Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

At 46, SGT Boles, Dennis Joel of HOMOSASSA, FL was serving with the ARMY, C COMPANY, 1ST SQUADRON, 171ST AVIATION, BROOKSVILLE, FL 34604, when he died in CAMP ARIFJAN, KUWAIT on October 24, 2004.

From SAUGUS, CA, LCPL Slocum, Richard Patrick served with the MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 1ST BN, 3D MAR, (RCT-7, 1ST MAR DIV), 3D MAR DIV, KANEOHE BAY, HI, and died on October 24, 2004 in ABU GHARIB, IRAQ. He was 19.

LCPL Gadsden, Jonathan Earl, 21, a native of JAMESTOWN, SC, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 2D PLT, C CO, 1ST CEB, (3D BN, 7TH MAR, RCT-7), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on October 22, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

Airman First Class Jesse Monroe Samek, 21, of Rogers, Arkansas, served with the 66th Rescue Squadron, U.S. Air Force. He was killed in action on October 21, 2004, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

WPNS CO, 2D BN, 5TH MAR, 2-BCT, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, MARINE CORPS ? SGT Bascom, Douglas Edwin (COLORADO SPRINGS, CO), age 25, ? died in AR RAMADI, IRAQ on October 20, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Corporal William Madden Amundson Jr., 21, of The Woodlands, Texas, was killed in action on October 18, 2004, in Afghanistan.

Active Duty, ARMY, 2D BN, 2D INFANTRY, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, VILSECK, GERMANY, SPC Ehrlich, Andrew Christopher of MESA, AZ, 21, died in NORMANDY, IRAQ on October 18, 2004.

On October 16, 2004, the ARMY lost CW3 Brennan, William Ignatius of BETHLEHEM, CT in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 36.

CPT Johnson, Christopher Branden, age 29, of EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MO ? Reserve, ARMY, C COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 25TH AVIATION REGIMENT (1CDTF), WHEELER AAF, HAWAII, ? died on October 16, 2004 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ.

In MOSUL, IRAQ on October 15, 2004, the ARMY lost SPC Burgess, Alan Joseph of LANDAFF, NH, 24, serving with HHB, 2ND BATTALION, 197TH FIELD ARTILLERY, XVIII ABN CORPS, BERLIN, NH 08640. Cause: HOSTILE.

On October 15, 2004, the ARMY lost SSG Owen, Michael Glenn of PHOENIX, AZ in KARABILAH, IRAQ. He was 31. Cause: HOSTILE.

H&S CO, HQ BN, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, MARINE CORPS ? CPL Salazar, William Isac (PICO RIVERA, CA), age 26, ? died in KARABILAH, IRAQ on October 15, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, B CO, 9TH PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS BN,4TH PSYOP GROUP, FORT BRAGG, NC 28307, CPL Santos, Jonathan Jose of BELLINGHAM, WA, 22, died in KARABILAH, IRAQ on October 15, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

LCPL Schramm, Brian Keith, 22, a native of ROCHESTER, NY, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, B CO, DET, 2D AABN, (1STBN, 2DMAR, 24TH MEU, 1ST MARDIV), CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on October 15, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

Corporal Kyle Ka Eo Fernandez, 26, of Waipahu, Hawaii, was a U.S. Army infantryman killed in Miam Do, Afghanistan, on October 14, 2004.

Staff Sergeant Brian Scott Hobbs, 31, of Mesa, Arizona, was killed on October 14, 2004, in Miam Do, Afghanistan, while serving with the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Division.

On October 14, 2004, the ARMY lost PFC Barbret, Mark Alexander of SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI in AR RAMADI, IRAQ. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.

In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on October 14, 2004, the ARMY lost SPC Beard, Bradley Scott of CHAPEL HILL, NC, 22, serving with SERVICE BATTERY, 2D BN, 17TH FA, 2D INFANTRY DIVISION, (1ST MEF), APO AP 96224. Cause: HOSTILE.