After the Invasion, America Counts the Cost : The Pentagon has been releasing the names of servicemen killed in the invasion of Panama as their next of kin are notified. Of the total of 25 servicemen and 2 civilians, these have been identified:
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MARINES Cpl. Garreth C. Isaak
First American killed in the invasion, age 22, from Greenville, S.C.
ARMY Staff Sgt. Larry R. Barnard
Ranger, eight-year Army veteran from Hallstead, Pa., age 29; father of three.
Pfc. Vance T. Coates
Infantryman from Great Falls, Mont., age 18, completed training at Ft. Benning, Ga., last summer.
Sgt. Michael Deblois
Member of 508th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Divison, age 24, from Dubach, La.
1st Lt. John Wessel Hunter
Aviator with 160th Aviation Battalion, age 30, from Victor, Mont.
Chief Warrant Officer Wilson B. Owens
Member of 160th Aviation Battalion, age 29, from North Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Chief Warrant Officer Andrew P. Porter
Aviator with 7th Infantry Division, age 29, from St. Clair, Mich.
Pfc. Roy Dennis Brown Jr.
Infantryman from Buena Park, Calif., age 19, attended high school in Anaheim.
Spec. William D. Gibbs
Infantryman from Marina, Calif., four-year Army veteran, age 22
Pfc. Jerry Scott Daves
Member of 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, age 20, from Hope Mills, N.C.
Pfc. Martin D. Denson
Infantryman from Abilene, Tex., age 21, attended high school in Tuscola.
Spec. Phillip S. Lear
Member of 2nd Ranger Battalion, age 21, from Westminster, S.C.
Spec. Alejandro I. Manriquelozano
Member of 82nd Airborne, age 30, from Lauderhill, Fla., born in Peru.
Pfc. James William Markwell
Ranger Medic, age 21, from Cincinnati, Ohio.
Cpl. Ivan D. Perez
Infantryman, age 22, from Pawtucket, R.I., born in Colombia.
Pfc. John Mark Price
Paratrooper with 75th Rangers, age 22, from Conover, Wis.
Pfc. Scott Lee Roth
Military policeman, age 19, from Killeen, Tex., attended high school in Illinois.
Pvt. Kenneth Douglas Scott
Infantryman, age 20, from Princeton, W. Va., stationed at Ft. Polk, La.
Pvt. James Allen Tabor
Member of 325th Parachute Infantry Regiment, age 18, from Montrose, Colo.
NAVY Chief Engineman Donald Lewis McFaul
Member of SEAL (sea, air, land) commando unit, age 32, from San Diego.
Lt. (j.g.) John Patrick Connors
Member of SEAL unit, age 25, from Arlington, Mass., graduate of Worcester Polytechnical Institute.
Torpedoman’s Mate 2nd Class Issac George Rodriguez
Member of SEAL unit, age 24, from Missouri City, Tex.
Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Christopher Tilghman
Member of SEAL unit, age 30, from Kailua, Hawaii.
CIVILIAN Gertrude Kandi Helin
Schoolteacher in Panama, age 43, slain by gunman on street as she and husband returned from dinner.
Source: Associated Press
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