Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on November 4, 2006, the ARMY lost CPL Bridges, James Lee Douglas of BUHL, ID, 22, serving with COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 1ST INFANTRY, FORT WAINWRIGHT, ALASKA. Cause: HOSTILE.

Reserve, MARINE CORPS, I-I STF, C CO, 4TH RECON BN, 4TH MAR DIV, SAN ANTONIO, TX, LCPL Holler, Luke Benjamin of COMAL, TX, 21, died in HIT, IRAQ on November 2, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

From MODESTO, CA, SSG Gage, Joseph Alan served with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 506TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, and died on November 2, 2006 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 28. Cause: HOSTILE.

LTC Kruger, Eric John, age 40, of GARLAND, TX ? Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 2ND BATTALION, 2ND BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT CARSON, CO, ? died on November 2, 2006 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

Sgt. Jason Daniel Whitehouse, 27, of Phoenix, Arizona, was a U.S. Marine killed by hostile action in Hit, Iraq, on November 2, 2006.

At 22, CPL Lasky, Michael Howard of STERLING, AK was serving with the MARINE CORPS, I&I STF, E CO, 4TH RECON BN, 4TH MAR DIV, ELMENDORF AFB, AK, when he died in HIT, IRAQ on November 2, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

PV2 Bridges, Michael Paul, 23, a native of PLACENTIA, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 66TH ARMOR, FORT HOOD, TX, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 2, 2006.

On November 2, 2006, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Brown, James Eric of OWENSVILLE, IN in HABBANIYAH, IRAQ. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 40, LTC Finken, Paul John of EARLING, IA was serving with the ARMY, HHC, 4TH BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on November 2, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

LCPL Kim, Minhee, age 20, of ANN ARBOR, MI ? Reserve, MARINE CORPS, C CO, 1ST BN, 24TH MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 4TH MAR DIV, LANSING, MI, ? died on November 1, 2006 in FALLUJAH, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

CPL Koehler, Gary Allen, age 21, of YPSILANTI, MI ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 1ST BN, 8TH MAR, 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, ? died on November 1, 2006 in HADITHAH, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 20, PFC Ellenburg, Kevin James of MIDDLEBURG, FL was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 22D INFANTRY, FORT HOOD, TX, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on November 1, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

PFC Franco, Jason, age 18, of CORONA, CA ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, MALS-11, MAG-11, 3D MAW, MCAS MIRAMAR, SAN DIEGO, CA, ? died on October 31, 2006 in AL ASAD, IRAQ.

U.S. Army Sergeant Michael Ross Weidemann, 23, of Newport, Rhode Island, was killed by hostile fire on October 31, 2006, at Al Asad Airbase in Iraq.

Major Douglas Emory Sloan, 40, of Evans Mills, New York, was a U.S. Army officer serving with Company B, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, based at Fort Drum, New York. He was killed in a hostile incident in the

Private First Class Alex Oceguera, 19, of San Bernardino, California, was a U.S. Army infantryman killed in the Waygal Valley, Afghanistan, on October 31, 2006.

U.S. Army Sergeant Charles John McClain, 26, of Follansbee, West Virginia, was killed in a hostile incident in the Waygal Valley of Afghanistan on October 31, 2006.

Corporal Isaiah Calloway, 23, of Jacksonville, Florida, was a U.S. Army soldier assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment. He died on October 30, 2006, in Marah, Afghanistan, from hostile action.