Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Dale Edwin Fracker Jr., a 23-year-old U.S. Army corporal from Apple Valley, California, died in a hostile incident in Deh Rawod, Afghanistan, on November 24, 2004.

SPC Diaz-varela, Sergio Rafael, age 21, of LOMITA, CA ? Active Duty, ARMY, B COMPANY, 1ST BN, 503RD INFANTRY, 2D INFANTRY DIVISION, APO AP 96224, (CAMP HOWZE, KOREA), ? died on November 24, 2004 in AR RAMADI, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Nolte, Nicholas Santo, age 25, of SHUBERT, NE ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 2D LAAD BN, MACG-28, 2D MAW, CHERRY POINT, NC, ? died on November 24, 2004 in BETHESDA, UNITED STATES. Cause: HOSTILE.

On November 23, 2004, the MARINE CORPS lost SGT Edinger, Benjamin Charles of GREEN BAY, WI in BETHESDA, UNITED STATES. He was 24. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, A CO, 1ST BN, 3D MAR, RCT-7, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, CPL Cohen, Michael Ryan of JACOBUS, PA, 23, died in FALLUJAH, IRAQ on November 22, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

SPC Ebert, Blain Matthew, 22, a native of WASHTUCNA, WA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, A BATTERY, 4TH BATTALION, 5TH AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY, FORT HOOD, TX 76544, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 22, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Michael Christopher O'Neill, 22, of Mansfield, Ohio, died on November 21, 2004, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. He was a Ranger assigned to B Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, based at Fort Be

Active Duty, ARMY, A BATTERY, 1ST BATTALION, 6TH FIELD ARTILLERY, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, APO AE 09112, SGT Bryant, Jack Jr of DALE CITY, VA, 23, died in MUQDADIYA, IRAQ on November 20, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

CPL Heredia, Joseph Javier, age 22, of SANTA MARIA, CA ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, H&S CO, 3D BN, 5TH MAR, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, ? died on November 20, 2004 in HOMBURG, GERMANY. Cause: HOSTILE.

From WEST SENECA, NY, SGT Roustum, David Lawrence served with the ARMY, B COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 108TH INFANTRY (1CDTF), BUFFALO, NY 12110, and died on November 20, 2004 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.

LCPL Welke, Joseph Tyler, age 20, of RAPID CITY, SD ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, I CO, 3D BN, 1ST MAR, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, ? died on November 20, 2004 in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY. Cause: HOSTILE.

Cpl. Bradley Thomas Arms, an American Marine from Charlottesville, VA, died in Fallujah, Iraq, on November 19, 2004, at age 20.

In FALLUJAH, IRAQ on November 19, 2004, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Brown, Demarkus Demone of MARTINSVILLE, VA, 22, serving with B CO, 1ST BN, 8TH MAR, (RCT-7, 1ST MAR DIV), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC. Cause: HOSTILE.

CPL Downey, Michael Andrew, 21, a native of PHOENIX, AZ, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, CAB, (H&S CO, 1ST BN, 3D MAR, RCT-7, 1ST MAR DIV), 3D MAR DIV, OKINAWA, JA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 19, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

Lance Corporal Phillip Gordon West, 19, of American Canyon, California, was a U.S. Marine killed in Fallujah, Iraq, on November 19, 2004.

LCPL Figueroa, Luis Alberto, 21, a native of LOS ANGELES, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, L CO, 3D BN, 1ST MAR, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 18, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, B CO, 312TH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BN, 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION, FORT HOOD, TX 76544, SGT Nolan, Joseph Michael of PHILADELPHIA, PA, 27, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on November 18, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 22, LCPL Hanks, Michael Wayne of GREGORY, MI was serving with the MARINE CORPS, L CO, 3D BN, 1ST MAR, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, when he died in FALLUJAH, IRAQ on November 17, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.