Count all non-combat deaths part 4

Non-combat deaths K-L

Pfc. Douglas E. Kashmer, 27, of Sharon, Pa., died June 8 in Nippur, Iraq, when the wrecker in which he was a passenger was involved in a non-combat related rollover. Kashmer was assigned to the Army's 70th Transportation Company, Mannheim, Germany

ADAM KELLY LAS VEGAS, NV GUNSHOT 6/22/2004 Adam Kelley survived the Persian Gulf War but not the aftermath of his combat experience.For 13 years after the war, he suffered not only from physical problems but mental ones as well.His No. 1 enemy was post-traumatic stress disorder, the illness affecting thousands of veterans in Southern Nevada, including hundreds who have lived through the horrors of death and danger in Iraq and Afghanistan.His mother, Marsha Kelley, said he joined the Army at 21 because he liked being outdoors and he wanted to earn money for college. "He liked hunting, but he didn't like killing," she said in an interview last month.But in the end, he shot and killed himself last year while sitting in his truck behind a sandwich shop not far from his northwest Las Vegas home. His mother blames the Army and the Veterans Administration for not giving him the proper care soon enough.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Sep-25-Sun-2005/news/27253080.html

Spc. Mike N. Kenagy Feb. 20, 2005 The shooting happened Feb. 13 at a townhouse in Annandale, Va., the two soldiers shared with the victim’s wife, police and Army officials said. Spc. Wayne Grimm, 22, of D Company, was charged with manslaughter rather than murder because a preliminary investigation revealed Grimm apparently did not intend to kill his friend, said Fairfax County, Va., Commonwealth’s Attorney Robert Horan. Officer Bud Walker, a Fairfax Police spokesman, said Grimm fired a single shot from a handgun at roommate Spc. Mike N. Kenagy, 24, of B Company, as Kenagy stood on the other side of a closed door. Grimm has no bonds but is supposed to appear at a preliminary hearing April 5, Horan said.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-667464.php

Philip Kent South Carolina, gunshot Phillip Kent was down to 90 pounds when he returned to Columbia from Iraq. "It's screaming at me when he gets off that bus," Phillip's mother, Laura told WIS News. "He is not well - he's stressed, he's on edge, he's just a bundle of nerves. Besides that just his general appearance, any mother would pick up on that immediately." Laura says her son would not eat or sleep, had anxiety, and lost interest in doing all the things he loved growing up, like playing sports and making music. Laura believes Phillip was scared to ask for help. "If he were to admit it, i4 was a sign of weakness - and of course in the military you don't want to be weak," said Laura. So behind his back, Laura called a military chaplain. However, she says nobody followed up with her son. Two months later he was hospitalized. "For two days in the psychiatric unit - boy that was sure a long time for someone that - I just thought 'what a sham.' That was so ridiculous." Six months later, Phillip was honorably discharged from the military after being arrested but not charged for a fight he had with his wife. Laura says Phillip's mental health had strained his marriage and at this point his life began to really unravel. Then he threatened suicide..."He said 'I'm going to get a bottle of Jack [Daniel's Whiskey] and I got my pistol right here,'" Laura tearfully remembers, "and then I got the call that no human being wants to get ever." Phillip killed himself, exactly the way he said he would.

Lt Col Paul W Kimbrough 2003-10-03 44 Washington DC District of Columbia 415th Engineer Command, Team 28 Army Reserve Kimbrough died on October 3, 2003, in Incirlik, Turkey, of a non-combat related cause. He was medically evacuated from Bagram, Afghanistan, and was taken to the 39th Medical Squadron in Turkey, where he remained hospitalized until his death.
http://afghanistan.pigstye.net/wd.php?sort=unit

Levi B. Kinchen, 21, Tickfaw LA A specialist dies in his sleep, possibly from heat stress.
8/9/03
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000

Capt. Nathaniel L. King, 31, of Fishers, Ind., jumped Friday and died of his injuries the next day at Duke University Medical Center, said XVIII Airborne Corps spokesman Maj. Rich Patterson. King’s parachute didn’t malfunction, and it’s not yet clear what led to the injuries, said Patterson, who declined to describe the injuries. King was among about 140 jumpers Friday and the only one who suffered serious injury, Patterson said. The Fort Bragg Safety Office and the Army Criminal Investigation Division are investigating the death. King, a nine-year veteran of the Army, had deployed to Iraq twice, returning from his most recent one-year stint in January. His awards included a Bronze Star. April 12, 2006
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/1-292925-1682916.php

Spc. Tremayne King, 27. Man found guilty in stabbing soldier A Holyoke, Mass., man who said he was having an affair with a National Guard soldier’s wife was convicted May 24 of stabbing the soldier to death shortly before his scheduled deployment to Iraq, The Associated Press said. Pablo Vargas, 28, was found guilty of first-degree murder, which carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison. Vargas admitted he stabbed Spc. Tremayne King, 27. But Vargas claimed the stabbing was a desperate act of self-defense against an enraged soldier who found him with his wife.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-1829501.php

David M. Kirchhoff, 31, Anamosa IA 8/8/03 A private first class suffers a fatal heat stroke while driving a truck.
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000

John K. Klinesmith Jr., 25, Stockbridge GA 6/12/03
A specialist drowns while swimming in a lake in a palace compound. http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000

Floyd G. Knighten Jr., 55, Olla LA A sergeant dies from the heat. 8/9/03
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000

Spc. Allen J. Knop 22 Company C, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Willowick, Ohio Died of non-combat related injuries in Baghdad, Iraq, on November 23, 2005

Cpl. Alexander J. Kolasa 22 704th Main Support Battalion, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division White Lake, Michigan Died on non-combat related causes in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 31, 2006 Cpl.Alexander J. Kolasa 22 Army A soldier from suburban Detroit who died in Iraq served his country with the same pride he had in it while growing up, his mother said Thursday. Cpl. Alexander J. Kolasa, 22, of White Lake Township in Oakland County, died of noncombat causes, the Defense Department announced. Kolasa's mother, Kathy, said in a telephone interview that her son was manning a guard tower north of Baghdad on Wednesday when he suffered a heart attack. "It was very sudden," she said. "From the information I got, he collapsed, they performed CPR for 30 minutes, they electroshocked him. Then they helicoptered him out to a hospital, and that's where he died." Asked if family members had any idea that Kolasa had heart problems, Kathy Kolasa said "absolutely none."
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/external/fmmac2.mm.ap.org/

Capt. Edward J. Korn 31, of Savannah, Georgia U.S. soldier killed by possible "friendly fire" in central Iraq. It appears he was mistaken for an enemy soldier while investigating a destroyed Iraqi tank. (4/03/2003)
http://www.lunchwithgeorge.com/lwg_iraqwar.html

Sgt. Bradley S. Korthaus 28 Company C, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group Davenport, Iowa Drowned while crossing the Saddam Canal on March 24, 2003

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page4.html

Petty Officer 2nd Class Edward A. Koth 30 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Eight Towson, Maryland Died after ordnance exploded during a disposal operation at Camp Victory, Iraq, on July 26, 2006
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page4.html

Australia

Pvt. Jacob B. Kovco 25 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Victoria, Australia Died when accidentally shot himself in the head while cleaning his gun in the Australian security detachment barracks in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 21, 2006

Lance Cpl. Jakub Henryk Kowalik 21 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Force Service Support Group Schaumburg, Illinois Killed when the unexploded ordnance he was handling detonated near a Marine encampment in Iraq on May 12, 2003
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page4.html

Kreider, Dustin L. Private 19 Army 3/21/04 weapon discharge added 4/1/07 Pvt. Dustin L. Kreider, 19, of Riverton, Kan., died March 21 near Samarra, Iraq during a unit weapon test-firing incident. Kreider was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, based in Schweinfurt, Germany.
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/mar2004/a032304a.html

Army Sgt. Reno S. Lacerna,
44, Waipahu, Hawaii; died Monday in Al Qayyarah of a non-combat related illness; assigned to the 87th Corps Support Battalion, 3rd Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gqgQCcv26kB1dkgZRZNHmbn_1J8gD8TUNOC02

MARY GENTILE LACEY, WA HANGING 5/9/2006

Army Spc. Rachel Lacy Prior to deploying to the Persian Gulf in March 2003, she received these shots in a single day: anthrax, smallpox, hepatitis B, typhoid VI, and measles, mumps and rubella and died just 33 days later. She was 22 years old. Two expert panels one affiliated with the CDC, the other under the Department of Health and Human Services said one or more of the vaccines may have triggered an undiagnosed autoimmune disorder that killed her. But they could not pinpoint which ones. Her case was the only one of four cases of severe illness or death reviewed by the panel that found a link between vaccination and death. The coroner said in his official report that smallpox and anthrax vaccines may have contributed to Lacy’s death. Her father agrees, dismissing the theory that she had an underlying autoimmune disease. He questions giving numerous shots on the same day, saying it can only complicate learning which vaccine caused a problem.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-519369.php

Spc. Felicia LaDuke, 22, in October 2005 at Mokuleia Beach. SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii A Schofield Barracks soldier was convicted Tuesday of premeditated murder in the death of a fellow soldier. Spc. Jeffery White, 22, was found guilty by a court-martial panel of killing Spc. Felicia LaDuke, 22, in October 2005 at Mokuleia Beach. Officials had said LaDuke had been seeking child support from White for their son, who was 20 months old at the time. White was married and had another child with his wife, the officials said.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/com/1-comnews-2420672.php

Lance Cpl. Alan Dinh Lam, 19, of Snow Camp, N.C. He was assigned to the 8th Communication Battalion, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C. WASHINGTON--The Department of Defense identified today three Marines killed in a non-hostile accident during Operation Iraqi Freedom. They were killed when a rocket-propelled grenade launcher they were firing for familiarization malfunctioned. The incident occurred April 22 (03)on a firing range near the city of Al Kut, Iraq.

James I. Lambert III, 22, Kenbridge VA 7/31/03 A specialist is shot in the head and killed by a stray bullet fired during a local Iraqi celebration.
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000

Robert Langley Miss. guardsman killed at work A 30-year-old Mississippi National Guard soldier who worked as a police officer at the University of Mississippi died Oct. 21 of head injuries after being dragged by a vehicle some 200 yards, officials said. Authorities have not clearly described how Robert Langley came to be dragged by the vehicle, which Langley had stopped for speeding, The Associated Press reported. A second-year freshman has been charged with capital murder of a police officer in the case. State Guard spokesman Maj. Danny Blanton said Langley returned in May from a tour in Afghanistan with 1st Battalion, 114th Artillery.

http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-2315510.php

Lt. Cmdr. Jane Elizabeth Lanham 43 Naval Branch Health Clinic, Naval Support Activity, Bahrain Owensboro, Kentucky Died of non-hostile causes in Manama, Bahrain, on September 19, 2006 Sunday, December 17 2006 http://iraq.pigstye.net/article.php/TafoyaJaneE

Sgt. Denise A. Lannaman 46 1569th Transportation Company, New York Army National Guard Bayside, New York Died of non-combat related incident at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on October 1, 2006

Spc. Aaron P. Latimer 26 562nd Engineer Company, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team Ennis, Texas Died in Mosul, Iraq, on May 9, 2006 Alaska-based soldier who was found dead this week at his base in Iraq has been identified as Spc. Aaron P. Latimer, 26. Very few details about the soldier's death have been released. Military officials say Latimer, of Ennis, Texas, was found dead Tuesday at his forward operating base in Mosul around 5:30 a.m. Alaska time. His death was not combat related and is under investigation, according to U.S. Army Alaska spokesman Maj. Kirk Gohlke. http://iraq.pigstye.net/article.php/LatimerAaronP

Pfc. Arwana Lattimore-Oliver joined the Army Reserve in 1991, re-enlisted and was serving at Fort Riley, Kan., in March 1998. In April 1998, she got at least three shots, for yellow fever, typhoid, and diphtheria and tetanus, on the same day. Later that month, she got a hepatitis shot. In September, she went to the hospital with vomiting and low heart rate, according to a source familiar with her medical records. Her condition worsened over the following months, robbing her of her vision and sense of touch, her balance, and ability to walk or even feed herself. She also contracted multiple sclerosis and slowly faded away until she died May 24, 2002, at 28.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-519369.php

Pfc. Casey M. LaWare 19 Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment Redding, California Died April 9, 2005, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, from non-combat related injuries sustained in Al Mahmudiyah, Iraq, on April 6, 2005

Sgt Marc D. Leger 2002-04-18 29 Lancaster Ontario 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia s Canadian Light Infantry Canadian Army Marc was one of four soldiers killed in a freindly fire accident near Kandahar when a bomb was dropped on their location. Canada
http://afghanistan.pigstye.net/wd.php?sort=unit

Spc. Samuel S. Lee 19 Company B, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Anaheim, California "Died of non-combat related injuries in Ramadi, Iraq, on March 28, 2005 suicideIn the months before Army Pfc. Samuel Lee, of Anaheim, Calif., killed himself in March 2005, an investigative report says, the 19-year-old had talked to fellow soldiers about a dream in which he tried to kill his sergeant before taking his own life, and of kidnapping, raping and killing Iraqi children. Three times, a soldier recounted in a sworn statement, Lee had pointed his gun at himself and depressed the trigger, stopping just before a round fired.

JEFFREY LEHNER 40 CA GUNSHOT12/1/2005 In December 2005, Jeff Lehner, 40, a former Marine sergeant who served in Afghanistan, shot and killed his elderly father, then killed himself in Santa Barbara County. He had been in counseling for combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder.
http://www.startribune.com/484/story/1079473-p2.html

Staff Sgt. Jason A. Lehto 31 Detachment B, Marine Wing Support Group 47, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve Mount Clemens, Michigan Died from a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq, on December 28, 2004

Spc. Cedric L. Lennon 32 Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment West Blocton, Alabama Died of a non-combat related cause in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 24, 2003

Spc. Farao K. Letufuga 20 Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division Pago Pago, American Samoa Died when he fell from a building while performing guard duty in Mosul, Iraq on August 5, 2003

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page4.html

Staff Sgt. Brandon Lewis was involved in a single-vehicle wreck while driving near Dallesport, Wash., July 17. One passenger was treated and released on the scene and another was taken to a hospital, according to a base release. August 2, 2004
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/1-ARMYPAPER-275004.php

Cpl. Timothy D. Lewis 20 Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force Lawrenceburg, Kentucky Died as a result of non-hostile action in Jolo, Republic of the Philippines, on February 15, 2007. His death is under investigation.

Liguori, Carlo Lieutenant Colonel 07/02/0641 Lt Col Carlo Liguori 41 2006-07-02 Gragnano Naples Italian General Staff Italian Army Suffered a heart attack in the morning while he was standing in line for breakfast
http://afghanistan.pigstye.net/wd.php?sort=unit

Romania

Dobre Lili Saturday, April 01 2006 BUCHAREST - A Romanian soldier in Iraq who tried to commit suicide ten days ago died in a Kuwaiti hospital late Saturday, the Romanian news agency reported Sunday The soldier, Dobre Lili, fired at his head in his tent on March 14 after finishing petrol around the area. He was in an immediate coma after the shot and was rushed to a nearby Kuwaiti hospital for treatment.The cause of suicide was unknown.A spokesman for the Romanian Defense Ministry told Xinhua that Lili is the first soldier dead in Iraq. So far, three Romanian soldiers died in Afghanistan, he added.Romania currently has more than 840 soldiers in Iraq.
http://iraq.pigstye.net/article.php/LiliDobre

Pvt. Philip Linden, 20, was involved in a domestic dispute. Linden then fled in his car with a loaded shotgun, pursued by Fort Drum police. Troopers pulled Linden over, but he sped off when they approached his car. About three miles down the road, he made a U-turn and crashed his vehicle. Linden was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment. Linden He had been based at Fort Drum since March 2003 and never deployed with the 10th Mountain Division. March 27, 2006
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-1606768.php

Capt. James Linton 43 40 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery England Collapsed and died on July 18, 2003, following a training run at a British base in Az Zubayr, Iraq

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page4.html

STEVEN MICHAEL LOGAN2/28/2005 26 DELAWARE SSgt. Steven Michael Logan memorial website STATESIDE INCIDENT: 1 suicide. A 26-year old Marine who’d personally been reenlisted by the Secretary of the Navy, Gordon R. England, at the peak of Mount Suribachi above Iwo Jima the year before, committed suicide. At the time of his reenlistment, the intelligence clerk in the 3rd Materiel Readiness Battalion said, “The experience was definitely a chance of a lifetime and a great feeling…Not many Marines or Sailors can say they were re-enlisted on top of Mount Suribachi by the Secretary of the Navy. Also, knowing who and what I was representing at such a level was a good feeling in itself. It was definitely an honor to be in that position.”
http://timelines.epluribusmedia.org/timelines/index.php?table_name=tl_ajax

Pfc. Duane E. Longstreth 19 Company B, 307th Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division Tacoma, Washington Died from noncombat-related injuries in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 7, 2003 A private first class who had survived being accidentally shot in the chest by a machine gun while riding in a truck in May shoots himself in the head with a confiscated revolver after loading it with one bullet and reportedly joking about playing Russian roulette.
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000

Steven D. Lopez.An active-duty sergeant in the U.S. Army, Lopez, 23, shot his wife, Brenda Lee Davila, 22, before turning the gun on himself Monday afternoon.

Lance Cpl. Timothy A. Lovett ARLINGTON, Va. — Investigators are looking into last week’s death of a young Marine at Camp Lejeune, N.C., a Camp Lejeune spokesman said. Lance Cpl. Timothy A. Lovett, 20, was found dead at 12:50 p.m. on Oct. 4 at the Stone Bay Rifle Range, Lt. Col. Curtis Hill said. “I will add that he was not on the firing line when he was found,” Hill wrote in an e-mail to Stars and Stripes on Wednesday. Lovett, of Los Angeles County, Calif., was assigned to the II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group for II MEF.

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=49437

David L. Loyd, 44, Jackson TN 8/5/03 A staff sergeant dies of a heart attack while on a mission in Kuwait.
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000

JEFFREY LUCEY 23 BELCHER, MA HANGING 6/22/2004 'Something happened to Jeff' Jeff Lucey returned from Iraq a changed man. Then he killed himself. By Irene Sege, Globe Staff March 1, 2005 BELCHERTOWN -- Less than three weeks before he committed suicide, Jeffrey Lucey, lance corporal in the Marine Reserves, veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, totaled his parents' Nissan Altima.
http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/mental/articles/2005/03/01/jeff_lucey_returned_from _iraq_a_changed_man_then_he_killed_himself/
November 15, 2004
Family tries to come to terms with Iraq vet’s suicide By Adam Gorlick
Associated Press BELCHERTOWN, Mass. Jeffrey Lucey was just an ordinary kid from small-town America. He grew up loving his parents, his high school sweetheart and backyard ballgames in this quiet, picturesque community bordering the Quabbin Reservoir. Even his decision to enlist in the Marine Reserves two years before the burst of patriotism following the 2001 terrorist attacks was run-of-the-mill.
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/com/1-comnews-505406.php

Pfc. Jason C. Ludlam 22 Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division Arlington, Texas Ludlam was electrocuted while laying telephone wires at Forward Operating Base Comanche north of Baquba, Iraq, on March 19, 2004.

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/page4.html

Pfc. Kevin M. Luna 26 Company B, 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 1st Infantry Division Oxnard, California Died of non-combat related injuries in Muqdadiya, Iraq, on January 27, 2005

Sgt. Robert D. Lund, recently returned from Iraq. Lund, 24, an aircraft armament system repairer assigned to the Army’s 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), based at Fort Campbell, Ky., was participating in over-water aircraft training with his unit, said Maj. Robert Gowan, a spokesman. died during a water-training exercise off Key West was identified Monday as Sgt. Robert D. Lund, recently returned from Iraq. March 2004
http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/1-292925-2783337.php

Capt. Joe F. Lusk II 25 Company A, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment Reedley, California Died of non-combat related injuries at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, on January 21, 2005