey helicopter crash in Southern Iraq. He
was assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron
(HMLA)-169, Marine Air Craft Group-39, Marine Corps Air Station
Camp Pendleton, Calif.
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