Amundson died in Afghanistan when the vehicle in which he was riding rolled over. Amundson, Jr., 21, of The Woodlands, Texas. He was assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Allison was on board the MH-47 aircraft that crashed at sea in the southern Philippines. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Alexander was killed at Forward Operating Base Orgun-E in Afghanistan when his convoy vehicle was struck by an improvised expolsive device. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York. Albert was onboard an MH-53 helicopter conducting combat operations when it crashed in Afghanistan. He was assigned to the Army Reserve's 391st Engineer Battalion, Asheville, North Carolina. Akins died west of Asadabad, Afghanistan, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations. Akins, 29, of Burnsville, North Carolina. He was assigned to the Army National Guard's 149th Brigade, 35th Infantry Division, Louisville, Kentucky. Adamkavicius died of injuries sustained in Abu Ghurayb, Afghanistan, when he came under enemy small arms fire during combat operations. The helicopter flew to the northwest, Gupta said, in the direction of the Iraq-Kuwait border.Click on a servicemember's name for more information. Gupta also reported seeing a Marine medivac helicopter take off from Camp Iwo Jima. Walter Rodgers, CNN correspondent embedded with the Army's 7th Cavalry near the Iraqi border, said commanders there feared an artillery barrage and ordered everyone into full chemical suits and gas masks. Army's 101st Airborne Division, said two military sources confirmed that a Patriot missile had been fired at an incoming missile to the north. An hour later, at about 1:30 p.m., one Patriot knocked out another Iraqi missile, military sources said.ĬNN's Ryan Chilcote, embedded with the U.S. Military sources said three Patriot missiles then destroyed an Iraqi missile. The missiles did not contain chemical or biological agents, the spokesman said.Ībout two hours after the attack, at 12:35 p.m., air raid sirens sounded in Kuwait City and the Marines were again sent to their bunkers. Gupta said they also heard several "thuds" from the north, and a Marine came by and said that "hits have been confirmed."Ī Marine spokesman later told Gupta there were no casualties and confirmed that more than one Iraqi missile flew over their position, landing at 10:28 a.m. Gupta said the camp was quickly ordered into bunkers and told to put on gas masks, followed by the announcement "missiles inbound."įrom the bunker, people could not see where the object landed, but they heard a loud boom to the south, between the camp and Kuwait City. The Marines who got the best look at that object said it was self-propelled and green with yellow stripes, Gupta said. local time, when two missiles landed near Camp Commando, according to a spokesman for the Marines at Camp Iwo Jima.ĬNN's Sanjay Gupta, who is with the Marines, reported a "missile-like" object hurtled past Camp Iwo Jima. The first incident happened at about 10:30 a.m. "But we don't have Scud missiles," he said. In Baghdad, Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Al-Sahaf said he had heard a report that U.S. and Kuwaiti sources initially reported all the missiles as Scuds, but the Pentagon later said it believes they were al Samouds or some other type of missile. forces' main logistics center in the Kuwaiti desert, the military said. Patriot missiles knocked two Iraqi missiles out of the sky on Thursday, hours after two others landed without injury near the U.S.
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