Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

On October 30, 2004, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Riedel, Andrew Gerald of NORTHGLENN, CO in ZAIDON, IRAQ. He was 19. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, B CO, 1ST BN, 3D MAR, (RCT-7, 1ST MAR DIV), 3D MAR DIV, MCBH KANEOHE BAY, HI, LCPL Scarborough, Michael Philip of WASHINGTON, GA, 28, died in ZAIDON, IRAQ on October 30, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, BATTERY A, 2D BATTALION, 17TH FIELD ARTILLERY, 2 BCT (1 MEF), CAMP HOVEY, KOREA, SGT Fortune, Maurice Keith of FORESTVILLE, MD, 25, died in AR RAMADI, IRAQ on October 29, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

Segun Frederick Akintade, 34, a National Guard Specialist from Brooklyn, NY, died in hostile action in Abd Allah, Iraq, on October 28, 2004.

SFC Michael Battles, 38, from San Antonio, Texas, served in the US Army's 1st Cavalry Division. He died due to hostile action in Baghdad, Iraq, on October 28, 2004.

Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 2ND BN, 17TH FA, 2D BCT (1ST MEF), 2D ID, CP HOVEY, KS APO AP 96224, SPC Downing, Stephen Paul Ii of BURKESVILLE, KY, 30, died in AR RAMADI, IRAQ on October 28, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

Corporal Billy Gomez, 25, of Perris, California, was a U.S. Army infantryman. He died on October 27, 2004, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from wounds sustained in combat in Afghanistan.

From NORTH CHARLESTON, SC, SSG Lemon, Jerome served with the ARMY, 1052D TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, 172D COMBAT SUPPORT GROUP, KINGSTREE, SC 29556-2561, and died on October 27, 2004 in JADIDAH, IRAQ. He was 42. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 3D BN, 1ST MAR, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, CPL Oliveira, Brian of RAYNHAM, MA, 22, died in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ on October 25, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

Dennis Joel Boles, 46, was a Sergeant in the US Army, serving with C Company, 1st Squadron, 171st Aviation, when he was killed in action on October 24, 2004, at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.

From SAUGUS, CA, LCPL Slocum, Richard Patrick served with the MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 1ST BN, 3D MAR, (RCT-7, 1ST MAR DIV), 3D MAR DIV, KANEOHE BAY, HI, and died on October 24, 2004 in ABU GHARIB, IRAQ. He was 19.

LCPL Gadsden, Jonathan Earl, 21, a native of JAMESTOWN, SC, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 2D PLT, C CO, 1ST CEB, (3D BN, 7TH MAR, RCT-7), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on October 22, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

Airman First Class Jesse Monroe Samek, 21, of Rogers, Arkansas, served with the 66th Rescue Squadron, U.S. Air Force. He was killed in action on October 21, 2004, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

Douglas Edwin Bascom, a 25-year-old Marine Sergeant from Colorado Springs, CO, died in hostile action on October 20, 2004, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq.

U.S. Army Corporal William Madden Amundson Jr., 21, of The Woodlands, Texas, was killed in action on October 18, 2004, in Afghanistan.

Active Duty, ARMY, 2D BN, 2D INFANTRY, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, VILSECK, GERMANY, SPC Ehrlich, Andrew Christopher of MESA, AZ, 21, died in NORMANDY, IRAQ on October 18, 2004.

William Ignatius Brennan, an American Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 from Bethlehem, CT, was killed in action on October 16, 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq, at age 36.

CPT Johnson, Christopher Branden, age 29, of EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MO ? Reserve, ARMY, C COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 25TH AVIATION REGIMENT (1CDTF), WHEELER AAF, HAWAII, ? died on October 16, 2004 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ.