Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

At 19, PV2 Sloan, Brandon Ulysses of CLEVELAND, OH was serving with the ARMY, 507TH ORDNANCE MAINTENANCE COMPANY (PATRIOT), FORT BLISS, TX 79916, when he died in AN NASIRIYAH, IRAQ on March 23, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

LCPL Slocum, Thomas Jonathan, 22, a native of THORNTON, CO, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, HQSVCCO, 1ST BN, 2D MAR, 2D MEB, DET A, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 23, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Donald Ralph Walters, 33, of Kansas City, Missouri, was killed in hostile action on March 23, 2003, in An Nasiriyah, Iraq.

From YUMA, AZ, LCPL Williams, Michael Jason served with the MARINE CORPS, HQSVCCO, 1ST BN, 2D MAR, 2D MEB, DET A, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, and died on March 23, 2003 in AN NASIRIYAH, IRAQ. He was 31. Cause: HOSTILE.

LT Adams, Thomas Mullen, age 27, of LA MESA, CA ? Reserve, NAVY, 849 SQUADRON, A FLIGHT, RNAS CULDROSE, HELSTON, CORNWALL, UNITED KINGDOM, ? died on March 22, 2003 in NORTHERN ARABIAN GULF, ARABIAN SEA.

SGT Hodson, Nicolas Michael, 22, a native of SMITHVILLE, MO, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, DET A, HQSVCCO, 3D BN, 2D MAR, 2D MEB, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 22, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

Reserve, MARINE CORPS, 2D TK BN, 5TH MAR, 2D MARDIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, LCPL Orlowski, Eric James of BUFFALO, NY, 26, died in Iraq on March 22, 2003.

On March 22, 2003, the ARMY lost SPC Tobler, Brandon Scott of PORTLAND, OR in CAMP VIRGINIA, KUWAIT. He was 19.

MAJ Aubin, Jay Thomas, 36, a native of WATERVILLE, ME, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, MAWTS-1, 3D MAW, MCAS YUMA, AZ, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 21, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

In Iraq on March 21, 2003, the MARINE CORPS lost CAPT Beaupre, Ryan Anthony of BLOOMINGTON, IL, 30, serving with HMM-268, MAG-39, 3D MAW, MCAS CAMP PENDLETON, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 30, 1STLT Childers, Therrel Shane of SAUCIER, MS was serving with the MARINE CORPS, 1ST BN, 5TH MAR, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, when he died in RAMALYAH, IRAQ on March 21, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

2D BN, 1ST MAR, 1ST MARDIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, MARINE CORPS ? LCPL Gutierrez, Jose (HAWTHORNE, CA), age 22, ? died in UMM QASR, IRAQ on March 21, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

HMM-268, MAG-39, 3D MAW, MCAS CAMP PENDLETON, CA, MARINE CORPS ? CPL Kennedy, Brian Matthew (HOUSTON, TX), age 25, ? died in Iraq on March 21, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

Staff Sergeant Kendall Damon Waters-bey, 29, of Baltimore, Maryland, was a U.S. Marine with HMM-268. He died in a helicopter crash in northern Kuwait on March 21, 2003.

Petty Officer Third Class Jason Allen Profitt, 22, of Charlestown, Indiana, was a U.S. Navy sailor assigned to the USS Deyo (DD 989). He was killed in action in Afghanistan on March 17, 2003.

U.S. Marine Private First Class James Robert Dillon Jr., 19, of Grove City, Pennsylvania, was killed in action in Afghanistan on March 13, 2003, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Spence Alexander Mcneil, an 18-year-old U.S. Army Private First Class from Bennettsville, South Carolina, died on March 8, 2003, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Sgt. Rodrigo Gonzalez-Garza, 26, of San Antonio, Texas, was a U.S. Army soldier serving with Company A, 5th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment. He was killed in action at Camp Udairi, Kuwait, on February 25, 2003.