RANGERS KILLED IN ACTION:

GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM

A Company 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment

Matthew A. Commons, CPL
February 18, 1981 - March 4, 2002

Bradley S. Crose, SGT
August 4, 1979 - March 4, 2002

SPC John J. Edmunds 3/75 OEF
October 19, 2001   

SPC Kristofor T. Stonesfier 3/75 OEF
October 19, 2001   

SPC Marc A. Anderson 1/75 OEF   
March 4, 2002   

CPL Matthew A.  Commons 1/75 OEF   
March 4, 2002   

SGT Bradley S. Crose 1/75 OEF   
March 4, 2002   

SSG Nino D.  Livaudais 3/75 OIF   
April 3, 2003   

SPC Ryan P. Long 3/75 OIF   
April 3, 2003   

CPT Russell B. Rippetoe 3/75 OIF   
April 3, 2003   

CPL Andrew F. Chris 3/75 OIF   
June 26, 2003   

SGT Timothy M. Conneway 3/75 OIF   
June 28, 2003   

SGT Jay A. Blessing 2/75 OEF   
November 14, 2003   

SPC Patrick D. Tillman 2/75 OEF   
April 22, 2004   

PFC Nathan E. Stahl 2/75 OIF   
September 21, 2004   

CPL William M. Amundson 3/75 OEF   
October 18, 2004   

SGT Michael C. O'Neill* 3/75 OEF   
November 21, 2004   

PFC Damian J. Garza* 3/75 OEF   
August 4, 2005   

PVT John M. Henderson* 3/75 OEF   
August 4, 2005   

CPL Timothy M. Shea 3/75 OIF
August 25, 2005   

PFC Dillon M. Jutras 3/75 OIF   
October 28, 2005  

*Classified as a non-battle death

 

GRENADA

Sergeant Randy E. Cline
Company A, 1st Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
Killed in Action October 25, 1983

Sergeant Phillip S. Grenier
Company A, 2nd Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
Killed in Action October 25, 1983

 Sergeant Kevin J. Lannon
 Company A, 2nd Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 Killed in Action October 25, 1983

 Private First Class Markin R. Maynard
 Company A, 1st Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 Killed in Action October 25, 1983

 Sergeant Mark A. Rademacher
 Company A, 1st Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 Killed in Action October 25, 1983

 Private First Class Russell L. Robinson
 Company A, 1st Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 Killed in Action October 25, 1983

 Sergeant Stephen E. Slater
 Company A, 2nd Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 Killed in Action October 25, 1983

 Specialist Four Mark O. Yamane
 Company A, 1st Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 Killed in Action October 25, 1983

IRAQ

A Company 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment - April 03, 2003

Staff Sergeant Nino D. Livaudais

Specialist Ryan P. Long

Captain Russell B Rippetoe
 

 
REPUBLIC OF PANAMA

 Staff Sergeant Larry Barnard
 Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
 Killed in Action December 20, 1989

 Private First Class Roy Brown, Jr. 
Company A, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
 Killed in Action December 20, 1989

 Specialist Philip Lear
 Company B, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
 Killed in Action December 20, 1989

 Private First Class James W. Markwell
 Company C, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
 Killed in Action December 20, 1989

 Private First Class John Mark Price
 Company A, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
 Killed in Action December 20, 1989
 

SOMALIA

 Corporal James M. Cavaco
 Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
 Killed in Action: October 3, 1993

 Sergeant James C. Joyce
 Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
 Killed in Action: October 3, 1993

 Specialist Richard W. Kowalewski
 Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
 Killed in Action: October 3, 1993

 Sergeant Dominick M. Pilla
 Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
 Killed in Action: October 3, 1993

 Sergeant Lorenzo M. Ruiz
 Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
 Killed in Action: October 3, 1993

 Corporal James E. Smith
 Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
 Killed in Action: October 3, 1993
 

 RANGERS KILLED IN TRAINING

 Private First Class Willie J. Cobb
 Company A, 2nd Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 Drowning Accident: May 1, 1976

 Specialist Four James E. Quick
 Company B, 1st Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 Parachute Accident: November 6, 1976

 Command Sergeant Major Henry Caro
 HHC, 1st Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry 
Parachute Accident: November 6, 1976

 Major James E. Bryan
 HHC, 1st Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 Aircraft Crash: September 6, 1977

 Specialist Four William A. McTigue
 Company A, 1st Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 Live-Fire Exercise Accident: January 19, 1978

 Private Michael J. Sanders
 Company A, 1st Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 Parachute Accident: January 25, 1980

 Private Gilbert Alaniz, Jr. 
Company A, 1st Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 Parachute Accident: January 25, 1980

 Private Second Class Kevin E. Langley
 Company A, 2nd Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 C-130 Crash: September 21, 1981

 Private First Class Lonnie James Furr
 Company A, 2nd Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 C-130 Crash: September 21, 1981

 Specialist Four John Phillip Critselous
 Company C, HHC (attached), 2nd Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 C-130 Crash: September 21, 1981

 Sergeant First Class Jimmie Douglas Bynum
 HHC, 2nd Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 C-130 Crash: September 21, 1981

 Captain Gregory Eldon Gardner
 HHC, 2nd Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 C-130 Crash: September 21, 1981

 Lieutenant Colonel William E. Powell
 HHC, 2nd Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 C-130 Crash: September 21, 1981

 Specialist Four Vincent S. Barclay
 Company A, 1st Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 Parachute Accident: February 2, 1982

 Sergeant Johnny W. Danford
 Company A, 1st Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 Parachute Accident: February 2, 1982

 Specialist Four Robert A. Fortucci
 Company B, 1st Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 Drowning Accident: April 14, 1982

 Specialist Four William C. Hayes
 Company C, 1st Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 Drowning Accident: April12, 1983

 Private First Class Shawn L. Lau
 Company C, 1st Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 Live-Fire Accident: June 8, 1983

 PVT Wesley B. McDavid
 Company HHC, 2nd Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 Asphyxiation: May 1986

 Captain Drew Harrington
 Company B, 2nd Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 Live-Fire Accident: December 16, 1984

 Specialist Four Francis John Elder
 Company C, 1st Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 Drowning Accident: September 12, 1985

 Specialist Four Russell D. Hobgood
 Company A, 3rd Battalion (Ranger), 75th Infantry
 Live-Fire Accident: November 22, 1985

 Private Michael D. Rudess
 Company A, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
 Live-Fire Accident: July 7, 1986

Specialist Four Edgar Arthur Pratt, Jr. 
Company A, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
Parachute Accident: December 5, 1986

Sergeant Frank D. Winters
Company C, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
Helicopter Crash: September 25, 1987

Specialist Four David W. Hughes
Company C, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
Tree Fall Accident: September 3, 1988

 Private First Class Toby John K.P. Young
 Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
 Bus Crash: January 28, 1991

 Private First Class Michael K. Foley
 Company C, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
 Parachute Accident: July 11, 1991

 Colonel John T. Keneally
 Commander, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
 Helicopter Crash: October 29, 1992

 Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth W. Stauss
 Commander, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
 Helicopter Crash: October 29, 1992

 First Sergeant Harvey L. Moore
 Company C, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
 Helicopter Crash: October 29, 1992

Sergeant Blaine A. Mishak
HHC, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
Helicopter Crash: October 29, 1992
 

Specialist Four Jeremy B. Bird
HHC, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
Helicopter Crash: October 29, 1992

Sergeant Jeffrey A. Palmer
Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
Live-Fire Accident: November 18, 1992

Private First Class Christopher L. Brown 
Company C, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
Demolition Live-Fire Accident: October 18, 1993

Specialist Four Davis Ward Benson
Company C, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
Results of 1991 Bus Crash: April 4, 1994

First Sergeant Glenn L. Harris
Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
Drowning Accident: December 4, 1994

Sergeant Alphonse J. Harness
Company C, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
Fast Rope Accident: January 21, 1995

Private Greg M. Belletti
Company A, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
Drowning Accident: October 30, 1995


A-STAN

Specialist Jonn Joseph Edmunds
Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th RANGER Regiment
Non-hostile helicopter accident: October 19, 2001

Private 1st Class Kristofor T. Stonesifer
Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th RANGER Regiment
Non-hostile helicopter accident: October 19, 2001

Specialist Marc A. Anderson
Company A, 1st Battalion, 75th RANGER Regiment
Hostile fire: March 4, 2002

Sergeant Peter P. Crose
Company A, 1st Battalion, 75th RANGER Regiment
Hostile fire: March 4, 2002

Private 1st Class Matthew A. Commons
Company A, 1st Battalion, 75th RANGER Regiment
Hostile fire: March 4, 2002

Sergeant Jay A. Blessing
H&H Co., 2nd Bat., 75th RANGER Regiment
Hostile fire - IED attack: November 14, 2003

Specialist Patrick D. Tillman
2nd Battalion, 75th RANGER Regiment
Hostile - Friendly fire: April 22, 2004

Corporal William M. Amundson Jr.
3rd Battalion, 75th RANGER Regiment
Non-hostile - vehicle accident: October 19, 2004

Sergeant Michael C. O'Neill
3rd Battalion, 75th RANGER Regiment
Non-Hostile - injury: November 21, 2004

Private John M. Henderson Jr.
3rd Battalion, 75th RANGER Regiment
Non-hostile - vehicle accident (drowning): August 4, 2005

Private 1st Class Damian J. Garza
3rd Battalion, 75th RANGER Regiment
Non-hostile - vehicle accident (drowning): August 4, 2005

Private 1st Class Kristofer D.S. Thomas
3rd Battalion, 75th RANGER Regiment
Non-Hostile - Helicopter crash: February 18, 2007

Private 1st Class Ryan C. Garbs
3rd Battalion, 75th RANGER Regiment
Non-Hostile - Helicopter crash: February 18, 2007

Specialist George V. Libby
2nd Battalion, 75th RANGER Regiment
Non-hostile: August 20, 2007

Sergeant 1st Class David L. McDowell
2nd Battalion, 75th RANGER Regiment
Hostile fire - small arms fire: April 29, 2008

Specialist Christopher Gathercole
2nd Battalion, 75th RANGER Regiment
Hostile fire - small arms fire: May 26, 2008

Corporal Benjamin Stephen Kopp
3rd Battalion, 75th RANGER Regiment
Not Yet Reported: July 18, 2009

Private 1st Class Eric W. Hario
1st Battalion, 75th RANGER Regiment
Hostile fire - Small arms fire: August 29, 2009

Staff Sergeant Jason Sean Dahlke
1st Battalion, 75th RANGER Regiment
Hostile fire - Small arms fire: August 29, 2009


IRAQ

Captain Russell Brian Rippetoe
3rd BN, 75th RANGER Reg
Hostile fire - suicide bomber: April 3, 2003

Specialist Ryan Patrick Long
3rd BN, 75th RANGER Reg
Hostile fire - suicide bomber: April 3, 2003

Staff Sergeant Nino Dugue Livaudais
3rd BN, 75th RANGER Reg
Hostile fire - suicide bomber: April 3, 2003

Corporal Andrew F. Chris
Company B, 3rd BN, 75th RANGER Reg
Hostile fire: June 25, 2003

Sergeant Timothy M. Conneway
3rd BN, 75th RANGER Reg
Hostile fire - bomb: June 28, 2003

Private 1st Class Nathan E. Stahl
2nd BN, 75th RANGER Reg
Hostile fire - IED attack: September 21, 2004

Private 1st Class Dillon M. Jutras
3rd BN, 75th RANGER Reg
Hostile fire: October 28, 2005

Sergeant Dale G. Brehm
2nd BN, 75th RANGER Reg
Hostile fire - small arms fire: March 18, 2006

Sergeant James J. Regan
3rd BN, 75th RANGER Reg
Hostile fire - IED attack: February 9, 2007

Corporal Jason M. Kessler
C Company, 2nd BN, 75th RANGER Regiment
Hostile fire - RPG attack: July 30, 2007

Corporal Benjamin C. Dillon
3rd BN, 75th RANGER Reg
Hostile fire - small arms fire: October 7, 2007

Sergeant Steven C. Ganczewski
3rd BN, 75th RANGER Reg
Hostile fire - IED attack: November 16, 2007

Specialist Thomas F. Duncan III
2nd Battalion, 75th RANGER Regiment
Hostile fire: June 9, 2008

Staff Sergeant Anthony D. Davis
1st Battalion, 75th RANGER Regiment
Hostile fire - small arms fire: January 6, 2009

Corporal Ryan C. McGhee
3rd BN, 75th RANGER Regiment
Hostile fire: May 13, 2009