Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

PFC Joe Luis Baines, an American soldier from Newark, NJ, died at 19 in Taji, Iraq, on December 16, 2006, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

On December 16, 2006, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Palmer, Nicklas James of LEADVILLE, CO in FALLUJAH, IRAQ. He was 19. Cause: HOSTILE.

SSG Staats, David Roger, age 30, of PUEBLO, CO ? Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP C, 1ST SQUADRON, 7TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX, ? died on December 16, 2006 in TAJI, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 22, CPL Stanley, Matthew Joseph of WOLFEBORO FALLS, NH was serving with the ARMY, TROOP C, 1ST SQUADRON, 7TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX, when he died in TAJI, IRAQ on December 16, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Joseph Edgar Phaneuf II, 38, of Eastford, Connecticut, died on December 15, 2006, in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

PFC Paul Jr Balint, 22, from Willow Park, TX, served with the US Army's 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry and died in hostile action in Ar Ramadi, Iraq on December 15, 2006.

SSG Kahalewai, Henry Kanehunamok Jr, age 44, of HILO, HI ? Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP A, 1ST SQUADRON, 14TH CAVALRY, 2 BCT, FORT LEWIS, WA, ? died on December 15, 2006 in SAN ANTONIO, UNITED STATES. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 2D BN, 3D MAR, (RCT-7, I MEF FWD), 3D MAR DIV, KANEOHE BAY, HI, LCPL Clark, Matthew William of ST LOUIS, MO, 22, died in ALBU HAYATT, IRAQ on December 14, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

In THERMOPOLIS, UNITED STATES on December 14, 2006, the ARMY lost SFC Spatol, Theodore Arnold of THERMOPOLIS, WY, 59, serving with 1041ST ENGINEER ASSAULT FLOAT BRIDGE, ROCK SPRINGS, WY.

Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, H&S CO, 1ST TANK BN, 1ST MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, LCPL Yepsen, Luke Carney of KINGWOOD, TX, 20, died in FALLUJAH, IRAQ on December 14, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 47, MAJ Davis, Gloria Dean of SAINT LOUIS, MO was serving with the ARMY, DEFENSE SECURITY ASSISTANCE AGENCY, WASHINGTON, DC, when she died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on December 12, 2006.

In MOSUL, IRAQ on December 12, 2006, the ARMY lost SGT Dunkleberger, Brent William of NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA, 29, serving with TROOP C, 2D SQUADRON, 7TH CAVALRY, FORT BLISS, TX. Cause: HOSTILE.

COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 123D ARMOR, MARION, KY, ARMY ? SSG Clemons, Thomas Wade (LEITCHFIELD, KY), age 37, ? died in AD DIWANIYAN (CAMP ECHO), IRAQ on December 11, 2006.

At 21, LCPL Cote, Budd Michael of MARANA, AZ was serving with the MARINE CORPS, S CO, MWSS-373, MWSG-37, 3D MAW, (I MEF FWD), MCAS SAN DIEGO, CA, when he died in AL KHALIDIYAH, IRAQ on December 11, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, S CO, MWSS-373, MWSG-37, 3D MAW, (I MEF FWD), MCAS SAN DIEGO, CA, CPL Dillon, Matthew Vincent of AIKEN, SC, 25, died in AL KHALIDIYAH, IRAQ on December 11, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

From VICKSBURG, MS, MSGT Mcanulty, Brian Patrick served with the MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 3D BN, 4TH MAR, 1ST MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, and died on December 11, 2006 in BALAD, IRAQ. He was 39.

At 23, LCPL Miller, Clinton Jon of GREENFIELD, IA was serving with the MARINE CORPS, MWSS-373, MWSG-37, 3D MAW, (I MEF FWD), MCAS MIRAMAR, CA, when he died in AL KHALIDIYAH, IRAQ on December 11, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

SPC Ford, Philip Cody, 21, a native of FREEPORT, TX, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 3D BATTALION, 509TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT RICHARDSON, AK, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on December 10, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.