Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

At 28, SGT Higgins, Andrew James Duquette of HAYWARD, CA was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 5TH BATTALION, 20TH INFANTRY, 3 BCT, FORT LEWIS, WA, when he died in OLD BAQUBAH, IRAQ on June 5, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

SSGT Kuglics, Matthew Joseph, age 25, of NORTH CANTON, OH ? Active Duty, AIR FORCE, DETACHMENT 352, 3D FIELD INVESTIGATIONS REGION, LACKLAND AFB, TX, ? died on June 5, 2007 in NEAR KIRKUK AB, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 12TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO, SPC Verdeja, Justin Abel of LA PUENTE, CA, 20, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on June 5, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

On June 3, 2007, the ARMY lost SGT Akin, James Christopher of ALBUQUERQUE, NM in THANIA, IRAQ. He was 23. Cause: HOSTILE.

SPC Brown, Joshua David, 26, a native of DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 18TH INFANTRY, SCHWEINFURT, GM, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on June 3, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

On June 3, 2007, the ARMY lost SGT Christopher, Caleb Paul of CHANDLER, AZ in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 25. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, BATTERY B, 1ST BATTALION, 37TH FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT LEWIS, WA, SSG Gagarin, Greg Phil of LOS ANGELES, CA, 38, died in THIANA, IRAQ on June 3, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 21, SGT Kritz, Tyler Joseph of EAGLE RIVER, WI was serving with the ARMY, BATTERY B, 1ST BATTALION, 37TH FIELD ARTILLERY, 3 SBCT, FORT LEWIS, WA, when he died in THAINA, IRAQ on June 3, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

In THANIA, IRAQ on June 3, 2007, the ARMY lost SGT Surber, Robert Allen of INVERNESS, FL, 24, serving with BATTERY B, 1ST BATTALION, 37TH FIELD ARTILLERY, 3 SBCT, FORT LEWIS, WA. Cause: HOSTILE.

Sgt. Kimel Lincola Watt, 21, of Brooklyn, New York, was a U.S. Army field artilleryman. He died on June 3, 2007, in Baghdad, Iraq, from wounds sustained in a hostile incident.

U.S. Army Specialist Jacob Michael Lowell, 22, of New Lenox, Illinois, was killed on June 2, 2007, during combat operations in the vicinity of Gowardesh, Afghanistan.

CPL Catalan, Romel, age 21, of LOS ANGELES, CA ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 23D INFANTRY, 3 BCT, FORT LEWIS, WA, ? died on June 2, 2007 in AMERIYAH, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

CPL Costello, Jeremiah David, 22, a native of CARLINVILLE, IL, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, BATTERY G, 5TH BATTALION, 82D FIELD ARTILLERY, 4 BCT, FORT BLISS, TX, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on June 2, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP C, 6TH SQUADRON, 9TH CAVALRY, 3 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, SGT Dehn, Dariek Eugene of SPANGLE, WA, 32, died in BALAD, IRAQ on June 2, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Dressler, Shawn E, 22, a native of SANTA MARIA, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 18TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, SCHWEINFURT, GM, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on June 2, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

CPL Nepsa, Keith Vernon, 21, a native of NEW PHILADELPHIA, OH, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, BATTERY G, 5TH BATTALION, 82D FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT BLISS, TX, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on June 2, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

Staff Sgt. Charles Robert Browning, 31, of Tucson, Arizona, was a soldier with Company B, 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment, based in Phoenix. He was killed in a hostile incident in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan, on June 1, 2007.

Lt. Col. Michael Alan Robinson, 42, of Anderson, South Carolina, was a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve officer assigned to the Deployment Processing Command at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He was killed in action in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 1