Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

At 29, SGT Hancock, Michael Scott of YREKA, CA was serving with the ARMY, BATTERY C 1ST BATTALION 320TH FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT CAMPBELL, KY 42223, when he died in MOSUL, IRAQ on October 24, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

From BELL GARDENS, CA, SPC Mora, Jose Luis Jr served with the ARMY, COMPANY C 1ST BATTALION 12TH INFANTRY, FORT CARSON, COLORADO 80913, and died on October 24, 2003 in SAMARIA, IRAQ. He was 26. Cause: HOSTILE.

In BAQUBAH, IRAQ on October 23, 2003, the ARMY lost CPT Teal, John Robert of MECHANICSVILLE, VA, 31, serving with HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 2D BRIGADE (4ID), FORT HOOD, TX 76544. Cause: HOSTILE.

From TACOMA, WA, SPC Johnson, John Paul served with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 6TH INFANTRY APO AE 09340, and died on October 22, 2003 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 24.

U.S. Army Private Second Class Jason Maxwell Ward, 25, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was killed in action in Baghdad, Iraq, on October 22, 2003.

SPC Bueche, Paul Joseph, age 19, of DAPHNE, AL ? National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY E 131ST AVIATION BATTALION, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35217, ? died on October 21, 2003 in BALAD, IRAQ.

SSG Johnson, Paul Joseph, 29, a native of CALUMET, MI, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A 1ST BN 505TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, FORT BRAGG, NC 28310, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on October 20, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

1LT David Richard Bernstein, an American from Phoenixville, PA, served in the Army's 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry. He died in Taza, Iraq on October 18, 2003, at age 24.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION 508TH INFANTRY, APO AE 09630, PFC Hart, John Daniel of BEDFORD, MA, 20, died in TAZA, IRAQ on October 18, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

National Guard, ARMY, 105TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, BUFFALO NY 14204, SPC Williams, Michael Leon of BUFFALO, NY, 46, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on October 17, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

SSG Joseph Paul Bellavia, an American soldier from Wakefield, MA, served in the 194th Military Police Company. He died at age 28 on October 16, 2003, in Karbala, Iraq.

SGT Grilley, Sean Richard, 24, a native of SAN BERNARDINO, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, 194TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, FORT CAMPBELL, KY 42223, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on October 16, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.

LTC Orlando, Kim Salvatore, age 43, of NASHVILLE, TN ? Active Duty, ARMY, HEADQUARTERS 716TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, FORT CAMPBELL, KY 42223, ? died on October 16, 2003 in KARBALA, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

From EAST LOS ANGELES, CA, PFC Casanova, Jose Jr served with the ARMY, HHC 1ST BATTALION, 325TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, FORT BRAGG, NC 28307, and died on October 13, 2003 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 23.

At 19, PV2 Freeman, Benjamin Lee of VALDOSTA, GA was serving with the ARMY, K TROOP, 3D SQUADRON, 3 ARMORED CAVALRY, FORT CARSON, CO, when he died in AL ASAD, IRAQ on October 13, 2003.

U.S. Army Specialist Douglas John Weismantle, 28, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was killed in action in Baghdad, Iraq, on October 13, 2003, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

U.S. Army Specialist Donald Laverne Wheeler Jr., 22, of Concord, Michigan, was killed in a hostile incident in Tikrit, Iraq, on October 13, 2003.

C BATTERY 1ST BATTALION 17TH FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE, FORT SILL, OK 73503, ARMY ? PFC Wyatt, Stephen Eugene (KILGORE, TX), age 19, ? died in BALAD, IRAQ on October 13, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.