Military deaths

The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Afghanistan and Iraq or who died at a U.S. military hospital after becoming ill overseas:

Daniel M. Angus, 28, of Thonotosassa, Fla.; sergeant, Marine Corps. Angus was among three Marines killed in combat Jan. 24 in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, on the Pakistani border. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Scott G. Barnett, 24, of Concord, Calif.; private first class, Army. Barnett was killed in combat Thursday in Tallil, Iraq, south of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 412th Aviation Support Battalion, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade in Katterbach, Germany.

Carlos E. Gill, 25, of Fayetteville, N.C.; sergeant, Army. Gill died of an undisclosed illness Tuesday at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., after being medically evacuated Dec. 19 from Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, near Kabul. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division at Ft. Lewis, Wash.

Jeremy M. Kane, 22, of Towson, Md.; lance corporal, Marine Corps Reserve. Kane was one of two reservists killed Jan. 23 when their unit was attacked by a suicide bomber in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, on the Pakistani border. He was assigned to the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion at Camp Pendleton.

Timothy J. Poole, 22, of Bowling Green, Ky.; lance corporal, Marine Corps. Poole was among three Marines killed in combat Jan. 24 in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, on the Pakistani border. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.

Xin Qi, 25, of Cordova, Tenn.; petty officer second class, Navy Reserve. Qi was one of two reservists killed Jan. 23 when their unit was attacked by a suicide bomber in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, on the Pakistani border. He was assigned to the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion at Camp Pendleton.

Zachary D. Smith, 19, of Hornell, N.Y.; lance corporal, Marine Corps. Smith was among three Marines killed in combat Jan. 24 in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, on the Pakistani border. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Sources: Department of Defense, Times staff reports and the Associated Press