Sgt. Melissa Valles 26, Company B, 64th Forward Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Eagle Pass, Texas Died of a non-combat gunshot wound on July 9, 2003, in Balad, Iraq.  A sergeant is killed by a non-combat gunshot wound to the stomach. [Melissa Valles, 26, Eagle Pass TX] http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000

2nd Lt. Kirk Vanderbur  USMC  died on February 16, 1992, presumed suicide.  His story.

Spc. Robert D. Varga, 24, of Monroe City, Mo., died July 15, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 984th Military Police Company, 759th Military Police Battalion, Fort Carson, Colo. 

1st Lt. Michael W. Vega, 41, of Lathrop, California, died March 20 2004 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC from injuries sustained when his military vehicle rolled over in Diwaniyah, Iraq on March 11. Vega was assigned to the 223rd Military Intelligence Battalion, Army National Guard, based in Sacramento, California.

Spc. Andrew Velez 22, Afghanistan. Gunshot.  Corps Support Battalion, Theater Support Command Lubbock, Texas.  Committed suicide by shooting himself in Sharona, Afghanistan, on July 25, 2006.  His brother, Spc. Jose A. Velez, was killed in Iraq in November 2004. His brother died the same month two years before.  This incident is under investigation.

Aviation Boatswain Mate Third Class Petty officer Daniel R. Verbeke, 25, of Exton, Penn., died July 14, 2008 in Paoli, Penn. of complications from injuries he suffered in a flight deck accident in December 2005 while serving aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN-71.

Spc. Chirasak Vidhyarkorn, 32, of Queens, N.Y., died Sept. 29, 2007 in Diwanihay, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 142nd Field Artillery Regiment, Camp Shelby, Miss.  The incident is under investigation.

Sgt 1st Class Ruben J. Villa Jr. 36, Area Support Group, Coalition Land Forces Component Command El Paso, Texas Died from a non-combat related cause in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on August 18, 2006. Villa was assigned to the Army's Area Support Group (CFLCC) , Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. The incident is under investigation.  On Aug. 18, 2006, that soldier was evacuated from his unit in Mosul, Iraq, after telling doctors he had thoughts of suicide. After being taken to a military hospital in Germany, the soldier received psychological treatment and his condition was noted in the digital records system. On Aug. 24, he was sent to Madigan Army Medical Center at Fort Lewis but was not admitted. On Sept. 7, he killed himself. Defense Department records indicate that doctors at Fort Lewis did not check the soldier’s file in the digital system, where his suicidal tendencies were described, until a day after his death. http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/nationworld/story/6439297p-5737439c.html

Lance Cpl. Emmanuel Villarreal, 21, of Eagle Pass, Texas, died May 27, 2007 from a non-hostile vehicle accident at Kuwait Naval Base, Kuwait. He was assigned to Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Spc. Felipe J. Garcia Villareal, 26, of Burke, Va., died at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 12, 2006, of injuries sustained in Ramadi, Iraq on Feb. 9, when his tent caught fire. Garcia Villareal was assigned to the 54th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany.
The incident is under investigation.

Spc. Anthony M. K. Vinnedge, 24, of Okeana, Ohio, died July 5, 2007 at the Radwaniyah Palace Complex, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident. The incident is under investigation.  Vinnedge was assigned to Troop C, 2nd Squadron, 107th Armor Cavalry Regiment, Ohio Army National Guard, Greenville, Ohio.  Vinnedge was scheduled to return home later in July for a two-week visit.

Spc. Travis M. Virgadamo, 19, of Las Vegas, Nev., died Aug. 30, 2007 in Taji, Iraq, in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 3d Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 3d Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.  The circumstances surrounding the death are under investigation.  Self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Spc. Eric Vizcaino 21, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division New Mexico Died of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident in Balad, Iraq, on November 20, 2006

Pfc. Brandon J. Wadman, of West Palm Beach, Florida, died May 5, 2004 in Afghanistan when his vehicle rolled over. Wadman was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 265th Air Defense Artillery, Florida National Guard, West Palm Beach, Florida.

Sgt. Gregory L. Wahl, 30, of Salisbury, North Carolina.  Four members of the 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany, died May 3, 2004 in Balad, Iraq, when their military vehicle left the road and flipped over in a canal.

Sgt. 1st Class Brett E. Walden, 40, of Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Walden was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.  Two soldiers died on August 5, 2005, in Rubiah, Iraq, when a civilian fuel truck collided with their HMMWV while performing a convoy mission.

Sgt. Jeffrey C. Walker, 33, of Havre de Grace, Maryland. Walker was assigned to Company C, 782nd Main Support Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.  A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed on January 8 2004 while on a MEDEVAC mission in Fallujah, Iraq. Nine soldiers were killed in the incident.

Staff Sgt. Mark A. Wall 27, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team Alden, Iowa.  Died from a non-combat related cause in Mosul, Iraq, on April 27, 2006. The incident is under investigation.

Pfc. Joshua E. Waltenbaugh, 19, of Ford City, Pa., died June 3, 2008 in Taji, Iraq, of injuries sustained in a non-combat related injury.  He was assigned to the 4th Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas. This incident is under investigation.

Pvt. Jason M. Ward 25, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 70th Armored Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Died of a non-combat injury in Baghdad, Iraq, on October 22, 2003. A private dies shortly before a scheduled return to the U.S. for medical treatment of intestinal and stomach problems. [Jason M. Ward, 25, Tulsa OK] http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/7/4000

Airman 1st Class Carl Jerome Ware Jr., 22, a native of Delaware County, Pa., and 2002 Smyrna High School graduate in Smyrna, Del., was assigned to the 15th Airlift Wing, based at Hickam Air Force Base near Honolulu, Hawaii, and a member of the 886th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron.
His death was under investigation, but officials said it was not related to combat.

Lance Cpl. Kristopher C. Warren 19, 4th Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division Resaca, Georgia Died from homicide by a fellow Marine in Anbar province, Iraq, on November 9, 2006.  The Marine Corps is calling the 2006 death of Calhoun native Cody Warren negligence and has charged another Marine in his death.

Sgt. 1st Class Mark C. Warren 44, Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Armor Cavalry Regiment, 116th Brigade Combat Team, Oregon Army National Guard La Grande, Oregon Died of non-combat related injuries at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, on January 31, 2005. suicide. When Army Sgt. 1st Class Mark C. Warren was diagnosed with depression soon after his deployment to Iraq, a military doctor handed him a supply of the mood-altering drug Effexor.  Marine Pfc. Robert Allen Guy was given Zoloft to relieve the depression he developed in Iraq.

Staff Sgt. Javares J. Washington, 27, of Pensacola, Fla., died Feb. 11, 2008 at Camp Buehring in Kuwait City, Kuwait, from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident.  He was assigned to the 6th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.  The incident is under investigation.

Lance Cpl. Cody G. Watson 21, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force Oxford, Alabama Died from a non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq, on December 6, 2006.

Spc. David L. Watson, 29, of Newport, Ark., died Sept. 22, 2007 in Baqubah, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a non-combat related accident He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash. The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.

Cpl. Justin J. Watts 20, Headquarters & Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Crownsville, Maryland.  Died from an apparent non-hostile gunshot wound in Haditha, Iraq, on January 14, 2005.

Chief Warrant Officer Aaron A. Weaver, 32, of Florida. A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed on January 8 2004 while on a MEDEVAC mission in Fallujah, Iraq. Nine soldiers were killed in the incident.

Chief Warrant Officer Stephen M. Wells, 29, of Massachusetts.  Two soldiers died on February 25, 2004 in Habbinayah, Iraq when the OH-58 helicopter in which they were flying crashed. Both soldiers were assigned to the 4th Squadron, Outlaw Troop, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colorado.

Col. Theodore S. Westhusing 44, A U.S. Military Academy professor serving with the Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq Dallas, Texas Died of non-combat related injuries in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 5, 2005 6/1/2005. COLONEL TED WESTHUSING 44 BIAP, IRAQ GUNSHOT I am Sullied-No More Faced with the Iraq war's corruption, Col. Ted Westhusing chose death before dishonor by Robert Bryce Ted Westhusing was a true believer. And that was his fatal flaw. A colonel in the U.S. Army, Westhusing had a good job teaching English at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He was a devout Catholic who went to church nearly every Sunday. He had a wife and three young children. He didn’t have to go to Iraq. But Westhusing was such a believer that he volunteered for what he thought was a noble cause. At West Point, Westhusing sought out people who opposed the war in an effort to change their minds. “He absolutely believed that this was a just war,” said one officer who was close to him. “He was wholly enthusiastic about this mission.” His tour of duty in Iraq was to last six months. About a month before he was to return to his family—on June 5, 2005—Westhusing was found dead in his trailer at Camp Dublin in Baghdad. At the time, he was the highest-ranking American soldier to die in Iraq. The Army’s Criminal Investigation Command report on Westhusing’s death explained it as a “perforating gunshot wound of the head and Manner of Death was suicide.” He was 44.http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=2440

Sgt. Mason Douglas Whetstone 30, 3rd Battalion, 58th Aviation Regiment, V Corps Daytona, Florida Died of non-combat injuries in Baghdad, Iraq on July 17, 2003.

Pfc. Marquis A. Whitaker, 20, of Columbus, Georgia, died April 27 2004 in Scania, Iraq. Whitaker's vehicle was hit from behind by a civilian truck and left hanging off the side of a bridge. Whitaker attempted to climb out of the vehicle but fell. Whitaker was assigned to the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Polk, Louisiana.

Pvt. Robert C. White III, 21, of Camden, New Jersey.  White died at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan on April 23, 2005, of non-combat related injuries. He was assigned to the 864th Engineer Battalion, 555th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (Provisional), Fort Lewis, Washington.

Lance Cpl. Russell P. White 19, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division Dagsboro, Delaware.  Died due to a non-combat related incident at Camp Bulldog, Afghanistan, on June 20, 2004.

Spc. Philip L. Whitkowski, 24, of Fredonia, New York, died May 1, 2004, in Homberg, Germany, from non-combat related injuries sustained on April 30, 2004 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Witkowski was assigned to the Army's 7th Field Artillery, 25th Infantry Division (Light) from Schofield Barracks, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Sgt. Boyd Wicks, Jr. Wilmington, DE 2/1/2004.  Please also remember those who came back after combat and died from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) through suicide. My son, USMC Infantry Sgt. Boyd W. "Chip" Wicks Jr. died that way. After combat in Iraq from March-June 2003, he came back to the U.S. and was discharged in October 2003. In February 2004 he committed suicide. No one seems to want to care about him or the others who have died from PTSD after Iraq combat. Because they didn't die in a war zone or in uniform, they are forgotten, swept aside. They don't fit in anywhere during the services -- no one recalls these dead heroes, who also gave all. It's like having a special needs child in your neighborhood -- it's someone else's problem, it's someone else's heartache.Boyd W. Wicks Sr., Wilmington, Delaware http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/26/ch.feedback/index.html

Cpl. Vernon R. Widner, 34, of Redlands, California.  Widner died in Tikrit, Iraq, of injuries sustained in Bayji, Iraq, when a local national crossed the median and struck his HMMWV during convoy operations. He was assigned to the 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Died on November 17, 2005.

Spc. Michael J. Wiesermann, 20, of North Judson, Indiana, died May 29, 2004 at Forward Operating Base Q-West (Quyarrah Air Base, Iraq) of non-combat related injuries. Wiesemann was assigned to the Army's 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington

Staff Sgt. Michael J. Wiggins 26, 79th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion Cleveland, Ohio.  Died of a non-combat related injury in Balad, Iraq, on January 23, 2007

Pfc. Eric R. Wilkus, 20, of Hamilton, N.J., died Dec. 25 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of a non-combat related injury Dec. 22 in Baghdad, Iraq. Wilkus was assigned to the 57th Military Police Company, 8th Military Police Brigade, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. The incident is under investigation.

Cpt. Bryan D. Willard, 33, of Hummelstown, Pa. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2006. The Defense Department announced the names of eight Marines and two airmen killed in a Feb. 17, 2006 helicopter crash while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.  All 10 died when two CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan, northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area, officials reported. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

Spc. Kyle Edward Williams, 21, October 3, 2003, suicide.  Williams spent seven months in the Middle East as part of the 507th Maintenance Company, the same unit as Pfc. Jessica Lynch, Army officials said.

Spc. Luke C. Williams, 35, of Knoxville, Tennessee.  Williams died in Baghdad, Iraq, when the HMMWV he was riding in accidentally rolled over into a ditch. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia. Died on September 5, 2005.

Marine Sgt. Jeannette L. Williams, 25, KC-130 crash in Pakistan mountains, Jan. 9, 2002.

Pvt. Wesley J. Williams 23, 163d Military Intelligence Battalion, 504th Military Intelligence Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died of a non-combat related injury in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 2, 2007.

Cpl. Bryan S. Wilson, 22, of Otterbein, Indiana, died December 1 ,2004 as result of a non-hostile vehicle incident in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Wilson was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.

Lance Cpl. Jordan D. Winkler 19, Combat Service Support Battalion 1, Combat Service Support Group 11, 1st Force Service Support Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Tulsa, Oklahoma Died due to a non-combat related incident at Camp Falluja, Iraq, on November 26, 2004 US Marines - He was assigned to Combat Service Support Battalion 1, Combat Service Support Group 11, 1st Force Service Support Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. The incident is under investigation. http://kotv.com/main/projects/homefronttribute.asp

Lt. Col. Peter E. Winston 56, 143rd Sustainment Command Plant City, Florida Died in Kaiserslatuern, Germany, on November 13, 2006, of a non-combat related incident while in Iraq.  Army Reserve Lt. Col. Peter Winston, 56, died Nov. 13, in Kaiserslautern, Germany, said Steve Alvarez, spokesman for the 143rd Sustainment Command in Orlando. Alvarez said Winston committed suicide but provided no further details out of respect for his family members, who live in Plant City. The Defense Department had issued a statement last week that Winston's death was under investigation. "He was a well-loved officer," Alvarez said. "Everybody is still shaken up by it." http://www.wftv.com/news/11386028/detail.html

Sgt. Phillip L. Witkowski 24, Battery F, 7th Field Artillery, 25th Infantry Division Fredonia, New York.  Died on May 1, 2004, in Homberg, Germany, from non-combat related injuries sustained on April 30, in Kandahar, Afghanistan

Pfc. Owen D. Witt, 20, of Sand Springs, Montana, died May 24, 2004 in Ad Dawr, Iraq, when his amored high-mobility-multipurpose-wheeled vehicle rolled over. Witt was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.

Sgt. Roy A. Wood, 47, of Alva, Florida was killed on January 9 2004 in Kabul, Afghanistan. He was fatally injured when the vehicle he was traveling in near Kabul hit another vehicle. Wood was assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Army National Guard based in Starke, Florida.

Staff Sgt. Romanes L. Woodard, 30, of Hertford, North Carolina.  Woodard died in Ghazni, Afghanistan, when the CH-47 helicopter he was on crashed. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment, Camp Ederle, Italy.

Sgt. 1st Class Anthony L. Woodham, 37, of Rogers, Ark., died on July 5, 2008 of injuries suffered in a non-combat incident at Camp Adder, Tallil, Iraq.  He was assigned to the 39th Brigade Support Battalion, 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Arkansas Army National Guard, Heber Springs, Ark.  (possible electrocution).
The incident is under investigation.

Sgt. James R. Worster, 24, of Broadview Heights, Ohio, died from a non-combat related incident on Sept. 18 in Baghdad, Iraq.  Worster was assigned to the 10th Combat Support Hospital, 43rd Area Support Group, Fort Carson, Colo.

Lt. Col. Thomas A. Wren, 44, of Lorton, Virginia. Wren died in Tallil, Iraq, when a civilian vehicle pulled in front of his HMMWV causing it to roll-over. He was an Army Reservist assigned to the Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq in Tallil, Iraq. Died on November 5, 2005.

Sgt. Thomas G. Wright, 38, of Holly, Mich., died May 14, 2007, enroute to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, from a non-combat related illness while serving at Balad, Iraq.  Wright was assigned to the 46th Military Police Company, 210th Military Police Battalion, Kingsford, Mich.

Master Sgt. William Wright confessed to strangling his wife a month after his return from Afghanistan. He later hanged himself while awaiting trial in jail, according to police.

Spc. Viktar V. Yolkin, 24, of Spring Branch, Texas.  Yolkin died in Mohammed Sacran, Iraq, when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle overturned. He was assigned to the 2d Battalion, 2d Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany. Died on January 24, 2005.

Spc. John J. Young, 24, of Savannah, Ga., died Sept. 21, 2007 in Camp Stryker, Iraq, of injuries suffered from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.  The circumstances surrounding the death are under investigation.

Sgt. 1st Class Mickey E. Zaun, 27, of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.  Zaun died in Mosul, Iraq, from injuries sustained in a collision between two armored vehicles. He was assigned to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.  Died on January 28, 2005.

Pvt. Matthew T. Zeimer, 18, of Glendive, Mont.  assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga. The Department of Defense announced February 5th the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died Feb. 2 in Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries sustained when they came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire. [SIC] On April 4, 2007 the Army announced an ongoing unit-level investigation into the circumstances of the soldiers' deaths and that friendly fire is suspected.

Lance Cpl. Robert Zurheide, Jr., 20, died in Iraq on April 12, 2004, friendly fire.  2^nd Battalion, 1^st Marine Regiment, 1^st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force. Camp Pendleton, Calif