Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

National Guard, ARMY, HHC, 39TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, (TF BAGHDAD), LITTLE ROCK, AR, SPC Mchalffey, Jeremy Wayne of MABLEVALE, AR, 28, died in TAJI, IRAQ on January 4, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Bennie James Washington, 25, of Atlanta, Georgia, died on January 4, 2005, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, from wounds sustained in hostile action in Iraq.

Active Duty, ARMY, C COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 77TH ARMOR, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY, SPC Wooten, Curtis Lorenza Iii of SPANAWAY, WA, 20, died in BALAD, IRAQ on January 4, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 31, SGT Wright, Jeremy Robert of SHELBYVILLE, IN was serving with the ARMY, A COMPANY, 2D BATTALION, 1ST SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, FORT LEWIS, WA, when he died in CAMP EGGERS, AFGHANISTAN on January 3, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

From COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA, SGT Houser, Thomas Eugene served with the MARINE CORPS, 2D FORCE RECON CO, (RCT-7, 1ST MAR DIV), II MHG, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, and died on January 3, 2005 in AMIRIYAH, IRAQ. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.

Sgt. 1st Class Pedro Antonio Munoz, 47, of Aguada, Puerto Rico, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier serving with the 7th Special Forces Group. He died in Shindand, Afghanistan, on January 2, 2005.

On January 1, 2005, the ARMY lost SPC Lebrun, Jeff of BUFFALO, NY in BALAD, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

From WEST MILFORD, NJ, LCPL Parrello, Brian Patrick served with the MARINE CORPS, SMALL CRAFT CO, HQ BN, (1ST MAR DIV), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, and died on January 1, 2005 in HADITHAH, IRAQ. He was 19. Cause: HOSTILE.