Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on April 29, 2004, the ARMY lost SSG Dayton, Jeffrey Francis of CALEDONIA, MS, 27, serving with C BTRY, 4TH BN / 27TH FIELD ARTILLERY (1AD), APO AE 09034 (BAUMHOLDER, GE). Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Estep, Adam Wayne, age 23, of CAMPBELL, CA ? Active Duty, ARMY, A CO., 2ND BATTALION / 5TH INFANTRY REGIMENT (1ST CAV), FORT HOOD, TX 76544, ? died on April 29, 2004 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on April 29, 2004, the ARMY lost PFC Ewing, Jeremy Ricardo of MIAMI, FL, 22, serving with C BATT, 4TH BN, 27TH FIELD ARTILLERY (1AD), APO AE 09034 (BAUMHOLDER, GM). Cause: HOSTILE.

In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on April 29, 2004, the ARMY lost SGT Garrison, Landis Wayne of RAPIDS CITY, IL, 23, serving with 333RD MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, 1236 6 ADAMS STREET, FREEPORT, IL 61032.

From YORK, PA, SPC Kondor, Martin Wilson served with the ARMY, A CO 1/63 AR, APO AE 09112, (VILSECK, GE), and died on April 29, 2004 in BAQUBAH, IRAQ. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.

SSG Patterson, Esau George Jr, 25, a native of RIDGELAND, SC, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, C BTRY, 4TH BATTALION/27TH FA (1AD) APO AE 09034 (BAUMHOLDER, GE), during Operation Iraqi Freedom on April 29, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

C BATTERY, 4TH BN, 27TH FIELD ARTILLERY, 1AD, APO AE 09034 (BAUMHOLDER, GE), ARMY ? PFC Reed, Ryan Eugene (COLORADO SPRINGS, CO), age 20, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on April 29, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

From BRADENTON, FL, SPC Schmidt, Justin Bryan served with the ARMY, C BATTERY, 4TH BN, 27TH FIELD ARTILLERY, 1AD, APO AE 09034 (BAUMHOLDER, GE), and died on April 29, 2004 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 23. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Herring, Jacob Robert, age 21, of KIRKLAND, WA ? Active Duty, ARMY, C COMPANY, 5TH BATTALION, 20TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 2ID, FORT LEWIS, WA 98433, ? died on April 28, 2004 in MOSUL, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

From ST THOMAS, VI, SSG Thomas, Kendall served with the ARMY, C BATTERY, 3RD BATTALION, 82 FIELD ARTILLERY (1ST CAV), FORT HOOD, TX 76544, and died on April 28, 2004 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 36.

Private First Class Marquis Antoine Whitaker, 20, of Columbus, Georgia, was a cavalry scout with the U.S. Army's 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment. He died on April 28, 2004, in the Tigris River, Iraq.

On April 27, 2004, the ARMY lost SSG Penamedina, Abraham Javier of LOS ANGELES, CA in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 32. Cause: HOSTILE.

Aaron Cole Austin, a 21-year-old Marine from Sunray, TX, died during Operation Iraqi Freedom in Al Anbar Province, Iraq on April 26, 2004.

Sherwood Russell Baker, an American Sergeant from Plymouth, PA, served in B Company, 2nd Battalion, 103rd Armor, and died on April 26, 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq, due to hostile action.

SGT Roukey, Lawrence Arthur, 33, a native of WESTBROOK, ME, died serving in the Reserve, ARMY, DETACHMENT 1, 3/304TH, 7TH BRIGADE, 98TH DIVISION, LEWISTON, ME 04240, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on April 26, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

From SMITHTOWN, NY, DC3 Bruckenthal, Nathan B served with the NAVY, LEDET 403, and died on April 25, 2004 in Iraq. He was 24. Cause: HOSTILE.

SPC Melton, Kenneth Alan, 30, a native of PLEASANT PLAINS, AR, died serving in the National Guard, ARMY, CO B, 3RD BN/153RD INFANTRY REGIMENT, BATESVILLE, AR 72501-8943, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on April 25, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

SSG Stacey Craig Brandon, 35, of Hazen, AR, served with the National Guard, Army, HHC, 39th CSB, and died on April 24, 2004, in Taji, Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.