Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

SGT Perez, Christopher Shawn, 30, a native of HUTCHINSON, KS, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, HQ CO, HQ BN, 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on May 23, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 155TH INFANTRY, (TF2-11 ACR), 155 BCT, BILOXI, MS, SGT Varnado, Daniel Ryan of SAUCIER, MS, 23, died in HASWA, IRAQ on May 23, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, 767TH ORDNANCE COMPANY, (TF BAGHDAD), FORT MCNAIR, WASHINGTON, DC, SSG Verdugo, Russell James of PHOENIX, AZ, 34, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on May 23, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 21, SPC Creamean, Tyler Loren of JACKSONVILLE, AR was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 73D ENGINEER COMPANY, 1ST BCT, 25TH ID, (MNF-NW), FORT LEWIS, WA, when he died in MOSUL, IRAQ on May 22, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 40, SGT Morgain, Carl James of BUTLER, PA was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 112TH INFANTRY, BUTLER, PA, when he died in BALAD, IRAQ on May 22, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

HHC, 1ST BN, 24TH INFANTRY, 25TH INFANTRY DIV, (TF OLYMPIA), FORT LEWIS, WA, ARMY ? SGT Morton, Benjamin Charles (WRIGHT, KS), age 24, ? died in MOSUL, IRAQ on May 22, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

SSG Ogburn, John Banks Iii, age 45, of FRUITLAND, ID ? National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY A, 3D BATTALION, 116TH CALVARY, (TF LIBERTY), ONTARIO, OR, ? died on May 22, 2005 in KIRKUK, IRAQ.

CO A, 2D BN, 70TH ARMOR, 1ST ARMORED DIV (TF BAGHDAD), FORT RILEY, KS, ARMY ? SGT Schall, Kenneth John (PEORIA, AZ), age 22, ? died in YUSAFIYAH, IRAQ on May 22, 2005.

1LT Seesan, Aaron Nicholas, 24, a native of MASSILLON, OH, died serving in the Reserve, ARMY, COMPANY A, 73D ENGINEER, 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION, (MNF-NW), FORT LEWIS, WA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on May 22, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Charles Thomas Wilkerson, 30, of Kansas City, Missouri, was killed in action on May 22, 2005, in Baghdad, Iraq.

PFC Steven Charles Tucker, 19, from Grapevine, TX, served in the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade and died in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on May 21, 2005.

In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on May 20, 2005, the ARMY lost SGT Schamberg, Kurt Daniel of EUCLID, OH, 26, serving with CO C, 2D BN, 14TH INF, 10TH MTN DIV, (TF BAGHDAD), FORT DRUM, NY. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Brad Arnold Wentz, 21, of Gladwin, Michigan, died on May 20, 2005, in Balad, Iraq, while serving with the 180th Transportation Company.

Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 2D BN, 70TH ARMOR, 1ST ARMORED DIVISION (TF BAGHDAD), FORT RILEY, KS, PFC Eisenhauer, Wyatt Dale of PINCKNEYVILLE, IL, 26, died in MAHMUDIYAH, IRAQ on May 19, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Fell, Robin Vincent, age 22, of SHREVEPORT, LA ? National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 156TH ARMOR, (TF BAGHDAD), SHREVEPORT, LA, ? died on May 19, 2005 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 156TH ARMOR, (TF BAGHDAD), SHREVEPORT, LA, ARMY ? SGT Sembly, Bernard Leon Ii (BOSSIER CITY, LA), age 25, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on May 19, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Antwan Lavelle Walker, 22, of Tampa, Florida, was killed in hostile action on May 18, 2005, in Ramadi, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

PFC Riggs, Wesley Robert, 19, a native of BAYTOWN, TX, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, CO D, 2D BN, 7TH INF, 3D INF DIV, (TF LIBERTY), FORT STEWART, GA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on May 17, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.