Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

From LAWRENCEVILLE, GA, SPC Patton, Christopher Gabriel served with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 5TH CAVALRY, 1 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, and died on September 1, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 21.

In LANDSTUHL HOSPITAL, GERMANY on August 31, 2007, the ARMY lost SGT Gilbertson, Kevin Allan of CEDAR RAPIDS, IA, 24, serving with COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 77TH ARMOR, SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Travis Michael Virgadamo, 19, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was killed in action on August 30, 2007, at Forward Operating Base Taji, Iraq.

On August 30, 2007, the ARMY lost SSG Butkus, Jason Michael of WEST MILFORD, NJ in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 34. Cause: HOSTILE.

SFC Scheibner, Daniel Edward, age 40, of MUSKEGON, MI ? Active Duty, ARMY, BATTERY C, 2D BATTALION, 12TH FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT LEWIS, WA, ? died on August 30, 2007 in AL NOOR, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

CPT Foster, Erick Matthew, 29, a native of WEXFORD, PA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP A, 1ST SQUADRON, 73D CAVALRY, 2 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on August 29, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 21, CPL Tanner, John Corey of COLUMBUS, GA was serving with the MARINE CORPS, B CO, 3D AA BN, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, when he died in ALBU HYATT, IRAQ on August 29, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

TROOP A, 1ST SQUADRON, 73D CAVALRY, FORT BRAGG, NC, ARMY ? SSG Nelson, Andrew Paul (MOORHEAD, MN), age 22, ? died in MUQDADIYAH, IRAQ on August 29, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

On August 29, 2007, the ARMY lost PV2 Sanders, Justin Troy Gadel of WATSON, LA in TAJI, IRAQ. He was 22.

COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 77TH ARMOR, SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY, ARMY ? SGT Brooks, Edward Love Jr (DAYTON, OH), age 25, ? died in RAMADI, IRAQ on August 29, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

From ROCHESTER HILLS, MI, SGT Collins, James Stephen Jr served with the ARMY, 303D MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, COMBAT SUPPORT, JACKSON, MI, and died on August 28, 2007 in KIRKUK, IRAQ. He was 35. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Cory Luttrel Clark Sr., 25, of Plant City, Florida, died on August 28, 2007, in Jaji, Afghanistan, while serving with the 585th Engineer Company during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Sgt. 1st Class Rocky H. Herrera, 43, of Salt Lake City, Utah, was a U.S. Army engineer. He died in a hostile incident in Jaji, Afghanistan, on August 28, 2007.

Sgt. Bryce Daniel Howard, 24, of Vancouver, Washington, was a U.S. Army engineer serving with the 585th Engineer Company, 864th Engineer Battalion, from Fort Lewis. He died in Jaji, Afghanistan, on August 28, 2007.

U.S. Army Sergeant Jan Michael Argonish, 26, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was killed in a hostile incident at Forward Operating Base Naray, Afghanistan, on August 27, 2007.

Master Sergeant Scott Rowen Ball, 38, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Army National Guard soldier serving with HHC, 55th Brigade. He was killed in a hostile incident at Forward Operating Base Naray, Afghanistan, on August 27, 2007.

From AGANA, GU, MAJ Ofeciar, Henry San Nicolas served with the ARMY, 1ST BRIGADE, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, FORT RILEY, KS, and died on August 27, 2007 in FOB NARAY, AFGHANISTAN. He was 37. Cause: HOSTILE.

PFC Wilson, Thomas Randolph, 21, a native of MORGANTOWN, WV, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 503D INFANTRY, 173D AIRBORNE BRIGADE, VICENZA, IT, during Operation Enduring Freedom on August 27, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.