Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

At 21, CPL Mendoza, Antonio of SANTA ANA, CA was serving with the MARINE CORPS, 5 BRTY, 2ND BN, (5TH BN), 11TH MAR, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, when he died in SAN ANTONIO, UNITED STATES on June 3, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

In KIRKUK, IRAQ on June 1, 2005, the ARMY lost SFC Case, Virgil Ray of MOUNTAIN HOME, ID, 37, serving with COMPANY B, 145TH SUPPORT BATTALION (TF LIBERTY), BOISE, ID.

In AR RAMADI, IRAQ on June 1, 2005, the ARMY lost CPL Edmundson, Phillip Charles of WILSON, NC, 22, serving with CO A, 1ST BN, 9TH INF, 2ID, (2MEF), FORT CARSON, CO. Cause: HOSTILE.

SFC Langmack, Steven Michael, age 33, of SEATTLE, WA ? Active Duty, ARMY, HQ, USASOC, FORT BRAGG, NC, ? died on June 1, 2005 in AL QAIM, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

SPC Niedermeier, Louis Edward, 20, a native of LARGO, FL, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, HHB, 2D BATTALION, 17TH FIELD ARTILLERY, (2ID), (2MEF), FORT CARSON, CO, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on June 1, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

From MAYAGUEZ, PR, SGT Ramos Vargas, Miguel Angel served with the ARMY, 807TH SIGNAL COMPANY, (CFLCC), SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, and died on May 31, 2005 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 39. Cause: HOSTILE.

Capt. Derek Mears Argel, 28, of Lompoc, CA, was a member of the U.S. Air Force 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, killed in Iraq on May 30, 2005.

In Iraq on May 30, 2005, the AIR FORCE lost SSGT Crate, Casey J of SPANAWAY, WA, 26, serving with 23RD SPECIAL TACTICS SQUADRON, HURLBURT FIELD, FL.

6TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS SQUADRON, HURLBURT FIELD, FL, AIR FORCE ? MAJ Downs, William Brian (WINCHESTER, VA), age 40, ? died in Iraq on May 30, 2005.

23RD SPECIAL TACTICS SQUADRON, HURLBURT FIELD, FL, AIR FORCE ? CAPT Fresques, Jeremy Jeff (CLARKDALE, AZ), age 26, ? died in Iraq on May 30, 2005.

B CO, 1ST BN, 5TH MAR, (2 BCT, 2D MAR DIV), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, MARINE CORPS ? CPL Starr, Jeffrey Brian (SNOHOMISH, WA), age 22, ? died in RAMADI, IRAQ on May 30, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

CO E, 703D FSB, 3RD INF DIV (TF BAGHDAD), FORT STEWART, GA, ARMY ? SSG Cortes, Victor Manuel Iii (ERIE, PA), age 29, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on May 29, 2005.

1st Sgt. Michael Scott Barnhill, 39, from Folsom, CA, served in the Marine Corps and died in Iraq on May 28, 2005.

On May 28, 2005, the ARMY lost SPC Sayles, Phillip Nicholas of JACKSONVILLE, AR in MOSUL, IRAQ. He was 26. Cause: HOSTILE.

In AL-UDIED, QATAR on May 28, 2005, the ARMY lost LTC Smart, Albert Eugene of SAN ANTONIO, TX, 41, serving with 321 CIVIL AFFAIRS BRIGADE, SAN ANTONIO, TX.

On May 27, 2005, the ARMY lost CW4 Lourey, Matthew Scott of KERRICK, MN in BUHRIZ, IRAQ. He was 40. Cause: HOSTILE.

In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on May 27, 2005, the ARMY lost SGT Maida, Mark Allen of MADISON, WI, 22, serving with E TROOP, 2D SQUADRON, 11TH ACR, 155 BCT, (2 MEF), FORT IRWIN, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.

CW2 Scott, Joshua Michael, 28, a native of MADISON, WI, died serving in the Reserve, ARMY, TROOP D, 1ST SQUADRON, 17TH CAVALRY (TF LIBERTY), FORT BRAGG, NC, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on May 27, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.