Other deaths

The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Afghanistan and Iraq or who died at a hospital of their injuries:

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Anthony Aguirre, 20, of Channelview, Texas; lance corporal, Marine Corps. Aguirre was killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near him while on foot patrol in Iraq’s Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.

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Chad M. Allen, 25, of Maple Lake, Minn.; sergeant, Marine Corps. Allen was killed Wednesday when a roadside bomb exploded near him in Iraq’s Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

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Jeremy D. Barnett, 27, of Mineral City, Ohio; sergeant, Army. Barnett died Feb. 24 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries suffered Feb. 21 when a land mine exploded near him in Dujayl, Iraq, north of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.

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William J. Beardsley, 25, of Coon Rapids, Minn.; sergeant, Army. Beardsley was killed Monday when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Diwaniya, Iraq, south of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 260th Quartermaster Battalion, 3rd Sustainment Troop Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division at Ft. Stewart, Ga.

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Ethan J. Biggers, 22, of Beavercreek, Ohio; specialist, Army. Biggers, who suffered a brain injury when he was shot in the head by a sniper in Baghdad on March 5, 2005, lingered in a coma for nearly a year before his twin brother made the decision to disconnect his feeding tube and he died Feb. 24 in Indianapolis. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Ft. Campbell, Ky.

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Travis W. Buford, 23, of Galveston, Texas; private first class, Army. Buford was among three soldiers who died Feb. 23, a day after they were injured when a roadside bomb exploded near their Humvee in Ramadi, Iraq, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division at Ft. Carson, Colo.

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Jonathan D. Cadavero, 24, of Takoma Park, Md.; specialist, Army. Cadavero was among three soldiers killed Tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) at Ft. Drum, N.Y.

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Joshua R. Hager, 29, of Broomfield, Colo.; staff sergeant, Army. Hager was among three soldiers who died Feb. 23, a day after they were injured when a roadside bomb exploded near their Humvee in Ramadi, Iraq, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division at Ft. Carson, Colo.

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Lorne E. Henry Jr., 21, of Niagara Falls, N.Y.; corporal, Army. Henry was among three soldiers killed Tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) at Ft. Drum, N.Y.

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Richard A. Soukenka, 30, of Oceanside; sergeant, Army. Soukenka was among three soldiers killed Tuesday when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Baghdad. He was assigned to the 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) at Ft. Drum, N.Y.

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Bufford K. Van Slyke, 22, of Bay City, Mich.; private first class, Marine Corps Reserve. Van Slyke was shot and killed Feb. 28 at a checkpoint in Iraq’s Al Anbar province, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division in Saginaw, Mich.

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Rowan D. Walter, 25, of Clovis, Calif.; private first class, Army. Walter was among three soldiers who died Feb. 23, a day after they were injured when a roadside bomb exploded near their Humvee in Ramadi, Iraq, west of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division at Ft. Carson, Colo.

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Daniel Zizumbo, 27, of Chicago; private first class, Army. Zizumbo was among 23 people killed in a suicide bomb attack Tuesday at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, on the day that Vice President Dick Cheney was visiting the base north of Kabul. He was assigned to the 1st Transportation Movement Control Agency, 21st Theater Support Command in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

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