Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

At 20, PFC Lotter, Christopher Warren of CHESTER HEIGHTS, PA was serving with the ARMY, BATTERY A, 3D BATTALION, 7TH FIELD ARTILLERY, 3 BCT, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI, when he died in BALAD, IRAQ on December 31, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

PFC Tollefson, Benjamin Bryan, age 22, of CONCORD, CA ? Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 2DBRIGADE, SPECIAL TROOP BATTALION, FORT RILEY, KS, ? died on December 31, 2008 in BALAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

CPL Gonzales, Tony Jerold, age 20, of NEWMAN, CA ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 6TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, SMITH BARRACKS, GERMANY, ? died on December 28, 2008 in SADR CITY, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 19, SA Seitz, Joshua D of SINKING SPRINGS, PA was serving with the NAVY, NAVSECFR BAHRAIN, when he died in Iraq on December 26, 2008.

In MOSUL, IRAQ on December 25, 2008, the ARMY lost MAJ Pryor, John Paul of MOORESTOWN, NJ, 42, serving with 1 MD FWD SURG TM TF 62 MED. Cause: HOSTILE.

Charles Patrick Gaffney Jr., 42, of Phoenix, Arizona, was a U.S. Army corporal who died in a hostile incident in Orgun-E, Afghanistan, on December 24, 2008.

SPC Okray, Stephen Michael, age 21, of SAINT CLAIR SHORES, MI ? Active Duty, ARMY, 3-16 FA (2/4 ID) (TASK ORG MND-C), ? died on December 24, 2008 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 3D BATTALION, 16TH FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT CARSON, CO, SSG Smith, Christopher Glenn of GRAND RAPIDS, MI, 28, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on December 24, 2008.

From BROKEN ARROW, OK, SPC Zapasnik, Stephen Gage served with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 3D BATTALION, 16TH FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT CARSON, CO, and died on December 24, 2008 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 19.

LCPL Reilly, Thomas Jr, 19, a native of LONDON, KY, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, C CO, 1ST BN, 3D MAR, 3D MAR DIV, KANEOHE BAY, HI, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on December 21, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 25, SSG Dean, Jonathan Wayne of HENAGAR, AL was serving with the ARMY, 561ST MP CO, 716TH MP BN, 101ST SUST BDE, 101ST AD, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, when he died in COB SPEICHER, IRAQ on December 20, 2008.

PFC Hinkefent, Coleman Wayne, age 19, of COWETA, OK ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 6TH INFANTRY, SMITH BARRACKS, GERMANY, ? died on December 20, 2008 in HOMBURG, GERMANY.

In CAMP BAHARIA, IRAQ on December 20, 2008, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Johnson, Robert Lyman of CENTRAL POINT, OR, 21, serving with MT CO, CLB-5, CLR-1, 1ST MLG, (I MEF FWD), CAMP PENDLETON, CA.

U.S. Army Private Colman Joseph Meadows III, 19, of Senoia, Georgia, was killed in action on December 16, 2008, at Forward Operating Base Ramrod in Afghanistan.

From MAJURO,, SSG Sam, Solomon T served with the ARMY, 523D ENGINEER COMPANY, 84TH BATTALION, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI, and died on December 4, 2008 in MOSUL, IRAQ. He was 26. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Savage, John Jared, age 26, of WEATHERFORD, TX ? Active Duty, ARMY, 103D ENGINEER COMPANY, 94TH ENGINEER BATTALION, FORT LEONARD WOOD, MO, ? died on December 4, 2008 in MOSUL, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.