Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

On September 28, 2005, the ARMY lost SFC Pugliese, George Anthony of CARBONDALE, PA in AR RAMADI, IRAQ. He was 39. Cause: HOSTILE.

From GREENFIELD, PA, SGT Slebodnik, Eric Wentworth served with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 109TH INFANTRY (2MEF) WILLIAMSPORT, PA, and died on September 28, 2005 in AR RAMADI, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Lee Allen Wiegand, 20, of Hallstead, Pennsylvania, was killed in a hostile incident in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on September 28, 2005.

SSG Jason A. Benford, an American from Toledo, Ohio, served in the Army's 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor, and died in hostile action in Ar Ramadi, Iraq on September 27, 2005.

LCPL Steven Armando Valdez, 20, an American Marine from McRae, AR, died on September 26, 2005, in Camp Blessing, Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom.

SSG Robert Frank White, an American soldier from Cross Lanes, WV, died on September 26, 2005 in Zahri, Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom.

SGT Howard Paul Allen, an American from Mesa, AZ, served in the 860th Military Police Company and died in Baghdad on September 26, 2005, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

At 32, SFC Howe, Casey Elwin of PHILADELPHIA, NY was serving with the ARMY, 3D BATTALION, 314TH FIELD ARTILLERY, (TF BAGHDAD), FORT DRUM, NY, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on September 26, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

On September 26, 2005, the MARINE CORPS lost PVT Ortega, Elijah Matthew of OXNARD, CA in CAMP BAHARIA, IRAQ. He was 19.

Active Duty, ARMY, 3D BATTALION, 314TH FIELD ARTILLERY (TF BAGHDAD), FORT DRUM, NY, MSG Tuliau, Tulsa Tulaga of WATERTOWN, NY, 33, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on September 26, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Andrew Peter Wallace, 25, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, died on September 26, 2005, in Shaibah, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

U.S. Army Specialist Michael J. Wendling, 20, of Mayville, Wisconsin, died on September 26, 2005, in Shaibah, Iraq.

Staff Sergeant Tane Travis Baum, 30, of Pendleton, Oregon, was a U.S. Army National Guard soldier. He died in a hostile incident in N Deh Chopan, Afghanistan, on September 25, 2005.

Chief Warrant Officer 3 John Michael Flynn, 36, of Sparks, Nevada, was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot serving with Company D, 113th Aviation Regiment. He was killed in a helicopter crash in North Deh Chopan, Afghanistan, on September 25, 2005

U.S. Army Sergeant Kenneth Grant Ross, 24, of Peoria, Arizona, was a helicopter repairer assigned to Company B, 7th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, based in Giebelstadt, Germany. He died in a hostile incident in Deh Chopan, Afghanistan,

Patrick Dana Stewart, 34, from Fernley, NV, served with the U.S. Army's 113th Aviation Regiment. He died on September 25, 2005, in IVO N Deh Chopan, Afghanistan due to hostile action.

WO1 Adrian Bovee Stump, 22, from Pendleton, OR, died in Deh Chopan, Afghanistan on September 25, 2005 during Operation Enduring Freedom.

At 34, SSG Graham, Shawn Alexander of RED OAK, TX was serving with the ARMY, TROOP H, 124TH CAVALRY (TF BAGHDAD), FORTH WORTH, TX, when he died in BALAD, IRAQ on September 25, 2005.