Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

A CO, 3D LAR BN, (RCT-7, I MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, MARINE CORPS ? LCPL Harris, Shane Patrick (LAS VEGAS, NM), age 23, ? died in AR RUTBAH, IRAQ on September 3, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

In MOSUL, IRAQ on September 3, 2006, the ARMY lost SFC Henkes, Richard Joseph Ii of MILWAUKIE, OR, 32, serving with COMPANY C, 2D BATTALION, 3D INFANTRY, 3 BCT, FORT LEWIS, WA. Cause: HOSTILE.

In HABBANIYAH, IRAQ on September 3, 2006, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Johnson, Philip Alexander of HARTFORD, CT, 19, serving with WPNS CO, 3D BN, 2D MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC. Cause: HOSTILE.

On September 3, 2006, the ARMY lost PFC Madaras, Nicholas Alexander of WILTON, CT in BAQUBAH, IRAQ. He was 19. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Merrill, Jason Lynn, age 22, of MESA, AZ ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 26TH INFANTRY, 2D BCT, (4ID), WURZBURG, GERMANY, ? died on September 3, 2006 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

On September 3, 2006, the MARINE CORPS lost PVT Miller, Ryan Edwin of GAHANNA, OH in HABBANIYAH, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 32, SSG Alex, Eugene Henry Eli of BAY CITY, MI was serving with the ARMY, HHC, 4TH SQUADRON, 14TH CAVALRY, 172D SBCT (4 ID), FORT WAINWRIGHT, AK, when he died in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY on September 2, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 325TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC, ARMY ? PFC Dreese, Justin Wesley (FREEBURG, PA), age 21, ? died in YUSIFIYAH, IRAQ on September 2, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY D, 1ST BATTALION, 325TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC, SGT Porras, Ralph Nicholas of MERRILL, MI, 36, died in YUSIFIYAH, IRAQ on September 2, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

From CHARLOTTE, NC, LCPL Golla, Cliff Krzystofer served with the MARINE CORPS, L CO, 3D BN, 2D MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, and died on September 1, 2006 in TAQADDUM, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

On September 1, 2006, the ARMY lost SSG Mercado Velazquez, Angel David of SABANA GRANDE, PR in YUSIFIYAH, IRAQ. He was 24. Cause: HOSTILE.

SSG Deason, Michael Lee, age 28, of FARMINGTON, MO ? Active Duty, ARMY, BATTERY B, 3D BATTALION, 320TH FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, ? died on August 31, 2006 in ADWAR, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 136TH INFANTRY (I MEF), MOORHEAD, MN, SSG Hanson, Joshua Robert of WEST SAINT PAUL, MN, 27, died in KHALDEA, IRAQ on August 30, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

From MANASSAS, VA, LCPL Wolfe, Colin Joseph served with the MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 3D BN, 2D MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, and died on August 30, 2006 in HABBANIYAH, IRAQ. He was 19. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Matthew Joseph Vosbein, 30, of Metairie, Louisiana, was killed in hostile action on August 29, 2006, in Sadr al Yusifiyah, Iraq.

Christopher Tyler Warndorf, a 21-year-old U.S. Marine Corporal from Burlington, Kentucky, was killed in hostile action in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on August 29, 2006.

I CO, 3D BN, 2D MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, MARINE CORPS ? LCPL Champlin, Donald Eugene (NATCHITOCHES, LA), age 28, ? died in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY on August 28, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

COMPANY A, 141ST SIGNAL BATTALION, (I MEF), WIESBADEN, GM, ARMY ? SPC Schneider, Matthew Evan (GORHAM, NH), age 23, ? died in AR RAMADI, IRAQ on August 28, 2006.