Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

In BALAD, IRAQ on October 4, 2003, the ARMY lost SPC Pirtle, James Heath of LA MESA, NM, 27, serving with COMPANY C, 2D BATTALION, 8TH INFANTRY, FORT HOOD, TX 76544. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Paul Wayne Kimbrough, 44, of Washington, D.C., was killed in action on October 3, 2003, in Incirlik, Turkey, while serving with the 416th Engineer Command.

From MIAMI, FL, PFC Sims, Charles Marques served with the ARMY, 549TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, FORT. STEWART, GA 31315, and died on October 3, 2003 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 18.

James David Blankenbecler, an American from Alexandria, VA, served in the Army and died in Samarra Loop, Iraq on October 1, 2003 at age 40.

COMPANY A, 4TH FORWARD SUPPORT BATTALION (4 ID), FORT HOOD, TEXAS 76544, ARMY ? PFC Esparza-gutierrez, Analaura (HOUSTON, TX), age 21, ? died in TIKRIT, IRAQ on October 1, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION 13TH ARMOR, FORT RILEY, KS 66442, SPC Hunte, Simeon of NEWARK, NJ, 23, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on October 1, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

On October 1, 2003, the ARMY lost SPC Ramos, Tamarra Joharidelonda of QUAKERTOWN, PA in WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES. She was 24.

Andrew Joseph Baddick, an American soldier, died on September 30, 2003, at age 26, in Abu Ghraib, Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

From DERBY, KS, SPC Mcgaugh, Dustin Knight served with the ARMY, HHB 17TH FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE, FORT SILL, OK 73503, and died on September 30, 2003 in BALAD, IRAQ. He was 20.

National Guard, ARMY, 223RD MP CO (800 MP BDE) LOUISVILLE, KY 40218, SGT Potter, Darrin Keith of LOUISVILLE, KY, 24, died in ABU GHARIB, IRAQ on September 30, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

Private First Class Evan William O'Neill, 19, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, was a U.S. Army infantryman with the 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment. He died in a hostile incident on September 29, 2003, in Salerno, Afghanistan.

From MCCONNELLSBURG, PA, SSG Cutchall, Christopher Eric served with the ARMY, TROOP D 2D BATTALTION 4TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, FORT RILEY, KS 66442, and died on September 29, 2003 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 30. Cause: HOSTILE.

In CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, QATAR on September 29, 2003, the ARMY lost PFC Parker, Kristian Eirik of SLIDELL, LA, 23, serving with COMPANY C, 205TH ENGINEER BATTALION, SLIDELL, LA 70460.

HHC 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION REAR AREA OPERATIONS CENTER, CASPER WY 82604, ARMY ? CPT Lucero, Robert Lawrence (CASPER, WY), age 34, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on September 25, 2003.

SFC Rooney, Robert Edward, 43, a native of NASHUA, NH, died serving in the National Guard, ARMY, 379TH ENGINEER COMPANY, BUZZARDS BAY, MA 02532, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on September 25, 2003.

COMPANY A 2D BATTALION 503D INFANTRY, APO AE 09630, ARMY ? SPC Thomas, Kyle Gregory (TOPEKA, KS), age 23, ? died in KIRKUK, IRAQ on September 25, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

Michael Andrade, an American soldier from Bristol, RI, served with the 115th Military Police Company and died in Balad, Iraq on September 24, 2003, at age 28.

SPC Sturino, Paul Joseph, age 21, of RICE LAKE, WI ? Active Duty, ARMY, BATTERY B, 2ND BN, 320TH FIELD ARTILLERY, AIR ASSAULT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY 42223, ? died on September 22, 2003 in QUEST, IRAQ.