Demetrius Rice, 24, of Ortonville, Minn., was killed July 14, 2004, when his vehicle rolled over as the driver tried to avoid another vehicle in Talafar, Iraq. Holmes was assigned to C Company, 141st Engineer Combat Battalion, North Dakota National Guard, Hettinger, N.D.Īrmy Cpl. Holmes, 28, of Grand Forks, Minn., died May 8 from injuries sustained on May 3 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle in Iraq. Angell was assigned to Combat Service Support Group 11, 1st Force Service Support Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.Īrmy Spc. Levi Angell, 20, of Cloquet, Minn., was killed April 8, 2004, by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq. Langhorst was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. Moises Langhorst, 19, of Moose Lake, was killed April 5, 2004, by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq. Fey was assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. Fey, 22, of Eden Prairie, was killed April 4, 2004, by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq. Milczark was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif. Matthew Milczark, 18, of Kettle River, Minn., died March 8 in a non-combat related incident at Camp Victory, Kuwait. Dorff was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Aviation (Fort Drum) attached to the 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y. 25, 2004, after the helicopter he copiloted crashed into the Tigris River. Panchot was assigned to B Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division (Mech), based in Fort Carson, Colo.Ĭhief Warrant Officer Patrick Dorff, 32, Dorff, 32, apparently drowned in Iraq on Jan. 1, 2003, by enemy fire while on patrol south of Balad, Iraq. Dale Panchot, 26, of Northome, Minn., was killed Nov. Hellermann was assigned to C Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.Īrmy Staff Sgt. 6, 2003, during an ambush in Baghdad, Iraq. Brian Hellermann, 35, formerly of Freeport, was fatally injured Aug. Herrgott was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Wiesbaden, Germany.Īrmy Staff Sgt. Edward Herrgott, 20, of Shakopee, died on July 3, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq, from a gunshot wound while on patrol. Feistner was assigned to E Co, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, based at Fort Campbell, Ky. 22, 2002 in the Philippines during a training. Feistner, 34, of White Bear Lake, Minn., was the first casualty. Non-combat deaths and non-military deaths related to the wars are also listed below in separate categories.Īrmy Maj. The following is a brief account of the almost 100 military personnel with Minnesota connections who have died in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan since the onset of hostilities that followed the Sept. Combat operations didn't formally end, however, until 2010. Bush declared the end of major combat operations. By April 9, Baghdad had fallen, and on May 1, President George W. The following morning, March 20, Operation Iraqi Freedom began with a massive bomb attack on Baghdad and other Iraqi cities. military believed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was visiting family. bombing raid on the Dora Farms community on the outskirts of Baghdad, where the U.S. The opening salvo of the Iraq War began early on March 19, 2003, with a U.S.
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