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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   Related Stories • Phillip Anderson 99999999   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Friday, March 14, 2008 Everett soldier killed in Iraq Herald Staff A soldier from Everett died Monday of wounds suffered when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle, the Defense Department reported Thursday. He was identified as U.S. Army Sgt. Phillip R. Anderson, 28. Anderson and two others were killed, the Pentagon said. The others were identified as Spc. Donald A. Burkette, 24, of Comanche, Texas, and Capt. Torre R. Mallard, 27, of Oklahoma. The trio were assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hood, Texas. Few details were released, and it was unknown Thursday night if Anderson has relatives in the Snohomish County area. The Defense Department said Anderson and the other soldiers died in Balad Ruz, Iraq. Base spokesmen could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday night. It's about a week away from the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. Nearly 4,000 U.S. service members have died. Anderson is the 16th service member with connections to Snohomish or Island counties to die in the Iraq war. Snohomish and Island county troops who have died in the Iraq war: Army Sgt. Phillip R. Anderson, 28, of Everett, died March 10 when the vehicle he was in was hit by a roadside bomb in Balad Ruz, Iraq. He was a member of the 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment based at Fort Hood, Texas. Army Spc. Vincent G. Kamka, 23, died Oct. 4, 2007, in Bayji; his death is under investigation. He listed his hometown as Everett but grew up in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was a member of the 82nd Airborne Division stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C. Army Pvt. Michael A. Baloga, 21, of Everett died July 26, 2007, in Muqdadiyah of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device. Two Whidbey Island Naval Air Station sailors died July 17, 2007, during combat operations in Salah Ad Din province. They are Navy Chief Petty Officer Patrick L. Wade, 38, of Key West, Fla., and Navy Petty Officer First Class Jeffrey L. Chaney, 35, of Omaha, Neb. They were assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 11. Marine Lance Cpl. Shawn V. Starkovich, 20, of Arlington died July 16, 2007, in a noncombat incident in Anbar province. Three Whidbey Island Naval Air Station sailors died April 6, 2007, when a rocket was fired at their vehicle. They are Navy Chief Petty Officer Gregory J. Billiter, 36; Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Adam McSween, 26; and Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Curtis Hall, 24. They were all members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 11. Marine Maj. Megan M. McClung, 34, of Coupeville died Dec. 6, 2006, while supporting combat operations in Anbar province. Army Spc. Jordan W. Hess, 26, of Marysville died Dec. 5, 2006, at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, after being wounded Nov. 11, 2006, when a roadside bomb exploded near his combat patrol in Ta'Meem. Army Sgt. Charles Matheny IV, 23, of Arlington died Feb. 18, 2006, in Baghdad after an explosive detonated near his vehicle. Marine Cpl. Jeffrey B. Starr, 22, of Snohomish died May 30, 2005, in combat operations in Ramadi. Marine machine gunner Pfc. Cody Calavan, 19, of Lake Stevens was killed May 29, 2004, in a car bombing in Anbar province. Marine Cpl. Steven A. Rintamaki, 21, of Lynnwood died Sept. 16, 2004, in action in Anbar province. Army paratrooper Spc. Justin W. Hebert, 20, of Silvana died Aug. 1, 2003, when a rocket-propelled grenade hit the Humvee he was driving near Baghdad. Also killed was Mariner High School graduate Todd Drobnick, 35, a translator for San Diego defense contractor Titan Corp. He died Nov. 23, 2003, in Mosul in a petroleum truck collision.

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