Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

From ALBUQUERQUE, NM, SPC Christensen, Jeremy Edward served with the ARMY, A TROOP, 1ST SQUADRON, 4TH CAVALRY, 1ST ID, APO AE (SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY), and died on November 27, 2004 in AD DUILAYAH, IRAQ. He was 27. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, C CO, 2D CEB, 2D MARDIV, (1STBN, 8THMAR, RCT-7, 1ST MARDIV), CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, LCPL Lucero, Joshua Elijah of TUCSON, AZ, 19, died in FALLUJAH, IRAQ on November 27, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

LCPL Faircloth, Bradley Michael, age 20, of MOBILE, AL ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, A CO, 1ST BN, 8TH MAR, 2D MAR DIV, (RCT-7, 1ST MAR DIV), CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, ? died on November 26, 2004 in FALLUJAH, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

PV2 Grant, Brian Keith, age 31, of DALLAS, TX ? Active Duty, ARMY, D COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 503RD INFANTRY, 2D INFANTRY DIVISION, APO AP 96224, ? died on November 26, 2004 in AR RAMADI, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

LCPL Houck, David Burton, 25, a native of WINSTON SALEM, NC, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, H&S CO, 1ST BN, 8TH MAR, (RCT-7, 1ST MAR DIV), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 26, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

In AR RAMADI, IRAQ on November 26, 2004, the ARMY lost PFC Meyer, Harrison James of WORTHINGTON, OH, 20, serving with HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 503RD INFANTRY, 2D ID, APO AP 96251, (CAMP HOWZE KOREA). Cause: HOSTILE.

National Guard, ARMY, B COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 153RD INFANTRY REGIMENT, TEXARKANA, AR, SGT Smith, Michael Antonio of CAMDEN, AR, 24, died in WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES on November 26, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

LCPL Winkler, Jordan Dale, 19, a native of TULSA, OK, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 1ST TSB, (CSSB-1, CSSG-11), 1ST FSSG, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 26, 2004.

PFC Cantafio, Ryan Joseph, 22, a native of BEAVER DAM, WI, died serving in the Reserve, MARINE CORPS, G CO, 2D BN, 24TH MAR, (24TH MEU, 1ST MAR DIV), 4TH MAR DIV, MADISON, WI, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 25, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

From WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT, LCPL Holmes, Jeffery Scott served with the MARINE CORPS, B CO, 1ST BN, 8TH MAR, (RCT-7, 1ST MAR DIV), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, and died on November 25, 2004 in FALLUJAH, IRAQ. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, B CO, 1ST BN, 8TH MAR, (RCT-7, 1ST MAR DIV), CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, CPL Marku, Gentian of WARREN, MI, 22, died in FALLUJAH, IRAQ on November 25, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

Corporal Jacob Rudeloff Fleischer, 25, of St. Louis, Missouri, was a U.S. Army infantryman killed in action on November 24, 2004, in Deh Rawod, Afghanistan.

Dale Edwin Fracker Jr., a 23-year-old U.S. Army corporal from Apple Valley, California, died in a hostile incident in Deh Rawod, Afghanistan, on November 24, 2004.

SPC Diaz-varela, Sergio Rafael, age 21, of LOMITA, CA ? Active Duty, ARMY, B COMPANY, 1ST BN, 503RD INFANTRY, 2D INFANTRY DIVISION, APO AP 96224, (CAMP HOWZE, KOREA), ? died on November 24, 2004 in AR RAMADI, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Nolte, Nicholas Santo, age 25, of SHUBERT, NE ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 2D LAAD BN, MACG-28, 2D MAW, CHERRY POINT, NC, ? died on November 24, 2004 in BETHESDA, UNITED STATES. Cause: HOSTILE.

On November 23, 2004, the MARINE CORPS lost SGT Edinger, Benjamin Charles of GREEN BAY, WI in BETHESDA, UNITED STATES. He was 24. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, A CO, 1ST BN, 3D MAR, RCT-7, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, CPL Cohen, Michael Ryan of JACOBUS, PA, 23, died in FALLUJAH, IRAQ on November 22, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

SPC Ebert, Blain Matthew, 22, a native of WASHTUCNA, WA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, A BATTERY, 4TH BATTALION, 5TH AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY, FORT HOOD, TX 76544, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 22, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.