Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

From BAPCHULE, AZ, CPL Farris, Billy Brent served with the ARMY, 5-20 IN, 3 BCT, 2 ID (OPCON TO 1 BCT, 1 CD), and died on December 3, 2006 in TAJI, IRAQ. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.

On December 3, 2006, the MARINE CORPS lost CPL Sticklen, Joshua Conard of VIRGINIA BEACH, VA in HADITHAH DAM, IRAQ. He was 24.

National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 136TH INFANTRY, (1 MEF), CROOKSTON, MN, SGT Mcdonough, Bryan Thomas of MAPLEWOOD, MN, 22, died in FALLUJAH, IRAQ on December 2, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

From RED LAKE FALLS, MN, SGT Rystad, Corey John served with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 136TH INFANTRY, CROOKSTON, MN, and died on December 2, 2006 in TAQADDUM (TAQADDUM SURGICAL), IRAQ. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.

B CO, 2D AA BN, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, MARINE CORPS ? LCPL Tillery, Jesse Daniel (VESPER, WI), age 19, ? died in BALAD, IRAQ on December 2, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Fiscus, Keith Emerson, 26, a native of TOWNSEND, DE, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 27TH INFANTRY, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on December 2, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

COMPANY C, 16TH ENGINEER BATTALION, (I MEF), GIESSEN, GERMANY, ARMY ? SSG Love, Robert Lee Jr (MERIDIAN, MS), age 28, ? died in AR RAMADI, IRAQ on December 1, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

On December 1, 2006, the AIR FORCE lost MAJ Gilbert, Troy Lee of STEPHENS, TX in NEAR BALAD, IRAQ. He was 34. Cause: HOSTILE.

In TAJI, IRAQ on November 30, 2006, the ARMY lost SSG Mulhair, Jeremy William Sr of OMAHA, NE, 35, serving with COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 7TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX. Cause: HOSTILE.

Chris K. Kleinwachter was a 29-year-old U.S. Army corporal from Wahpeton, North Dakota. He was killed in action in the Ab Band District of Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on November 30, 2006.

SSG Hartman, John Leroy Jr, age 39, of TAMPA, FL ? Active Duty, ARMY, BATTERY B, 9TH FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT STEWART, GA, ? died on November 30, 2006 in SHAAB/UR, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

Theodore Mitchell West, 23, of Richmond, Kentucky, was a U.S. Army Private First Class. He died in Baghdad, Iraq, on November 29, 2006.

COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 6TH INFANTRY, BAUMHOLDER, GERMANY, ARMY ? CPL Loney, Jon-erik (HARTSELLE, AL), age 21, ? died in HIT, IRAQ on November 28, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

Staff Sergeant Michael Allen Shank, 31, of Bonham, Texas, was a U.S. Army military policeman serving with the 554th Military Police Company. He died in Logar Province, Afghanistan, on November 28, 2006.

COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 505TH INFANTRY, FORT BRAGG, NC, ARMY ? CPL Mason, Christopher Edward (MOBILE, AL), age 32, ? died in BAYJI, IRAQ on November 28, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

Corporal Jeffrey Gordon Roberson, 22, of Phelan, California, served with the U.S. Army's 554th Military Police Company based in Kaiserslautern, Germany. He died in Logar province, Afghanistan, on November 28, 2006.

In AR RAMADI, IRAQ on November 27, 2006, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Schwarz, Michael Anthony of CARLSTADT, NJ, 20, serving with A CO, 1ST BN, 6TH MAR, 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC. Cause: HOSTILE.

Captain Benjamin David Keating, 27, of Shapleigh, Maine, was a U.S. Army cavalry officer serving with the 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment. He was killed in action on November 26, 2006, near Forward Operating Base Naray in Afghanistan.