Army Staff Sgt. Emanuel Pickett assigned to the 1132nd Military Police Company, North Carolina Army National Guard, Rocky Mount, N.C.; died April 6. 2008 in Baghdad of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked with indirect fire.
Army Sgt. 1st Class Adrian M. Elizalde assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Lewis, Wash.; died Aug. 23 in Baghdad of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device. Also killed was Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Tully.
Assigned to East Coast-based SEAL team; ; died Feb. 4, 2008, from wounds sustained from small arms fire during combat operations in Balad, Iraq. Also killed was Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Nathan H. Hardy.
Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 24th Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Navy Reserve, Bridgetown, Mo.; died Sept. 4, 2006 while his unit was conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Fallujah, Iraq. Walsh was serving as a corpsman with Multi National Corps Iraq.
Assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Two, serving with the 1st Marine Logistics Group; killed Aug. 22, 2006, when his Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team was struck by an improvised explosive device while responding to a previous strike along Supply Route Uranium, Iraq.
Assigned to a West Coast-based SEAL Team; died Sept. 21, 2010 in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash during combat operations in the Zabul province, Afghanistan. Also killed in the crash were: Army Maj. Robert F. Baldwin, Army Sgt. Marvin R. Calhoun Jr., Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jonah D. McClellan, Senior Chief Cryptologic Technician (Collection) David B. McLendon, Navy Special Warfare Operator 3rd Class (SEAL) Denis C. Miranda, Army Staff Sgt. Joshua D. Powell, Navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class (SEAL) Adam O. Smith, and Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Matthew G. Wagstaff.
Died in Iraq when a piece of unexploded ordnance accidentally detonated in the area he was working. He was assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133, Gulfport, Mississippi. Died on June 6, 2003.
Adams, descended from two presidents, became the first Navy officer to die in the war when his Royal Navy Sea King helicopter collided with another chopper shortly after takeoff. He was assigned as an exchange officer with the Royal Navy's 849 Squadron since October 2002. Died on 3-22-03.
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.; died June 29, 2008 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, from injuries sustained when his vehicle rolled into a canal. Also killed were Master Sgt. Shawn E. Simmons and Sgt. James M. Treber.
Montrond died north of Deh Rawod, Afghanistan, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations. He was assigned to the Group Support Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Died on February 13, 2006.
Assigned to Navy Special Warfare Group Two, Little Creek, Va.; killed May 29, 2004, while on mounted patrol near Jahak and Seleh, Afghanistan.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died April 28, 2007, in Baghdad of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire during combat patrol operations.
Died September 21, 2010 serving during Operation Enduring Freedom, assigned to an East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit; died Sept. 21 in Ayatalah Village, Afghanistan, in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash during combat operations.
Assigned to Naval Special Warfare Development Group, Dam Neck, Va.; died Sept. 12 from injuries sustained Sept. 11 while conducting combat operations in Bagram, Afghanistan. Also killed was Navy Chief Special Warfare Operator (Select) Jason Richard Freiwald.
Dickerson died in Al Anbar province, Iraq, when his military vehicle hit an improvised explosive device while traveling in a convoy. He was a member of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 14, based in Jacksonville, Florida. Died on April 30, 2004.
Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, serving as a hospital corpsman in Iraq under the command of I Marine Expeditionary Force (forward); died Feb. 1, 2007, while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.
Assigned to First Marine Division Detachment, Twenty-nine Palms, Calif.; died June 20, 2008, while conducting combat operations in Farah Province, Afghanistan.
Assigned to a West-Coast based command; killed Sept. 29, 2006, while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Ramadi, Iraq.
Assigned to Navy Special Warfare Group Two, Little Creek, Va.; killed May 29, 2004, while on mounted patrol near Jahak and Seleh, Afghanistan.
Assigned to Naval Ambulatory Care Center, Port Hueneme, Calif.; currently serving with Multi-National Corps – Iraq; killed Oct. 23, 2006, from enemy action while conducting combat operations in Anbar Province, Iraq.
I was reading through the list of fallen soldiers and and came across the
name of SGT Roy A. Wood.
I served proudly with him with the 73rd Field Hospital in St. Petersburg. I
did not know he was killed and I grieve for him today.
Thanks for publishing his name. I won't forget.
