Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

On March 21, 2004, the ARMY lost PFC Hudson, Christopher Edwin of CARMEL, IN in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

From RIVERTON, KS, PV2 Kreider, Dustin Levi served with the ARMY, B CO 1ST BATTALION 26TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, APO AE 09033 (SCHWEINFURT, GE), and died on March 21, 2004 in SAMARRA, IRAQ. He was 19.

SGT Sandri, Matthew Joseph, age 24, of SHAMOKIN, PA ? Active Duty, ARMY, A COMPANY, 82ND FORWARD SUPPORT BATTALION, FORT BRAGG NC 28310, ? died on March 20, 2004 in FALLUJAH, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

In FALLUJAH, IRAQ on March 20, 2004, the ARMY lost LTC Taylor, Mark Douglas of STOCKTON, CA, 41, serving with C COMPANY, 782ND MAIN SUPPORT BATTALION, FORT BRAGG, NC 28310. Cause: HOSTILE.

A COMPANY, 223RD MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BATTALION, SACRAMENTO, CA 95832, ARMY ? 1LT Vega, Michael Willard (LATHROP, CA), age 41, ? died in WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES on March 20, 2004.

2D BN, 7TH MAR, 1ST MARDIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, MARINE CORPS ? CPL Vicente, David Marques (METHUEN, MA), age 25, ? died in HIT, IRAQ on March 20, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 22, PFC Ludlam, Jason Courtenay of ARLINGTON, TX was serving with the ARMY, HHC 2ND BATTALION 2ND INFANTRY REGIMENT (1ST ID), APO AE 09112, VILSECK, GE, when he died in BALAD, IRAQ on March 19, 2004.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B 1ST BATTALION 18TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, (1ID), APO AE 09033, SPC Matthews, Clint Richard of BEDFORD, PA, 31, died in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY on March 19, 2004.

U.S. Army Sergeant Michael John Esposito Jr., 22, of Brentwood, New York, was killed in hostile action on March 18, 2004, in Dehrawood, Afghanistan.

Staff Sergeant Anthony Santos Lagman, 26, of Yonkers, New York, was a U.S. Army soldier killed in Deh Rawod, Afghanistan, on March 18, 2004.

From CLINTON, OH, CPL Brownfield, Andrew David served with the MARINE CORPS, MWSS-374, MWSG-37, 3D MAW, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, and died on March 18, 2004 in AL ASAD, IRAQ. He was 24. Cause: HOSTILE.

From HIGHLAND, NY, SPC Chan, Doron served with the ARMY, DETATCHMENT 2 411TH ENGINEER BRIGADE, NEW WINDSOR, NY 12553-5000, and died on March 18, 2004 in BALAD, IRAQ. He was 20.

Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 3D BN, 7TH MAR, 1ST MARDIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, PFC Morris, Ricky Ardel Jr of GEORGETOWN, TX, 20, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on March 18, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

PFC Sutphin, Ernest Harold, 21, a native of PARKERSBURG, WV, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, HHS, 2D BATTALION / 11TH FIELD ARTILLERY, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI 96857, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 18, 2004.

On March 17, 2004, the ARMY lost SPC Laramore, Tracy Lee of OKALOOSA, FL in TIKRIT, IRAQ. He was 30.

SSG Phipps, Ivory Lee, age 44, of CHICAGO, IL ? National Guard, ARMY, 1544TH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, BOX 305 LEGION AVENUE, PARIS, IL 61944, ? died on March 17, 2004 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

PFC Smith, Brandon Clinton, 20, a native of WASHINGTON, AR, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 3D BN, 7TH MAR, 1ST MARDIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 17, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

1LT Michael Robert Adams, 24, from Seattle, WA, served with A Troop, 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and died on March 16, 2004, in Balad, Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.