communication wire in Kirkuk, Iraq. He was assigned to the 501st Forward Support Company, 173rd Airborne Brigade,
based in Vicenza, Italy. Died on December 24, 2003.
Staff Sgt. Henry Ybarra III, 32, of Austin, Texas. Ybarra was changing the tire on a Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical
Truck in Balad, Iraq when the tire exploded. Ybarra died of his injuries. Ybarra was assigned to D Troop, 6th Squadron,
6th Cavalry, Illesheim, Germany. Died on September 11, 2003.
Pvt. Justin R. Yoemans, 20, of Eufaula, Alabama. Yoemans died at the 31st Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad,
Iraq, from wounds sustained earlier that day in Baghdad, Iraq, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device
detonated near his up-armored HMMWV. He was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery, Fort Hood,
Texas. Died on November 6, 2004.
Spc. Viktar V. Yolkin, 24, of Spring Branch, Texas. Yolkin died in Mohammed Sacran, Iraq, when his Bradley Fighting
Vehicle overturned. He was assigned to the 2d Battalion, 2d Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany. Died on
January 24, 2005.
Sgt. Ryan C. Young, 21, of Corona, California. Young died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., of
injuries sustained November 8 when an improvised explosive device hit his vehicle in Fallujah, Iraq. He was assigned to
A Company, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas. Died on December 2, 2003.