Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

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.

Douglas Edwin Bascom, a 25-year-old Marine Sergeant from Colorado Springs, CO, died in hostile action on October 20, 2004, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq.

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.

William Ignatius Brennan, an American Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 from Bethlehem, CT, was killed in action on October 16, 2004, in Baghdad, Iraq, at age 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.

PFC Mark Alexander Barbret, an American soldier from Shelby Township, MI, died on October 14, 2004, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, at age 22 during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Bradley Scott Beard, 22, an American soldier from Chapel Hill, NC, died in Baghdad, Iraq, on October 14, 2004, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

SSG Hawkins, Omer Thomas Ii, 31, a native of CHERRY FORK, OH, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 44TH ENGINEER BATTALION, 2D INFANTRY DIVISION (1ST MEF), APO AP 96224, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on October 14, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

On October 14, 2004, the ARMY lost SPC Vandertulip, Josiah Hanan of IRVING, TX in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.