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 Lance Corporal Thomas Blair of Broken Arrow died March 24, 2003, when members of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment took control of a bridge on the northern edge of Nasiriyah. Blair, who was posthumously decorated for attempting to rescue nine fellow Marines, was among 18 Marines killed that day in fighting around Nasiriyah. He was the first Oklahoman killed in Iraq. |
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 Staff Sergeant Aaron White died May 19, 2003 when the helicopter he was in went down shortly after takeoff. White grew up in Sasakwa and later moved to Shawnee. He was a member of the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing at Camp Pendleton, California. |  Petty Officer 3rd Class Doyle Bollinger Jr. of Poteau was killed June 6, 2003 when a piece of unexploded ammunition went off where he was working near the Tigras River. Bollinger was a member of the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133, based in Gulfport, Mississippi. | |
 Army Specialist Jonathan Barnes of Coweta died on July 26, 2003 during a grenade attack in Iraq. Specialist Barnes was a third-generation soldier who attended school in Coweta. He was born in Muskogee. |  Army Private Daniel Parker of Oklahoma City died on August 13, 2003 in Mosul. Private Parker died when he was thrown from his vehicle as the driver swerved to avoid hitting an Iraqi civilian vehicle. Private Parker served with the 101st Army Airborne Division, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment. | |
 Army Specialist Stephen Scott of Lawton died from a gunshot wound on August 23, 2003 near Fallujah, Iraq. Specialist Scott was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment based out of Fort Carson, Colorado. |  Army Specialist Dustin McGaugh of Tulsa died on September 30, 2003 of a non-combat gunshot wound he received at a base camp outside of Balad, Iraq. Specialist McGaugh was assigned to the 17th Field Artillery Brigade out of Fort Sill. | |
 Army Private Jason Ward of Broken Arrow died in Iraq on October 22, 2003. His death was listed as non-combat related. Ward had complained of stomach and intestinal problems. Private Ward joined the Army in April 2002, and was part of the 1st Armored Division. |  Army Sergeant Ross Pennanen one of six Fort Sill soldiers killed when their CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery was shot down near Fallujah, Iraq on November 2, 2003. Sergeant Pennanen was born in Tulsa. He manned a self-propelled howitzer attached to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment. |
