Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 325TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC, ARMY ? PFC Dreese, Justin Wesley (FREEBURG, PA), age 21, ? died in YUSIFIYAH, IRAQ on September 2, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY D, 1ST BATTALION, 325TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC, SGT Porras, Ralph Nicholas of MERRILL, MI, 36, died in YUSIFIYAH, IRAQ on September 2, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

From CHARLOTTE, NC, LCPL Golla, Cliff Krzystofer served with the MARINE CORPS, L CO, 3D BN, 2D MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, and died on September 1, 2006 in TAQADDUM, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

On September 1, 2006, the ARMY lost SSG Mercado Velazquez, Angel David of SABANA GRANDE, PR in YUSIFIYAH, IRAQ. He was 24. Cause: HOSTILE.

SSG Deason, Michael Lee, age 28, of FARMINGTON, MO ? Active Duty, ARMY, BATTERY B, 3D BATTALION, 320TH FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, ? died on August 31, 2006 in ADWAR, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 136TH INFANTRY (I MEF), MOORHEAD, MN, SSG Hanson, Joshua Robert of WEST SAINT PAUL, MN, 27, died in KHALDEA, IRAQ on August 30, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

From MANASSAS, VA, LCPL Wolfe, Colin Joseph served with the MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 3D BN, 2D MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, and died on August 30, 2006 in HABBANIYAH, IRAQ. He was 19. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Matthew Joseph Vosbein, 30, of Metairie, Louisiana, was killed in hostile action on August 29, 2006, in Sadr al Yusifiyah, Iraq.

Christopher Tyler Warndorf, a 21-year-old U.S. Marine Corporal from Burlington, Kentucky, was killed in hostile action in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on August 29, 2006.

I CO, 3D BN, 2D MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, MARINE CORPS ? LCPL Champlin, Donald Eugene (NATCHITOCHES, LA), age 28, ? died in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY on August 28, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

COMPANY A, 141ST SIGNAL BATTALION, (I MEF), WIESBADEN, GM, ARMY ? SPC Schneider, Matthew Evan (GORHAM, NH), age 23, ? died in AR RAMADI, IRAQ on August 28, 2006.

At 25, CPL Squires, Shannon Lee of VIRGINIA BEACH, VA was serving with the ARMY, BATTERY A, 3D BATTALION, 321ST FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT BRAGG, NC, when he died in FORT SAM HOUSTON, UNITED STATES on August 28, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT David Jimenez Almazan, 27, from Van Nuys, CA, served in the US Army and died on August 27, 2006, in Hit, Iraq.

SGT Darry Benson, an American combatant, served with the 730th Quartermaster Battalion, National Guard, and died on August 27, 2006, in Camp Virginia, Kuwait.

On August 27, 2006, the ARMY lost CPL Cross, Kenneth Michael of SUPERIOR, WI in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 19, PFC Dolan, Daniel George of ROY, UT was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 23RD INFANTRY, 3RD SBCT, (4ID), FORT LEWIS, WA, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on August 27, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 31, SSG Hansen, Jeffrey John of CAIRO, NE was serving with the ARMY, HHT, 1ST SQUADRON, 167TH CAVALRY, (RSTA), LINCOLN, NE, when he died in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY on August 27, 2006.

TROOP C, 1ST SQUADRON, 10TH CAVALRY, (2 BCT), FORT HOOD, TX, ARMY ? SPC Hildreth, Seth Aaron (MYRTLE BEACH, SC), age 26, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on August 27, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.