Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on November 23, 2005, the ARMY lost SGT Meeuwsen, William Benjamin of KINGWOOD, TX, 24, serving with COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 502D INFANTRY (TF BAGHDAD), FORT CAMPBELL, KY. Cause: HOSTILE.

CPL Matthew Paul Steyart, 21, from Mount Shasta, CA, served in the Army's 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry. He died in Shah Wali Kot, Afghanistan on November 22, 2005.

SGT Gallardo, Denis Javier, age 22, of SAINT PETERSBURG, FL ? Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP E 2D SQUADRON, 3D ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT (TF LIBERTY) FORT CARSON, CO, ? died on November 22, 2005 in TAL AFAR, IRAQ.

In HABBANIYAH, IRAQ on November 21, 2005, the ARMY lost PFC Dearing, John Wilson of HAZEL PARK, MI, 21, serving with COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 125TH INFANTRY (2 MEF), SAGINAW, MI. Cause: HOSTILE.

Emory Jason Turpin, an American Petty Officer Third Class, served with the Navy's Mobile Construction Battalion 74 and died on November 20, 2005, at the age of 23.

On November 20, 2005, the ARMY lost SGT Sacco, Dominic Joseph of ALBANY, NY in TAJI, IRAQ. He was 32. Cause: HOSTILE.

PFC Christopher Michael Alcozer, an American soldier from Elmhurst, IL, was killed in action in Mosul, Iraq on November 19, 2005, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Cpl. Jonathan Fleming Blair, 21, from Fort Wayne, Indiana, was killed on November 19, 2005, in Bayji, Iraq, while serving with the U.S. Army.

SPC Hinton, Dominic Joseph, 24, a native of JACKONSVILLE, TX, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, CO B, 1ST BN, 187TH INF (TF BAND OF BROTHERS), FORT CAMPBELL, KY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 19, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

On November 19, 2005, the ARMY lost SGT Idanan, Michael June of CHULA VISTA, CA in BAYJI, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

SSG Karolasz, Edward, 25, a native of POWDER SPRINGS, NJ, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, CO B, 1ST BN, 187TH INF (TF BAND OF BROTHERS) FORT CAMPBELL, KY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 19, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, K CO, 3D BN, 1ST MAR, (RCT-2, 2D MAR DIV), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, LCPL Terrazas, Miguel of EL PASO, TX, 20, died in HADITHAH, IRAQ on November 19, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

In FALLUJAH, IRAQ on November 19, 2005, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Troyer, Tyler John of TANGENT, OR, 21, serving with G CO, 2D BN, 2D MAR, (RCT-8), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 3D BATTALION, 3D SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, (SOCCENT), FORT BRAGG, NC, MSG Yost, Anthony Ray Charles of FLINT, MI, 39, died in MOSUL, IRAQ on November 19, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 23, 1LT Zilinski, Dennis William Ii of FREEHOLD, NJ was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 187TH INFANTRY (TF TIKRIT), FORT CAMPBELL, KY, when he died in BAYJI, IRAQ on November 19, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

PFC Gaunky, Anthony Alexander, age 19, of SPARTA, WI ? Active Duty, ARMY, CO A, 3D SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, (TF BAND OF BROTHERS), FORT CAMPBELL, KY, ? died on November 18, 2005 in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY. Cause: HOSTILE.

National Guard, ARMY, 947TH ENGINEER COMPANY, (ASG-KUWAIT), COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, SGT Reyes, Luis Ricardo of AURORA, CO, 26, died in ALI AL SALEM, KUWAIT on November 18, 2005.

Ivan Vargas Alarcon, an American soldier from Jerome, ID, served in the 473rd Quartermaster Company and died at 23 in Tal Afar, Iraq on November 17, 2005.