Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

At 29, SGT Vaughn, Jason Walter of IUKA, MS was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 5TH BATTALION, 20TH INFANTRY, FORT LEWIS, WA, when he died in OLD BAQUBAH, IRAQ on May 10, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

From COEUR D ALENE, ID, SGM Conner, Bradly Dean served with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 2D BATTALION, 1ST SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, FORT LEWIS, WA, and died on May 9, 2007 in AL-HILLAH, IRAQ. He was 41. Cause: HOSTILE.

On May 9, 2007, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL O'haire, Walter Kearns of LYNN, MA in FALLUJAH, IRAQ. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Timothy Paul Padgett, 28, of DeFuniak Springs, Florida, was killed in action on May 8, 2007, in Tarin Kwot, Afghanistan, while serving with the 7th Special Forces Group.

SPC Little, Kyle Andrew, 20, a native of WEST BOYLSTON, MA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, HHT, 3D BRIGADE, 3 ID, FORT BENNING, GA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on May 8, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

From SUGAR LAND, TX, CPL Nguyen, Dan Hong served with the ARMY, HHT, 1ST SQUADRON, 12TH CAVALRY (25 ID), FORT HOOD, TX, and died on May 8, 2007 in TAHRIR, IRAQ. He was 24. Cause: HOSTILE.

In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on May 8, 2007, the ARMY lost SGT Stephens, Blake Christopher of POCATELLO, ID, 25, serving with HHT, 3D BRIGADE, FORT BENNING, GA. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Colonel James Warren Harrison Jr., 47, of Waynesville, Missouri, was killed in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 6, 2007.

U.S. Army Master Sergeant Wilberto 'Junior' Sabalu Jr., 36, of Philomath, Illinois, was killed in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 6, 2007, while serving with the United States Army Command and General Staff College.

Matthew Lee Alexander, an American Army corporal, died in Baqubah, Iraq on May 6, 2007, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

CPL Anthony Mitchell Bradshaw, an American soldier from San Antonio, Texas, died in Baqubah, Iraq on May 6, 2007, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

SPC Dixon, Robert Jonathan, 27, a native of MINNEAPOLIS, MN, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP A, 1ST SQUADRON, 4TH CAVALRY, 4 BCT, FORT RILEY, KANSAS, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on May 6, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

On May 6, 2007, the ARMY lost SGT Harkins, Jason Robert of CLARKESVILLE, GA in BAQUBAH, IRAQ. He was 25. Cause: HOSTILE.

On May 6, 2007, the ARMY lost SSG Kiernan, Christopher Spellman of VIRGINIA BEACH, VA in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 37. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Lewis, Joel William, age 28, of SANDIA PARK, NM ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 5TH BATTALION, 20TH INFANTRY, 3BCT, FORT LEWIS, WA, ? died on May 6, 2007 in BAQUBAH, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

SSG Martinez, Virgil Chance, 33, a native of WEST VALLEY, UT, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, BATTERY B, 1ST BATTALION, 7TH FIELD ARTILLERY, LEDWARD BARRACKS, GM, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on May 6, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

CPL Pursel, Michael Avery, 19, a native of CLINTON, UT, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 5TH BATTALION, 20TH INFANTRY, 3 BCT, FORT LEWIS, WA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on May 6, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 505TH INFANTRY, FORT BRAGG, NC, SGT Rateb, Sameer Abdel Monem of ABSECON, NJ, 22, died in FOB SUMMERALL, IRAQ on May 6, 2007.