Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

On June 7, 2006, the ARMY lost 2LT Vaughan, John Shaw of EDWARDS, CO in MOSUL, IRAQ. He was 23. Cause: HOSTILE.

Curtis Robert Mehrer, 21, was a U.S. Army National Guard corporal from Bismarck, North Dakota. He was killed in Khogyani, Afghanistan, on June 6, 2006, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

SGT Travis Allen Van Zoest, 21, from Bismarck, ND, served with Battery A, 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery in Afghanistan, where he died on June 6, 2006.

CPL Andy Dee Anderson, an American soldier from Falls Church, VA, died on June 6, 2006, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, at age 24 during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Richard Allen Blakley, an American soldier, died on June 6, 2006, in Al Khalidiyah, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 46TH ENGINEER BATTALION, (I MEF), FORT RUCKER, AL, SGT Pernell, Carlos Eugene of MUNFORD, AL, 25, died in AR RAMADI, IRAQ on June 6, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Smykowski, Mark Thaddeus, age 23, of MENTOR, OH ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 2D RECON BN, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, ? died on June 6, 2006 in ZAIDON, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

CPL Derek Anthony Stanley, 20, from Tulsa, OK, served in the U.S. Army with Company B, 710th Brigade Support Battalion, and died on June 5, 2006, in Salerno, Afghanistan.

In SOUTHWEST OF ANAH, IRAQ on June 5, 2006, the NAVY lost PO2 Jaenke, Jaime Suzanne of BAY CITY, WI, 29, serving with NMCB TWO FIVE, FORT MCCOY, WI. Cause: HOSTILE.

HHC, 49TH MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE, FAIRFIELD, CA, ARMY ? SFC Lawson, Isaac Shawn (SACRAMENTO, CA), age 35, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on June 5, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

NMCB TWO FIVE, FORT MCCOY, WI, NAVY ? PO1 Rovinski, Gary Thomas (WILKES-BARRE, PA), age 44, ? died in SW OF ANAH, IRAQ on June 5, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on June 4, 2006, the ARMY lost SGT Gionet, Daniel Robert of PELHAM, NH, 23, serving with HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 66TH ARMOR REGIMENT, FORT HOOD, TX. Cause: HOSTILE.

1LT Sanders, Ryan Travis, 27, a native of COLLEGE STATION, TX, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY D, 1ST BATTALION, 66TH ARMOR REGIMENT, 1ST BCT, 4 ID, FORT HOOD, TX, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on June 4, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

On June 3, 2006, the MARINE CORPS lost CPL Cummings, Ryan J of STREAMWOOD, IL in BALAD, IRAQ. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.

In HADITHA, IRAQ on June 3, 2006, the ARMY lost SSG Harmon, Darren Prattis Sr of NEWARK, DE, 44, serving with COMPANY C, 203D MI BATTALION, 205TH MI BRIGADE, ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD.

On June 3, 2006, the MARINE CORPS lost MAJ Stover, Michael David of MANSFIELD, OH in AL TAQADDUM, IRAQ. He was 43.

SPC Tribble, Brett Lee, 20, a native of LAKE JACKSON, TX, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 6TH INFANTRY, BAUMHOLDER, GERMANY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on June 3, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 28, CPL Bucklin, Brock Lyle of GRAND RAPIDS, MI was serving with the ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 68TH ARMOR, FORT CARSON, COLORADO, when he died in BALAD, IRAQ on May 31, 2006.