Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

On August 28, 2008, the ARMY lost SPC Gonzalez, Michael Luis of SPOTSWOOD, NJ in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 25, SGT Cooper, David Keith of WILLIAMSBURG, KY was serving with the ARMY, FOWARD SUPPORT COMPANY, 4TH BATTALION, 42D FIELD ARTILLERY, 1BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on August 27, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Private First Class Tan Quoc Ngo, 20, of Beaverton, Oregon, died on August 27, 2008, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

At 23, CPL Alfonso, Carlo Escoto of SPOKANE, WA was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 40TH ENGINEER BATTALION, BAUMHOLDER, GERMANY, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on August 26, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

On August 25, 2008, the ARMY lost SPC Fitzmorris, Steven John of COLUMBIA, MO in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 26. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 28, SSG Studer, Brian Edward of RAMSEY, MN was serving with the ARMY, 720TH EOD COMPANY, 28TH TRANSPORTATION BN, 18TH MP BDE, MANNHEIM, GERMANY, when he died in GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN on August 22, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

Staff Sergeant David Lawrence Paquet, 26, of Rising Sun, Maryland, was a U.S. Army soldier killed in action in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on August 20, 2008.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY D, 101ST FORWARD SUPPORT BATTALION, 1ST BRIGADE, FORT RILEY, KS, SFC Todd, David James Jr of KEARN, UT, 36, died in BALA MORGHAB, AFGHANISTAN on August 20, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

370TH ENGINEER COMPANY, 54TH BATTALION, 20TH BRIGADE, BAMBERG, GERMANY, ARMY ? SFC Stanciel, George (GREENWOOD, MS), age 40, ? died in FOB GARY OWEN, IRAQ on August 19, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Jonathon Luke Luscher, 20, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was killed in action on August 17, 2008, at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan.

LCPL Stottlemyer, Travis Martin, 20, a native of HATFIELD, PA, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 3D FAST CO, MCSF, NORFOLK, VA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on August 17, 2008.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Kristopher Dan Rodgers, 29, of Sturgis, Michigan, was killed in action on August 16, 2008, in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, while serving with the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army First Lieutenant Donald Clayton Carwile, 29, of Oxford, Mississippi, was killed in a hostile incident on August 15, 2008, in Wardack, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Private First Class Paul Edward Conlon Jr., 21, of Somerville, Massachusetts, was killed in action on August 15, 2008, in Wardack, Afghanistan.

In FALLUJAH, IRAQ on August 14, 2008, the MARINE CORPS lost PFC Mcguire, Daniel Aaron Carrier of MASHPEE, MA, 19, serving with 3D BN, 6TH MAR, (RCT-1, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC. Cause: HOSTILE.

PV2 King, Janelle Franshawn, age 23, of MERCED, CA ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 115TH COMBAT SUPPORT HOSPITAL, FORT POLK, LA, ? died on August 14, 2008 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ.

In SANGIN, AFGHANISTAN on August 14, 2008, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Toves, Jacob Joseph of GROVER BEACH, CA, 27, serving with A CO, 3D CEB, (2D BN, 7TH MAR), 1ST MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.

Anthony Gary Mihalo, 23, of Naperville, Illinois, was a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was killed in action on August 14, 2008, in Sangin, Afghanistan.