Minnesota National Guard
Our Fallen Troops

This page is dedicated to those Minnesota National Guard service members who have died in a combat zone since 9/11/01.

Our Fallen Troops.pdf

Spc. George W. Cauley

Age: 24
Hometown: Walker, Minnesota
Unit: 114th Transportation Company, 347th Regional Support Group
Died: October 10th, 2009 in Bagram, Afghanistan.

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Spc. George W. Cauley

Spc. Daniel P. Drevnick

Age 22
Hometown:  Woodbury, Minnesota
34th Military Police Company, 34th Infantry Division
Died July 16th, 2009 in Basrah, Iraq.

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Daniel Drevnick

Spc. James D. Wertish

Age 20
Hometown:  Olivia, Minnesota
34th Military Police Company, 34th Infantry Division
Died July 16th, 2009 in Basrah, Iraq.

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James Werdish

Spc. Carlos E. Wilcox IV

Age 27
Hometown:  Cottage Grove, Minnesota
34th Military Police Company, 34th Infantry Division
Died July 16th, 2009 in Basrah, Iraq.

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Carlos Wilcox

Staff Sgt. Greg N. Riewer

Age 28
Hometown:  Frazee, Minnesota
A Co., 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry
Died March 23rd, 2007 near Habbaniyah, Iraq.

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Sgt. Maj. Michael Mettille

Age 44
Hometown:  West St Paul, Minnesota
A Co., 134 Brigade Support Battalion
Died Feb. 1st, 2007 in Camp Adder, Iraq.

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mettille

Staff Sgt. James M. Wosika Jr.

Age 24
Hometown:  St Paul, Minnesota
B Co., 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry
Died Jan. 9th, 2007 in Fallujah, Iraq

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Sgt James Wosika

Sgt. Nicholas D. Turcotte

Age 23
Hometown:  Maple Grove, Minnesota
A Company, 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry
Died Dec. 4th, 2006 near Al Nasiriyia, Iraq

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PFC Turcotte

Sgt. Bryan T. McDonough

Age 22
Hometown:  Maplewood, Minnesota
B Co., 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry
Died Dec. 2nd, 2006 in Fallujah, Iraq

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McDonough

Sgt. Corey Rystad

Age 20
Hometown:  Red Lake Falls, Minnesota
B Co., 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry
Died Dec. 2nd, 2006 in Fallujah, Iraq.

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Rystad

Staff Sgt. Joshua R. Hanson

Age 27
Hometown:  Dent, Minnesota
A Co., 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry
Died August 30, 2006 in Khalidiyah, Iraq

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Hanson

Sgt. Kyle R. Miller

Age 19
Hometown: Willmar, Minnesota
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery,  1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery 
Died June 29, 2006 in Balad, Iraq.

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Sgt. Brent W. Koch

Age 22
Hometown:  Morgan, Minnesota
E Co., 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry
Died June 16, 2006 in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq.

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Staff Sgt. David F. Day

Age 25
Hometown:  St. Louis Park, Minnesota
C Company, 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery
Died February 21, 2005 in Baghdad, Iraq

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Sgt. Jesse M. Lhotka

Age:  24
Hometown:  Appleton, Minnesota
C Company, 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery
Died February 21, 2005 in Baghdad, Iraq

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1st  Lt.  Jason G. Timmerman

Age:  24
Hometown:  Tracy, Minnesota
C Company, 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery
Died February 21, 2005 in Baghdad, Iraq

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Related links

Remembering Minnesotans who died in Iraq

Minnesotan Casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq

Army pilot who grew up in Minnesota killed in Afghanistan, May 11, 2006

Honoring The Fallen Soldiers of the 1BCT poster.pdf

 

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