Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

PFC Habsieger, Andrew James, age 22, of FESTUS, MO ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 4TH BATTALION, 64TH ARMOR, 4 BCT, FORT STEWART, GA, ? died on March 24, 2008 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

SSG Hake, Christopher Michael, age 26, of ENID, OK ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 4TH BATTALION, 64TH ARMOR, 4 BCT, FORT STEWART, GA, ? died on March 24, 2008 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

COMPANY A, 4TH BATTALION, 64TH ARMOR, FORT STEWART, GA, ARMY ? CPL Rubio Hernandez, Jose Abraham (MISSION, TX), age 24, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on March 24, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

Lance Corporal Dustin Lee Canham, a 21-year-old U.S. Marine from Lake Stevens, Washington, was killed in Djibouti on March 23, 2008.

Technical Sergeant William Haywood Jefferson Jr., 34, of Norfolk, Virginia, was a U.S. Air Force combat controller assigned to the 21st Special Tactics Squadron. He was killed in Sperwan Ghar, Afghanistan, on March 22, 2008.

Staff Sgt. William Robert Neil Jr., 38, of Holmdel, New Jersey, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier. He was killed in action on March 22, 2008, in Sperwan Ghar, Afghanistan.

From WEAVERVILLE, NC, SGT Ray, Thomas Columbus Ii served with the ARMY, null, and died on March 22, 2008 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 40. Cause: HOSTILE.

237TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, COMBAT SUPPORT (FORWARD), PLYMOUTH, NH, ARMY ? SGT Stelmat, David Samuel Jr (LITTLETON, NH), age 27, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on March 22, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

Sgt. David Blakeley Williams, 26, of Tarboro, North Carolina, was a U.S. Army National Guard soldier killed in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 22, 2008.

724TH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, BARTONVILLE, IL, ARMY ? SSG Maupin, Keith Matthew (BATAVIA, OH), age 24, ? died in NORTH OF ABU GHURAYB, IRAQ on March 21, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 22, PV2 Smith, Tyler Jacob of BETHEL, ME was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY E, 3D BATTALION, 7TH INFANTRY, FORT STEWART, GA, when he died in FOB FALCON, IRAQ on March 21, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

Private First Class Antione Vincent Robinson, 20, of Detroit, Michigan, served in the U.S. Army with Company F, 782nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

In MANDALI, IRAQ on March 19, 2008, the ARMY lost SGT Unruh, Gregory Daniel of DICKINSON, TX, 28, serving with H BATTERY, 2D SQUADRON, 3D ACR, FORT HOOD, TX.

SSG Elledge, Michael Duane, 41, a native of BROWNSBURG, IN, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 68TH ARMOR, FORT CARSON, CO, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 17, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 23, SGT Simpson, Christopher Curtis of HAMPTON, VA was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 68TH ARMOR, 3 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on March 17, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 27, SGT Brown, Lerando Junior of GULFPORT, MS was serving with the ARMY, 288TH SAPPER COMPANY, 223D ENGINEER BATTALION, HOUSTON, MS, when he died in BALAD, IRAQ on March 15, 2008.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 28TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT RILEY, KS, CPL O'brien, William David of RICE, TX, 19, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on March 15, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Collin J. Bowen, 38, of Millersville, Maryland, died on March 14, 2008 in San Antonio, Texas, from wounds sustained in combat in Afghanistan.