Other Deaths

The Defense Department last week also identified the following American military personnel killed in Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait:

Michael Battles Sr., 38, of San Antonio; sergeant first class, Army. Battles was killed Thursday when a car bomb exploded near his checkpoint in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 21st Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Dennis J. Boles, 46, of Homosassa, Fla.; sergeant, Army National Guard. Boles died Oct. 24 at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, after collapsing during a 10-mile road march. He was assigned to the 171st Aviation Battalion, Army National Guard in Brooksville, Fla.

Stephen P. Downing II, 30, of Burkesville, Ky.; private first class, Army. Downing was killed Thursday in enemy action in Ramadi, Iraq. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery at Camp Hovey, Korea.

Jonathan E. Gadsden, 21, of Charleston, S.C.; lance corporal, Marine Corps. Gadsden died Oct. 22 at James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa, Fla., of injuries suffered Aug. 21 in enemy action in Iraq’s Al Anbar province. He was assigned to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton.

Billy Gomez, 25, of Perris, Calif.; corporal, Army. Gomez died Wednesday at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries suffered Oct. 20 when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in Naka, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division (Light) at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Jerome Lemon, 42, of North Charleston, S.C.; staff sergeant, Army National Guard. Lemon was killed Wednesday when a car bomb exploded near his military vehicle in Balad, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1052nd Transportation Company, Army National Guard in Kingstree, S.C.

Brian Oliveira, 22, of Raynham, Mass.; corporal, Marine Corps. Oliveira was killed Monday in enemy action in Iraq’s Al Anbar province. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton.

Source: Department of Defense