Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 2D BATTALION, 16TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT RILEY, KS, SPC Lane, David Joseph of EMPORIA, KS, 20, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on September 4, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

From KANSAS CITY, KS, SGT Murray, Joel Lee served with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 2D BATTALION, 16TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT RILEY, KS, and died on September 4, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 26. Cause: HOSTILE.

From SCHILLER PARK, IL, PV2 Shelton, Randol Scott served with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 2D BATTALION, 16TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT RILEY, KS, and died on September 4, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.

Staff Sergeant Delmar White, 37, of Lexington, Kentucky, was a member of the Kentucky Army National Guard. He was killed in a hostile incident in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 2, 2007.

From LAWRENCEVILLE, GA, SPC Patton, Christopher Gabriel served with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 5TH CAVALRY, 1 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, and died on September 1, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 21.

In LANDSTUHL HOSPITAL, GERMANY on August 31, 2007, the ARMY lost SGT Gilbertson, Kevin Allan of CEDAR RAPIDS, IA, 24, serving with COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 77TH ARMOR, SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY. Cause: HOSTILE.

On August 30, 2007, the ARMY lost SSG Butkus, Jason Michael of WEST MILFORD, NJ in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 34. Cause: HOSTILE.

SFC Scheibner, Daniel Edward, age 40, of MUSKEGON, MI ? Active Duty, ARMY, BATTERY C, 2D BATTALION, 12TH FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT LEWIS, WA, ? died on August 30, 2007 in AL NOOR, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Travis Michael Virgadamo, 19, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was killed in action on August 30, 2007, at Forward Operating Base Taji, Iraq.

COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 77TH ARMOR, SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY, ARMY ? SGT Brooks, Edward Love Jr (DAYTON, OH), age 25, ? died in RAMADI, IRAQ on August 29, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

CPT Foster, Erick Matthew, 29, a native of WEXFORD, PA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP A, 1ST SQUADRON, 73D CAVALRY, 2 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on August 29, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

TROOP A, 1ST SQUADRON, 73D CAVALRY, FORT BRAGG, NC, ARMY ? SSG Nelson, Andrew Paul (MOORHEAD, MN), age 22, ? died in MUQDADIYAH, IRAQ on August 29, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

On August 29, 2007, the ARMY lost PV2 Sanders, Justin Troy Gadel of WATSON, LA in TAJI, IRAQ. He was 22.

At 21, CPL Tanner, John Corey of COLUMBUS, GA was serving with the MARINE CORPS, B CO, 3D AA BN, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, when he died in ALBU HYATT, IRAQ on August 29, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Cory Luttrel Clark Sr., 25, of Plant City, Florida, died on August 28, 2007, in Jaji, Afghanistan, while serving with the 585th Engineer Company during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Sgt. 1st Class Rocky H. Herrera, 43, of Salt Lake City, Utah, was a U.S. Army engineer. He died in a hostile incident in Jaji, Afghanistan, on August 28, 2007.

Sgt. Bryce Daniel Howard, 24, of Vancouver, Washington, was a U.S. Army engineer serving with the 585th Engineer Company, 864th Engineer Battalion, from Fort Lewis. He died in Jaji, Afghanistan, on August 28, 2007.

From ROCHESTER HILLS, MI, SGT Collins, James Stephen Jr served with the ARMY, 303D MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, COMBAT SUPPORT, JACKSON, MI, and died on August 28, 2007 in KIRKUK, IRAQ. He was 35. Cause: HOSTILE.