Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

SGT Solomon, Roderic Antoine, 32, a native of FAYETTEVILLE, NC, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A 2D BALLATION 7TH INFANTRY, FORT STEWART, GA 31314, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 28, 2003.

1ST CEB, 1ST MARDIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, MARINE CORPS ? GYSGT Menusa, Joseph (SAN JOSE, CA), age 33, ? died in Iraq on March 27, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

On March 27, 2003, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Suarez Del Solar, Jesus Alberto of ESCONDIDO, CA in Iraq. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.

MAJ Nave, Kevin Gerard, 36, a native of UNION LAKE, MI, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 3D BN, 5TH MAR, 1ST MARDIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 26, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 25, HM2 Johnson, Michael Vann Jr of LITTLE ROCK, AR was serving with the NAVY, NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER, SAN DIEGO, CA, when he died in Iraq on March 25, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

1ST TANK BN, 1ST MARDIV, MCAGCC, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA 92278, MARINE CORPS ? LCPL Martinez Flores, Francisco Abraham (DUARTE, CA), age 21, ? died in Iraq on March 25, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

In Iraq on March 25, 2003, the MARINE CORPS lost SSGT May, Donald Charles Jr of RICHMOND, VA, 31, serving with 1ST TANK BN, 1ST MARDIV, MCAGCC, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA 92278. Cause: HOSTILE.

In Iraq on March 25, 2003, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL O'day, Patrick Terence of SANTA ROSA, CA, 20, serving with 1ST TANK BN, 1ST MARDIV, MCAGCC TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.

CPL Rodriguez, Robert Marcus, age 21, of QUEENS, NY ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 1ST TANK BN, 1ST MARDIV, MCAGCC, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, ? died on March 25, 2003 in Iraq. Cause: HOSTILE.

On March 25, 2003, the AIR FORCE lost MAJ Stone, Gregory Lewis of BOISE, ID in CAMP UDARI, KUWAIT. He was 40.

Cpl. Thomas Alan Blair, a 24-year-old Marine from Broken Arrow, OK, was killed in An Nasiriyah, Iraq on March 24, 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

From LAHARPE, IL, CPL James, Evan Tyler served with the MARINE CORPS, I-I STAFF, ENGR CO C, 6TH ESB, 4TH FSSG, PEORIA, IL, and died on March 24, 2003 in VINICITY OF CAMP VIPER, IRAQ. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.

Reserve, MARINE CORPS, I-I STAFF, ENGR CO C, 6TH ESB, 4TH FSSG, PEORIA, IL, SGT Korthaus, Bradley Steven of DAVENPORT, IA, 28, died in VICINITY OF CAMP VIPER, IRAQ on March 24, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 3D BATTALION, 69TH ARMOR, FORT STEWART, GA 31314, SPC Sanders, Gregory Paul of HOBART, IN, 19, died in OBJ RAMS, IRAQ on March 24, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

Captain Tamara Lee Archuleta, 23, of Los Lunas, New Mexico, was a U.S. Air Force Reserve officer assigned to the 41st Rescue Squadron. She was killed in action on March 23, 2003, near Ghazni, Afghanistan.

Staff Sergeant Jason Carlyle Hicks, 25, of Jefferson, South Carolina, was a U.S. Air Force pararescueman assigned to the 41st Rescue Squadron. He was killed in action on March 23, 2003, in Ghazni, Afghanistan.

Master Sergeant Michael Harry Maltz, 42, of St. Petersburg, Florida, was a pararescueman with the U.S. Air Force's 38th Rescue Squadron. He was killed in action near Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 23, 2003.

Senior Airman Jason Thomas Plite, 21, of Lansing, Michigan, was a pararescueman with the 38th Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. He was killed in action near Ghazni, Afghanistan, on March 23, 2003.