Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

SGT Darry Benson, an American combatant, served with the 730th Quartermaster Battalion, National Guard, and died on August 27, 2006, in Camp Virginia, Kuwait.

On August 27, 2006, the ARMY lost CPL Cross, Kenneth Michael of SUPERIOR, WI in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 19, PFC Dolan, Daniel George of ROY, UT was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 23RD INFANTRY, 3RD SBCT, (4ID), FORT LEWIS, WA, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on August 27, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 31, SSG Hansen, Jeffrey John of CAIRO, NE was serving with the ARMY, HHT, 1ST SQUADRON, 167TH CAVALRY, (RSTA), LINCOLN, NE, when he died in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY on August 27, 2006.

TROOP C, 1ST SQUADRON, 10TH CAVALRY, (2 BCT), FORT HOOD, TX, ARMY ? SPC Hildreth, Seth Aaron (MYRTLE BEACH, SC), age 26, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on August 27, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Jazmin, Moises, 25, a native of PROVIDENCE, RI, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 66TH ARMOR, 1 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on August 27, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

COMPANY D, 3D BATTALION, 67TH ARMOR, 4 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, ARMY ? CPL Jones, Joshua Darrell (POMEROY, OH), age 24, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on August 27, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 66TH ARMOR, FORT HOOD, TX, ARMY ? SPC Lee, Qixing (MINNEAPOLIS, MN), age 20, ? died in TAJI, IRAQ on August 27, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

From TWO RIVERS, WI, SPC Novak, Shaun Allen served with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 66TH ARMOR, 1 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, and died on August 27, 2006 in TAJI, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

On August 27, 2006, the ARMY lost SPC Smith, Tristan Caleb of BRYN ATHYN, PA in TAJI, IRAQ. He was 23. Cause: HOSTILE.

David Gardner Weimortz, a 28-year-old U.S. Marine Corporal from Irmo, South Carolina, was killed in Habbaniyah, Iraq, on August 26, 2006.

CPL Zayas, Edgardo, 29, a native of DORCHESTER, MA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP C, 1ST SQUADRON, 61ST CAVALRY, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on August 26, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

In FALLUJAH, IRAQ on August 25, 2006, the MARINE CORPS lost CPL Pierson, Jordan Christopher of MILFORD, CT, 21, serving with C CO, 1ST BN, 25TH MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 4TH MAR DIV, PLAINVILLE, CT. Cause: HOSTILE.

TROOP C, 8TH SQUADRON, 10TH CAVALRY, 4 BCT, (1 AD), FORT HOOD, TX, ARMY ? SGT King, Jeremy Edward (MERIDIAN, ID), age 23, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on August 24, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, L CO, 3D BN, 2D MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, SSGT Solomon, Gordon George of FAIRBORN, OH, 35, died in HABBANIYAH, IRAQ on August 24, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

PFC Thorne, William Edgerton, 26, a native of HOSPERS, IA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP C, 1ST SQUADRON, 10TH CAVALRY, 2 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on August 24, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

Staff Sergeant Dwayne Ein Williams, 28, of Baltimore, Maryland, was killed by hostile action on August 24, 2006, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, while serving with the U.S. Marine Corps.

Thomas Joseph Barbieri II, an American SPC from Gaithersburg, MD, served in the Army's 1st Battalion, 325th Infantry and was killed in action on August 23, 2006, in Yusifiyah, Iraq.