A Million Miles Away from Home

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Ohio Marines killed by enemy fire in an ambush near Haditha, Iraq (August 1, 2005)

  • Jeffrey Boskovitch, Seven Hills
  • Daniel Deyarmin Jr., Tallmadge
  • Brian Montgomery, Willoughby
  • Nathaniel Rock, Toronto

    Roger Castleberry Jr. (Austin, Texas) and David Coullard (Glastonbury, Conn) were killed in the same ambush. James R. Graham III (Coweta, Okla.) also was killed in Iraq on August 1, 2005.

    Ohio Marines killed by roadside bomb south of Haditha, Iraq (August 3, 2005)

  • Timothy Bell, West Chesterfield
  • Eric Bernholtz, Grove City
  • Michael Cifuentes, Fairfield
  • Christopher Dyer, Cincinnati
  • Bradley Harper, Dresden
  • Justin Hoffman, Delaware
  • Kenneth Kreuter, Cincinnati
  • Aaron Reed, Chillicothe
  • Edward "Augie" Schroeder, Columbus
  • William Wightman, Sabina

    Nicholas Bloem (Belgrade, Mont), David Stewart (Bogalusa, La), Grant Fraser (Anchorage, Alaska), and Kevin Waruinge (Tampa, Fla.) were killed in the same roadside bombing. Adam Strain (Smartsville, Calif), Charles Warren (Duluth, Ga.), Mathew Gibbs (Ambrose, Ga), and Jerry Ganey Jr. (Folkston, Ga) were killed in other locations in Iraq on August 3, 2006.

    For a complete list of U.S. casualties, see icasualties.org/oif.