Listed below are
the sons of Pittsburgh who gave their
lives to preserve our freedom and contain aggression
during the War on Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan.
<Operation Iraqi
Freedom> <Operation Enduring
Freedom>
(as of
December 15, 2018)
Operation
Enduring Freedom
War in Afghanistan
(2001-present)
Soldiers From The City
Of Pittsburgh
Schmalstieg, Justin E.
Neighborhood - Stanton Heights
Staff Sgt - USMC/ISAF - Age 28
Date of Death: 12/15/10
Hostile - IED Explosion
Helmand Province
1st Explosive Ordinance Disposal Company
7th Eng Support BN, 1st Mar Logistics |
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Western Pennsylvania
Soldiers From The Local District
(40-Mile Radius of Pittsburgh)
McClary, Jason M.
Export (19.07 miles)
Sgt - Army - Age 24
Date of Death: 12/2/18
Hostile - IED Attack
Ghazni Province - Andar District
1st Bn, 38th Infantry Regiment,
1st Stryker Combat Team, 4th Inf Div |
Elchin, Dylan J.
Hookstown (27.56 miles)
Staff Sgt - Air Force - Age 25
Date of Death: 11/27/18
Hostile - IED Attack
Ghazni Province - Andar District
26th Special Tactics Squadron
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Ruffner, Matthew P.
Trafford (12.72 miles)
Chief Warrant Officer - Army - Age 34
Date of Death: 4/9/13
Non-Hostile Helicopter Crash
Nangarhar Province - Pachir Agam District
1st Attack Recon Bn, 104th Aviation Rgt,
28th Combat Aviation Brigade, 28th Infantry Div |
Checque, Nicolas D.
Monroeville (11.02 miles)
Petty Officer 1C - Navy - Age 28
Date of Death: 12/9/12
Hostile - Hostile Fire
Kabul Province - Kabul
Navy Seal Team 6
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Raible, Christopher K.
Irwin (17.43 miles)
Lt. Colonel - USMC - Age 40
Date of Death: 9/15/12
Hostile - Small Arms Fire
Helmand Province - Camp Bastion Lashkar Gah
Marine Attack SQD 211, Marine Aircraft GP 13
3rd Mar Air Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force |
Holman, Eric S.
Evans City (23.00 miles)
Staff Sgt - Army - Age 39
Date of Death: 8/15/12
Hostile - IED Attack
Ghazni Province - Ghazni
192nd Ordnance BN, 52nd Ordnance Group
20th Support Command |
Mills Jr, Edward D.
New Castle (43.12 miles)
Staff Sgt - Army - Age 29
Date of Death: 5/26/11
Hostile - IED Attack
Kandahar Province - Kandahar
4th BN, 101st Aviation REG
159th Combat BDE, 101st Airborne DIV |
Caskey, Joseph D.
West View (6.01 miles)
Sgt - USMC - Age 24
Date of Death: 6/26/10
Hostile - IED Attack
Helmand Province
3rd BN, 1st Marine REG, 1st Mar DIV
I Marine Expeditionary Force |
Hoover, Bryan A.
West Elizabeth (12.74 miles)
Staff Sgt - Army - Age 29
Date of Death: 6/11/10
Hostile - IED Attack
Zabul Province - FOB Bullard
1st BN, 110th Inf REG
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Kennedy, Nathan P.
Claysville (31.23 miles)
Sgt - Army - Age 27
Date of Death: 4/27/10
Hostile - Small Arms Fire
Eastern Afghanistan - Quarando Village
2nd BN, 12th Infantry REG
4th BDE Combat Team, 4th Inf DIV |
Stivison Jr, Glen H.
Blairsville (38.64 miles)
Staff Sgt - Army - Age 34
Date of Death: 10/15/09
Hostile - IED Attack
Kandahar Province
569th Mobility Augmentation Company
4th Engineer BN |
Lane, Ryan H.
Castle Shannon (5.40 miles)
Sgt - USMC - Age 25
Date of Death: 7/23/09
Hostile - Hostile fire
Helmand Province
2nd Lgt Armored Recon BN, 2nd Mar DIV
II Marine Expeditionary Force |
Rimer, Joshua J.
Rochester (23.74 miles)
Sgt - Army - Age 24
Date of Death: 7/22/09
Hostile - IED Attack
Zabul Province
4th Engineer Battalion
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Slebodnik, Michael
Gibsonia (13.16 miles)
Chief Warrant Officer - Army - Age 39
Date of Death: 9/11/08
Hostile - Ground Fire
FOB Nagil
2nd BN, 17th Cav REG, 101st Combat Air BDE
101st Airborne DIV (Air Assault) |
Girdano, Michael R.
Apollo (24.67 miles)
2Lt - Army - Age 23
Date of Death: 8/1/08
Hostile - IED Attack
Kandahar Province - Chowkay Valley
Special Troops BN, 3rd BDE Combat Team
1st Inf DIV |
Kutschbach, Patrick F.
McKees Rocks (4.07 miles)
Staff Sgt - Army - Age 25
Date of Death: 11/10/07
Hostile - RPG Attack
Kapisa Province - Tagab
1st BN, 10th Special Forces Group
Green Berets |
Brown, Matthew W.
Zelienople (25.54 miles)
Pvt - Army - Age 20
Date of Death: 5/11/08
Non-Hostile
Kunar Province - Asadabad
3rd BN, 321st Field Artillery REG
18th Fires BDE (Airborne) |
Rafferty, Christopher C.
Brownsville (29.44 miles)
1Sgt - Army - Age 37
Date of Death: 7/21/06
Hostile - Small Arms Fire, Mortar
Paktika Province - Sharana District
37th Engineer Battalion
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For a complete listing of all
Pennsylvania fatalities in the War on Terror: zeitlangers.com.
Casualty information found
at icasualties.org. Additional details found from online
searches.
For complete, sortable listings of Coalition fatalities in the War on
Terror:
Operation Iraqi
Freedom Operation Enduring
Freedom
United States Army soldiers
resupplying in the mountains of Afghanistan.
Operation
Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn,
and the American-led
intervention in Iraq
War in Iraq
(2003-present)
Soldiers From The City
Of Pittsburgh
Goodrich, Joseph P.
Neighborhood - Westwood
Staff Sgt - USMCR - Age 32
Date of Death: 7/10/05
Hostile - Mortar Attack
Anbar Province - Hit
3rd BN, 25th Marine REG
4th Mar DIV |
Barr, Aric J.
Neighborhood - Hazelwood
Lance Cpl - USMC - Age 22
Date of Death: 4/4/04
Hostile - Hostile fire
Anbar Province - Al Anbar
2nd BN, 7th Marines, 1st Mar DIV
I Marine Expeditionary Force |
Weismantle, Douglas J.
Neighborhood - Spring Garden
Specialist - Army - Age 22
Date of Death: 10/13/03
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident
Baghdad Province - Baghdad
H&H Company, 1st BN, 325th AB INF REG
82nd Airborne DIV |
Navea, Rafael L.
Neighborhood - Oakland
Specialist - Army - Age 34
Date of Death: 8/27/03
Hostile - RPG Attack
Anbar Province - Fallujah
C BN, 2nd BN
5th Field Artillery REG |
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Western Pennsylvania
Soldiers From The Local District
(40-Mile Radius of Pittsburgh)
Marino, Ralph J.
Houston (17.64 miles)
Lt Col - Army - Age 46
Date of Death: 9/14/08
Non-Hostile - Illness
Camp Buehring, Kuwait
U.S. Army Central Command
Camp Arifjan, Kuwait |
Waltenbaugh, Joshua E.
Ford City (33.63 miles)
Pfc - Army - Age 19
Date of Death: 6/3/08
Non-Hostile - Non-Combat Incident
Baghdad Province - Taji
4th Squadron, 3rd Armored Cav REG
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Kazarick, Jason C.
Oakmont (9.82 miles)
Specialist - Army - Age 30
Date of Death: 4/7/08
Hostile - RPG Attack
Baghdad Province - Baghdad
1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cav REG
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Maseth, Ryan D.
Shaler Township (5.84 miles)
Staff Sgt - Army - Age 24
Date of Death: 1/2/08
Non-Hostile - Negligent Homicide
Baghdad Province - Baghdad
467th Engineer BN
Green Berets |
Wieger, David A.
North Huntingdon (13.97 miles)
Staff Sgt - Air Force - Age 28
Date of Death: 11/1/07
Hostile - IED Attack
Salah Ad Din Province - Balad
AF Office of Special Investigations
Detachment 303 |
Foster, Erick M.
Wexford (13.26 miles)
Cpt - Army - Age 29
Date of Death: 8/29/07
Hostile - IED Attack
Diyala Province - Muqdadiyah
1st Squadron, 73rd Cav REG
2nd BDE Combat Team, 82nd Airborne DIV |
Shaffer, Jason A.
Derry (37.53 miles)
Specialist - Army - Age 28
Date of Death: 4/5/07
Hostile - IED Attack
Diyala Province - Ba'qubah
1st BN, 12th Cavalry REG, 3rd BDE
1st Cav DIV |
Bowe, Matthew C.
Coraopolis (10.49 miles)
Pfc - Army - Age 19
Date of Death: 2/19/07
Hostile - IED Attack
Baghdad Province - Southwest Baghdad
1st Squadron, 89th Cav REG
2nd BDE Combat Team, 10th Mtn DIV |
Siebert, Todd M.
Franklin Park (10.88 miles)
Cpt - USMC - Age 34
Date of Death: 2/16/07
Hostile - Hostile Fire
Anbar Province - Ramadi
3rd BN, 6th Mar RED, 2nd Mar DIV
II Marine Expeditionary Force |
Kurtz, Russell A.
Bethel Park (8.12 miles)
Sgt - Army - Age 22
Date of Death: 2/11/07
Hostile - IED Attack
Anbar Province - Fallujah
3rd BN, 509th Parachute Inf RED
4th Airborne BDE Combat Team, 25t |
Vandling Jr, Thomas E.
Bellevue (4.73 miles)
Sgt - Army Reserve - Age 26
Date of Death: 1/1/07
Hostile - IED Attack
Baghdad Province - South Baghdad
303rd PsyOps Company
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Culbertson III, Russell G.
Amity (29.96 miles)
Cpl - Army - Age 22
Date of Death: 10/17/06
Hostile - IED Attack
Baghdad Province - Baghdad
1st BN, 22nd Inf Reg, 1st BDE
4th Inf DIV |
Feniello, Shelby J.
Connellsville (35.90 miles)
Pfc - USMC - Age 25
Date of Death: 10/9/06
Hostile - IED Attack
Anbar Province - Ramadi
1st BN, 6th Mar REG, 2nd Mar DIV
II Marine Expeditionary Force |
Napper Jr, Roger A.
Greensburg (26.45 miles)
Petty Officer 3C - Navy - Age 30
Date of Death: 10/7/06
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident
Manama, Bahrain
Mobile Security Squadron 3
Detachment Bahrain |
Bevington, Allan R.
Beaver Falls (27.46 miles)
Sgt - Army - Age 22
Date of Death: 9/21/06
Hostile - IED Explosion
Anbar Province - Ramadi
40th Engineer BN, 2nd BDE Combat Team
1st Armored DIV |
West, Jason M.
Crafton (3.72 miles)
Cpt - Army - Age 28
Date of Death: 7/24/06
Hostile - Small Arms Fire
Anbar Province - Ramadi
1st BDE, 1st Armored DIV
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Freund, Steven W.
Pleasant Hills (7.45 miles)
Pfc - USMC - Age 20
Date of Death: 5/23/06
Hostile - IED Attack
Anbar Province - Al Karmah
1st BN, 1st Mar REG, 1st Mar DIV
I Marine Expeditionary Force |
Melcher, Mark W.
Ross Township (6.17 miles)
Specialist - Army National Gd - Age 34
Date of Death: 4/15/06
Hostile - Small Arms Fire
Anbar Province - Al Taqaddum
1st BN
103rd Armored REG |
McIntosh, Eric A.
Trafford (13.14 miles)
Staff Sgt - USMC - Age 29
Date of Death: 4/2/06
Hostile - IED Attack
Anbar Province - Ramadi
3rd BN, 8th Mar REG, 2nd Mar DIV
II Marine Expeditionary Force |
Gettings, Albert P.
New Castle (43.12 miles)
Cpl - USMC - Age 27
Date of Death: 1/25/06
Hostile - Small Arms Fire
Anbar Province - Fallujah
2nd BN, 6th Mar REG, 2nd Mar DIV
II Marine Expeditionary Force |
Adams, Brent A.
West View (6.01 miles)
Sgt 1C - Army National Gd - Age 40
Date of Death: 12/1/05
Hostile - IED Attack
Anbar Province - Ramadi
2nd BDE Combat Team
28th Inf DIV |
Paytas, Dylan R.
Freedom (21.46 miles)
Pvt - Army - Age 20
Date of Death: 11/16/05
Non-Hostile - Homicide
Diyala Province - Ba'qubah
3rd BDE Troop BN
3rd Inf DIV |
Kovacicek, Ryan J.
Washington (22.66 miles)
Lance Cpl - USMCR - Age 22
Date of Death: 7/10/05
Hostile - Mortar Attack
Anbar Province - Hit
3rd BN, 25th Mar REG
4th Mar DIV |
Kenny, Patrick B.
Emsworth (7.08 miles)
Lance Cpl - USMC - Age 20
Date of Death: 10/6/05
Hostile - IED Attack
Anbar Province - Al Karmah
2nd BN, 2nd Mar REG, 2nd Mar DIV
II Marine Expeditionary Force |
Hall Jr, Robert E.
Bellevue (4.73 miles)
Specialist - Army Reserve - Age 30
Date of Death: 6/28/05
Hostile - Suicide Car Bomb
Salah ad Din - Ad Dujayl
467th Engineer BN
3rd Inf DIV |
Morgain, Carl J.
Butler (29.68 miles)
Sgt - Army National Gd - Age 40
Date of Death: 5/22/05
Hostile - Suicide Car Bomb
Salah ad Din - Balad
1st BN, 112th INF REG
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Ingraham, Thor H.
Murrysville (15.71 miles)
Staff Sgt - Army - Age 24
Date of Death: 5/8/05
Hostile - IED Attack
Anbar Province - Khaldiyah
1st BN, 506th INF REG, 2nd BDE
2nd Inf DIV |
Huey, Sean P.
Fredericktown (30.31 miles)
Staff Sgt - Army - Age 28
Date of Death: 11/11/04
Hostile - Car Bomb
Anbar Province - Habbaniyah
1st BN, 506th INF REG, 2nd BDE
2nd Inf DIV |
Wells, Lonny D.
Vandergrift (25.31 miles)
Sgt - USMC - Age 29
Date of Death: 11/9/04
Hostile - Hostile Fire
Anbar Province - Fallujah
1st BN, 8th Mar REG, 2nd Mar DIV
II Marine Expeditionary Force |
Cox, Gregory A.
Carmichaels (37.55 miles)
Specialist - Army - Age 21
Date of Death: 9/27/04
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident
Salah ad Din Province - Balad
1st BN, 77th Armored REG
1st Inf DIV |
Moxley Jr, Clifford L.
New Castle (43.12 miles)
Specialist - Army National Gd - Age 51
Date of Death: 9/25/04
Non-Hostile
Baghdad Province - Baghdad
C Company, 2nd BN
103rd Armor REG |
Santoriello, Neil A.
Verona (9.24 miles)
1Lt - Army - Age 24
Date of Death: 8/13/04
Hostile - IED Attack
Anbar Province - Khaldiyah
1st BN, 1st BDE, 34th Armored REG
1st Inf DIV |
Davies, Shawn M.
Aliquippa (18.70 miles)
Specialist - Army - Age 22
Date of Death: 7/8/04
Non-Hostile - Heart Attack
Baghdad Province - Camp Black Jack
4th BN, 5th Air Defense Artillery REG
1st Cav DIV |
Coleman, Bradli N.
Ford City (33.63 miles)
Pvt - Army - Age 19
Date of Death: 5/30/04
Non-Hostile - Mortar Attack
Baghdad Province - Baghdad
3rd BDE, (Stryker BDE Combat Team)
2nd Inf DIV |
Kasecky, Mark J.
McKees Rocks (4.07 miles)
Specialist - Army National Gd - Age 20
Date of Death: 5/17/04
Non-Hostile - IED Attack
Anbar Province - Al Karmah
Battery C, 1st BN
107th Field Artillery REG |
Carman, Edward W.
McKeesport (9.40 miles)
Staff Sgt - Army - Age 27
Date of Death: 4/17/04
Non-Hostile - Vehicle Accident
Baghdad Province - North Baghdad
2nd BN, 12th Armored REG
1st Cav DIV |
Sturges Jr, William R.
Spring Church (29.01 miles)
Specialist - Army - Age 24
Date of Death: 1/24/04
Hostile - Car Bomb
Anbar Province - Khaldiyah
B Company, 1st Squadron, 9th Cav
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Minucci II, Joseph
Richeyville (26.80 miles)
Sgt - Army - Age 23
Date of Death: 11/13/03
Hostile - IED Attack
Salah ad Din - Samarra
2nd BN, 503rd Inf REG
173rd Airborne BDE |
Tomko, Nicholas A.
McKees Rocks (4.07 miles)
Sgt - Army Reserve - Age 24
Date of Death: 11/9/03
Hostile - Sniper Attack
Babil - West of Iskandariyah
307th Military Police Company
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Bucklew, Ernest G.
Enon Valley (37.57 miles)
Sgt - Army - Age 33
Date of Death: 11/2/03
Hostile - Helicopter Crash - Missile
Anbar Province - Fallujah
Support Squadron, 3rd Armored Cav REG
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Hull, Eric R.
Uniontown (40.10 miles)
Sgt - Army Reserve - Age 23
Date of Death: 8/18/03
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Bomb
Baghdad Province - Baghdad
307th Military Police Company
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Brown Jr, Tim R.
Conway (19.75 miles)
Pfc - Army - Age 21
Date of Death: 8/12/03
Hostile - IED Attack
Salah ad Din Province - Taji
D Company, 519th Military Intelligence BN
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Dooley, Michael E.
Murrysville (15.71 miles)
Sgt - Army - Age 23
Date of Death: 6/28/03
Hostile - Small Arms Fire
Anbar - Al Asad
1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cav REG
Combined Joint Task Force 7 |
Booker, Stevon A.
Apollo (24.67 miles)
Staff Sgt - Army Reserve - Age 34
Date of Death: 4/5/03
Hostile - Hostile Fire
Baghdad Province - Baghdad
A Company, 1st BN, 64th Armored REG
4th BDE, 3rd Inf DIV |
For a complete listing of all
Pennsylvania fatalities in the War on Terror: zeitlangers.com.
Casualty information found
at icasualties.org. Additional details found from online
searches.
For complete, sortable listings of Coalition fatalities in the War on
Terror:
Operation Iraqi
Freedom Operation Enduring
Freedom
United States Army soldiers battle
in the streets of Mosul, Iraq - July, 2003.
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Distances from the
City of Pittsburgh were determined using Google Maps Distance Calculator,
using downtown Pittsburgh as the initial reference point.
Editor's Note: These casualty lists
were compiled from information obtained from icasualties.org, Military Times and Zeitlangers, as well as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Google searches. This is not meant to be a
complete listing. We have made every attempt to be as accurate as possible.
If there are any mistakes, please email corrections or additional information
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