Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

SGT Messer, Christopher Paul, age 28, of PETERSBURG, MI ? Active Duty, ARMY, WEAPONS COMPANY, 4TH BATTALION, 31ST INFANTRY, FORT DRUM, NY, ? died on December 27, 2006 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 36TH INFANTRY, (IMET) RAY BARRACKS, GIESSEN, GE, ARMY ? SGT Shaffer, Edward William (MONT ALTO, PA), age 23, ? died in SAN ANTONIO, UNITED STATES on December 27, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 9TH ENGINEER BATTALION, (1 CD), LEDWARD BARRACKS, GERMANY, SGT Bubeck, John Thomas of COLLEGEVILLE, PA, 25, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on December 26, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 19, PFC Nelson, Andrew Henning of SAINT JOHNS, MI was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 9TH ENGINEER BATTALION, (1 CD), LEDWARD BARRACKS, GERMANY, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on December 26, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 29, SPC Preston, Aaron Lee of DALLAS, TX was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 9TH ENGINEER BATTALION, SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on December 26, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

On December 26, 2006, the MARINE CORPS lost CPL Schmitz, Joshua Mark of SPENCER, WI in AL JAZEERA, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY D, 3D BATTALION, 509TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, (25 ID), FORT RICHARDSON, AK, SPC Strong, Joseph Allen Leonard of LEBANON, IN, 21, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on December 26, 2006.

SPC Tinsley, Douglas Logan, age 21, of CHESTER, SC ? Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 3D BATTALION, 509TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, (25 ID), FORT RICHARDSON, AK, ? died on December 26, 2006 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ.

On December 25, 2006, the ARMY lost CPT Clayton, Hayes Jr of MARIETTA, GA in BALAD, IRAQ. He was 29. Cause: HOSTILE.

From CATTARAUGUS, NY, SGT Denfrund, Jason Charles served with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 14TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, FORT DRUM, NY, and died on December 25, 2006 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 24. Cause: HOSTILE.

From LEVITTOWN, PA, SSG Moon, Jae Sik served with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 12TH INFANTRY, FORT CARSON, CO, and died on December 25, 2006 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

SFC Dexter Eugene Wheelous, 37, of Atlanta, Georgia, was a U.S. Army soldier killed in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 25, 2006.

Private First Class Eric Ryan Wilkus, 20, of Hamilton, New Jersey, was a U.S. Army military policeman. He died on December 25, 2006, from wounds sustained in Iraq, succumbing at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.

Evan Abraham Bixler, an American combatant from Racine, WI, died in hostile action in Hit, Iraq, on December 24, 2006, at age 21, while serving in the U.S. Army.

LCPL Morris, Stephen Lloyd, 21, a native of LAKE JACKSON, TX, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 2D BN, 3D MAR, 3D MAR DIV, MCB KANEOHE BAY, HI, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on December 24, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

Wilson Andrew Algrim, 21, of Howell, MI, served as a Specialist in Company E, 125th Infantry, Army National Guard, and was killed in action in Salman Pak, Iraq, on December 23, 2006.

John Paul Barta, 25, was a U.S. Army corporal from Corpus Christi, Texas, who died in Buhritz, Iraq, on December 23, 2006, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Active Duty, ARMY, BATTERY C, 3D BATTALION, 4TH AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY, (13 SC), FORT BRAGG, NC, SPC Crutchfield, Michael Jacob of STOCKTON, CA, 21, died in BALAD, IRAQ on December 23, 2006.