Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

On November 13, 2004, the ARMY lost CPL Velez, Jose Alfredo of LUBBOCK, TX in FALLUJAH, IRAQ. He was 23. Cause: HOSTILE.

Cpl. Nathan Richard Anderson, 22, of Howard, OH, served with the U.S. Marine Corps and was killed on November 12, 2004, in Fallujah, Iraq.

Nicholas Hale Anderson, a 19-year-old Marine from Las Vegas, died in Mahmudiyah, Iraq on November 12, 2004 during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

David Michael Branning, a 21-year-old Marine from Cockeysville, MD, was killed in Fallujah, Iraq on November 12, 2004 during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Reserve, ARMY, A COMPANY, 2D BATTALION, 2D INFANTRY, 1ST ID, APO AE 09112 (VILSECK, GERMANY), CPT Iwan, Edward Donald of ALBION, NE, 28, died in FALLUJAH, IRAQ on November 12, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

On November 12, 2004, the MARINE CORPS lost CPL Maher, Jarrod Lee of IMOGENE, IA in ABU GHARYB, IRAQ. He was 21.

HHC, 2D BN, 2D INFANTRY, (1ST INF DIV) APO AE 09114, (GRAFENWOHR, GERMANY), ARMY ? SGT Matteson, James Charles (CELORON, NY), age 23, ? died in FALLUJAH, IRAQ on November 12, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, B CO, 1ST BN, 3D MAR, RCT-7, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, LCPL Medina, Brian Anthony of WOODBRIDGE, VA, 20, died in FALLUJAH, IRAQ on November 12, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 24, CPL Prening, Brian Robert of PLYMOUTH, WI was serving with the MARINE CORPS, F CO, 2D BN, 24TH MAR, (24TH MEU, 1ST MAR DIV), 4TH MAR DIV, MILWAUKEE, WI, when he died in YUSUFIYAH, IRAQ on November 12, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

From ATLANTA, GA, SGT Shields, Jonathan Bernard served with the ARMY, C CO, 3RD BN, 8TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAVALRY DIV, FORT HOOD, TX 76544, and died on November 12, 2004 in FALLUJAH, IRAQ. He was 25. Cause: HOSTILE.

On November 12, 2004, the MARINE CORPS lost SGT Strader, Morgan William of CROSSVILLE, TN in FALLUJAH, IRAQ. He was 23. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Raymond Loya White, 22, of Elwood, Indiana, died on November 12, 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq.

James Patrick Blecksmith, a 24-year-old 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps from San Marino, CA, died on November 11, 2004, during Operation Iraqi Freedom in Fallujah, Iraq.

CPL Theodore Andrew Bowling, an American Marine from Casselberry, FL, died in hostile action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on November 11, 2004, at age 25.

LCPL Burns, Kyle Wayne, 20, a native of LARAMIE, WY, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, A CO, 1ST LAR, 1ST BN, 3D MAR, RCT-7, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 11, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

B COMPANY, 1ST BN, 24TH INFANTRY, 25TH INFANTRY DIV, FORT LEWIS, WA 98433, ARMY ? SPC Doerflinger, Thomas Karl (SILVER SPRING, MD), age 20, ? died in MOSUL, IRAQ on November 11, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 22, CPL Giannopoulos, Peter John of INVERNESS, IL was serving with the MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 2D BN, 24TH MAR, (24TH MEU, 1ST MAR DIV), 4TH MAR DIV, WAUKEGAN, IL, when he died in MAHMUDIYAH, IRAQ on November 11, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

From LITTLETON, CO, SSGT Holder, Theodore Samuel Ii served with the MARINE CORPS, A CO, 1ST LAR, 1ST BN, 3D MAR, RCT-7, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, and died on November 11, 2004 in FALLUJAH, IRAQ. He was 27. Cause: HOSTILE.