Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on September 3, 2006, the ARMY lost PFC Andino, Edwin Anthony Ii of CULPEPER, VA, 23, serving with COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 26TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, (4ID), WURZBURG, GERMANY. Cause: HOSTILE.

In MOSUL, IRAQ on September 3, 2006, the ARMY lost SFC Henkes, Richard Joseph Ii of MILWAUKIE, OR, 32, serving with COMPANY C, 2D BATTALION, 3D INFANTRY, 3 BCT, FORT LEWIS, WA. Cause: HOSTILE.

In HABBANIYAH, IRAQ on September 3, 2006, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Johnson, Philip Alexander of HARTFORD, CT, 19, serving with WPNS CO, 3D BN, 2D MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC. Cause: HOSTILE.

COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 325TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC, ARMY ? PFC Dreese, Justin Wesley (FREEBURG, PA), age 21, ? died in YUSIFIYAH, IRAQ on September 2, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 32, SSG Alex, Eugene Henry Eli of BAY CITY, MI was serving with the ARMY, HHC, 4TH SQUADRON, 14TH CAVALRY, 172D SBCT (4 ID), FORT WAINWRIGHT, AK, when he died in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY on September 2, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY D, 1ST BATTALION, 325TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC, SGT Porras, Ralph Nicholas of MERRILL, MI, 36, died in YUSIFIYAH, IRAQ on September 2, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

On September 1, 2006, the ARMY lost SSG Mercado Velazquez, Angel David of SABANA GRANDE, PR in YUSIFIYAH, IRAQ. He was 24. Cause: HOSTILE.

From CHARLOTTE, NC, LCPL Golla, Cliff Krzystofer served with the MARINE CORPS, L CO, 3D BN, 2D MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, and died on September 1, 2006 in TAQADDUM, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

SSG Deason, Michael Lee, age 28, of FARMINGTON, MO ? Active Duty, ARMY, BATTERY B, 3D BATTALION, 320TH FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, ? died on August 31, 2006 in ADWAR, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

From MANASSAS, VA, LCPL Wolfe, Colin Joseph served with the MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 3D BN, 2D MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, and died on August 30, 2006 in HABBANIYAH, IRAQ. He was 19. Cause: HOSTILE.

National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 136TH INFANTRY (I MEF), MOORHEAD, MN, SSG Hanson, Joshua Robert of WEST SAINT PAUL, MN, 27, died in KHALDEA, IRAQ on August 30, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Matthew Joseph Vosbein, 30, of Metairie, Louisiana, was killed in hostile action on August 29, 2006, in Sadr al Yusifiyah, Iraq.

Christopher Tyler Warndorf, a 21-year-old U.S. Marine Corporal from Burlington, Kentucky, was killed in hostile action in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on August 29, 2006.

At 25, CPL Squires, Shannon Lee of VIRGINIA BEACH, VA was serving with the ARMY, BATTERY A, 3D BATTALION, 321ST FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT BRAGG, NC, when he died in FORT SAM HOUSTON, UNITED STATES on August 28, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

COMPANY A, 141ST SIGNAL BATTALION, (I MEF), WIESBADEN, GM, ARMY ? SPC Schneider, Matthew Evan (GORHAM, NH), age 23, ? died in AR RAMADI, IRAQ on August 28, 2006.

I CO, 3D BN, 2D MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, MARINE CORPS ? LCPL Champlin, Donald Eugene (NATCHITOCHES, LA), age 28, ? died in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY on August 28, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 19, PFC Dolan, Daniel George of ROY, UT was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 23RD INFANTRY, 3RD SBCT, (4ID), FORT LEWIS, WA, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on August 27, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

National Guard, ARMY, HHD, 730TH QUARTERMASTER BATTALION, AHOSKIE, NC, SGT Benson, Darry of GREENVILLE, NC, 46, died in CAMP VIRGINIA, KUWAIT on August 27, 2006.