Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

On December 25, 2003, the ARMY lost SSG Hattamer, Stephen Clarence of GWINN, MI in BAQUBA, IRAQ. He was 43. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Benjamin Walter Biskie, 27, from Vermilion, OH, served with the U.S. Army's HHC 5th Engineer Battalion when he died in Samarra, Iraq, on December 24, 2003.

On December 24, 2003, the ARMY lost CSM Cooke, Eric Francis of SCOTTSDALE, AZ in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 43. Cause: HOSTILE.

HHC 5TH ENGINEER BATTALION 1ST ENGINEER BRIGADE, FORT LEONARD WOOD, MO 65473, ARMY ? CPT Soelzer, Christopher Frank (STURGIS, SD), age 26, ? died in BALAD, IRAQ on December 24, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

From PLATTEVILLE, WI, MAJ Splinter, Christopher Jon served with the ARMY, HHC, 5TH ENGINEER BATTALION, FORT LEONARD WOOD, MO 65473, and died on December 24, 2003 in BALAD, IRAQ. He was 43. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Yashinski, Michael Emerson, age 24, of MONUMENT, CO ? Active Duty, ARMY, 501ST FORWARD SUPPORT COMPANY, APO AE 09168, VICENZA, ITALY, ? died on December 24, 2003 in KIRKUK, IRAQ.

Sgt. Theodore Louis Perreault, 33, of Webster, Massachusetts, was a U.S. Army National Guard soldier assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment. He was killed in action on December 23, 2003, at Camp Bulkeley, Guantanamo B

Todd Michael Bates, a 20-year-old American, served in the National Guard's 135th Military Police Company and died in the Tigris River, Iraq on December 23, 2003.

Active Duty, ARMY, A BATTERY 2D BATTALION 3D FIELD ARTILLERY, APO AE 09045, PFC Moore, Stuart Westley of LIVINGSTON, TX, 21, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on December 22, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

2ND BATTALION, 3RD FIELD ARTILLERY, APO AE 09045, ARMY ? CPT Saltz, Edward Matthew (BIGFORK, MT), age 27, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on December 22, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

Reserve, ARMY, 402D CIVIL AFFAIRS BATTALION, 2393 COLVIN BLVD, TONAWANDA, NY 14150, PFC Bush, Charles Edward Jr of BUFFALO, NY, 34, died in BALAD, IRAQ on December 19, 2003.

SGT Glenn Richard Allison, an American soldier from Pittsfield, MA, served with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, and died in Baghdad, Iraq on December 18, 2003.

At 26, SPC Holland, Christopher James of BRUNSWICK, GA was serving with the ARMY, BATTERY A, 4TH BATTALION, 27TH FIELD ARTILLERY, APO AE 09348, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on December 17, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY B, 52D ENGINEER BATTALION (HEAVY), ALBANY, OR 97321, SPC Nakis, Nathan William of SEDRO WOOLLEY, WA, 19, died in MOSUL, IRAQ on December 16, 2003.

PFC Souslin, Kenneth Clarence, 21, a native of MANSFIELD, OH, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 440TH SIGNAL BATTALION, APO AE 09175, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on December 15, 2003.

HHT, 3RD ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT, FORT CARSON, CO 80913, ARMY ? SPC Ferguson, Rian Christopher (TAYLORS, SC), age 22, ? died in RIFLE BASE, IRAQ on December 14, 2003.

Staff Sergeant Kimberly Ann Voelz, 27, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal technician. She was killed by hostile action in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 14, 2003.

Jarrod William Black, an American Army Sergeant from Peru, Indiana, died in hostile circumstances in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on December 12, 2003, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.