Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

From EAST GRAND FORKS, MN, SPC Holmes, James Jay served with the ARMY, CO B, 141ST COMBAT ENGINEER BATTALION, JAMESTOWN, NORTH DAKOTA 58402-0268, and died on May 8, 2004 in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY. He was 28. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, FWD MAINTENANCE CO, 296TH BASE SUPPORT BN, 3D BCT, 2ID, FORT LEWIS, WA, SGT Rubalcava, Isela of EL PASO, TX, 25, died in MOSUL, IRAQ on May 8, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Chase Ryan Whitham, 21, of Harrisburg, Oregon, was killed in action on May 8, 2004, in Mosul, Iraq.

SSG Hesley Box Jr, 24, from Nashville, AR, served in the National Guard, ARMY, and died in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 6, 2004, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

PFC Brandon James Wadman, 19, from Cape Coral, FL, was killed in action on May 5, 2004, in Bagram, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

On May 5, 2004, the ARMY lost SPC Buryj, Jesse Ryan of CANTON, OH in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 19, PFC Kritzer, Bradley Gordon of IRVONA, PA was serving with the ARMY, A BATTERY, 1ST BATTALION, 21ST FIELD ARTILLERY (1 CD) FORT HOOD, TX 76544, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on May 5, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

From TULSA, OK, SPC Marshall, James Edward served with the ARMY, A CO, 1ST BATTALION, 21ST FIELD ARTILLERY (1ST CAV DIV), FORT HOOD, TEXAS 76544, and died on May 5, 2004 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 19. Cause: HOSTILE.

Ronald Eric Baum, an American Gunnery Sergeant, died in Al Anbar Province, Iraq on May 3, 2004, at age 38 during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

CPL Green, Jeffrey George, age 20, of DALLAS, TX ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, F CO, 2D BN, 4TH MAR, (1-1 ID), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, ? died on May 3, 2004 in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

From MIAMI, FL, CPT Kenny, Christopher James served with the ARMY, HHC, 2D BATTALION, 2D INFANTRY, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, APO AE 09112, VILSECK, GE, and died on May 3, 2004 in BALAD, IRAQ. He was 32.

On May 3, 2004, the ARMY lost PFC Marcus, Lyndon Anson Jr of LONG BEACH, CA in BALAD, IRAQ. He was 21.

SSG Petty, Erickson Heath, 28, a native of FT GIBSON, OK, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 1ST BN, 35TH ARMOR (1AD) APO AE 09034 (BAUMHOLDER, GE), during Operation Iraqi Freedom on May 3, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

CPL Schrage, Dustin Howard, age 20, of INDIAN HARBOR BEACH, FL ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, F CO, 2D BN, 4TH MAR, 1-1 ID, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, ? died on May 3, 2004 in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

In BALAD, IRAQ on May 3, 2004, the ARMY lost SSG Sprayberry, Marvin Ross Iii of TEHACHAPI, CA, 24, serving with HHC, 2D BN, 2D INF, ATTACHED TO F TROOP, 4TH ARMOR BN, APO AE 09112, VILSECK, GE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Gregory Leonard Wahl, 30, of Salisbury, North Carolina, was killed in action on May 3, 2004, in Balad, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Michael Charles Anderson, 36, a Petty Officer Second Class from Oshkosh, WI, died on May 2, 2004 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, serving in the Navy Reserve's NMCB 14 during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Active Duty, ARMY, B COMPANY, 91ST ENGINEER BATTALION (1ST CAV), FORT HOOD, TX 76544, SPC Caradine, Ervin Jr of MEMPHIS, TN, 33, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on May 2, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.