Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

On September 13, 2004, the MARINE CORPS lost CPL Meluat, Jaygee of TAMUING, GU in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ. He was 24. Cause: HOSTILE.

In AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ on September 13, 2004, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Puckett, Mathew Davis of MASON, TX, 19, serving with A CO, 3D AA BN, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.

In AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ on September 13, 2004, the MARINE CORPS lost CPL Soltau, Adrian Valentine of MILWAUKEE, WI, 21, serving with A CO, 3D AA BN, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Thomas, Carl, 29, a native of PHOENIX, AZ, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 12TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION, FORT HOOD, TX 76544, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on September 13, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

Staff Sergeant David Jamesrober Weisenburg, 26, of Portland, Oregon, was a U.S. Army soldier serving with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry. He died on September 13, 2004, in Taji, Iraq.

On September 12, 2004, the MARINE CORPS lost PFC Poindexter, Jason Towner of SAN ANGELO, TX in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.

First Lieutenant Alexander Edmund Wetherbee, 27, of Fairfax, Virginia, was a U.S. Marine killed in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on September 12, 2004.

PO3 Cedergren, David Ashley, 25, a native of SOUTH ST PAUL, MN, died serving in the Active Duty, NAVY, SMALL CRAFT CO, 2NDBN, 2NDMAR, 1STMARDIV, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on September 11, 2004.

At 24, SPC Daclan, Edgar Potayre Jr of CYPRESS, CA was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 18TH INFANTRY, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, APO AE 09226 SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY, when he died in BALAD, IRAQ on September 10, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

SPC De Leon, Lauro Garcia Jr, 20, a native of FLORESVILLE, TX, died serving in the Reserve, ARMY, 644TH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, BEAUMONT, TX 77701-4698, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on September 8, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Faulkner, James Daniel, 23, a native of CLARKSVILLE, IN, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, B COMPANY, 20TH ENGINEER BATTALION (1CD) FT HOOD TX 76544, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on September 8, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 29, SPC Martinez, Michael Anthony of JUANA DIAZ, PR was serving with the ARMY, A BATTERY, 1ST BATTALION, 6TH FIELD ARTILLERY (1ID), APO AE 09139 (BAMBERG, GERMANY), when he died in BAQUBAH, IRAQ on September 8, 2004.

PV2 Sparks, Jason Lee, 19, a native of MONROEVILLE, OH, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, C COMPANY 1ST BATTALION, 503D INFANTRY, 2D INFANTRY DIVISION, APO AP 96224 (CAMP HOWZE, KOREA), during Operation Iraqi Freedom on September 8, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

SPC Clarence Adams III, 28, from Richmond, VA, served in the U.S. Army's 91st Engineer Battalion and died on September 7, 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq.

Yoe Manuel Aneiros, aged 20, was a Specialist in the U.S. Army from Newark, NJ, who died on September 7, 2004, in Sadr City, Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

From GARLAND, TX, SPC Drake, Chad Hayden served with the ARMY, HHB, 1ST BATTALION, 82D FIELD ARTILLERY, (1CD), FORT HOOD, TX 76544, and died on September 7, 2004 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 23. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 25, 1LT Price, Timothy Evan of MIDLOTHIAN, VA was serving with the ARMY, 127TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, (V CORPS), FLIEGERHORST ARMY AIRFIELD, GERMANY, APO AE 09165, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on September 7, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

Cpl. Michael Jacob Allred, a U.S. Marine from Hyde Park, Utah, died at age 22 on September 6, 2004, in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.