Ian D. Manuel

Died: January 8, 2004

Rank: Chief Warrant Officer Two

Unit: 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance)

Branch: U.S. Army

Chief Warrant Officer Two Ian D. Manuel was killed on January 8, 2004, when an en­emy missile near Fallujah, Iraq, shot down “Witch Doctor 11,” a UH-60A, MEDEVAC helicopter that he was piloting. He was assigned to the 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance) home-stationed with the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Carson, Colorado. Also killed were three other crewmembers from the 571st and five Soldiers being transported to a medical facility in Baghdad. Manuel is buried in Arlington Na­tional Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.