Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on May 18, 2004, the ARMY lost SSG Garyantes, Joseph Paul of REHOBOTH BEACH, DE, 34, serving with B CO, 1-63 ARMOR REGT (1ID), APO AE 09112 VILSECK, GERMANY. Cause: HOSTILE.

On May 18, 2004, the MARINE CORPS lost PFC Carey, Michael Marvin of PRINCE GEORGE, VA in Iraq. He was 20.

At 59, SFC Chaney, William David of SCHAUMBURG, IL was serving with the ARMY, B COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION / 106TH AVIATION REGIMENT, CHICAGO, IL 60638, when he died in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY on May 18, 2004.

In AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ on May 17, 2004, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Roberts, Bob William of NEWPORT, OR, 30, serving with C CO, 1ST CEB, 3D BN, 4TH MAR, RCT-7, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.

From UNION CITY, PA, SGT Curran, Carl Francis Ii served with the ARMY, BATTERY C, 1ST BATTALION/107TH FIELD ARTILLERY, OIL CITY, PA 16301, and died on May 17, 2004 in AL KARMAH, IRAQ. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.

SPC Kasecky, Mark Joseph, 20, a native of MCKEES ROCKS, PA, died serving in the National Guard, ARMY, BATTERY C, 1ST BATTALION, 107TH FIELD ARTILLERY, OIL CITY, PA 16301, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on May 17, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

From CULPEPER, VA, 2LT Cowherd, Leonard Mallonee Iii served with the ARMY, C COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION / 37TH ARMOR, APO AE 09074 (FRIEDBERG, GERMANY), and died on May 16, 2004 in KARBALA, IRAQ. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.

4TH AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SQUADRON, SEYMOUR JOHNSON AFB, NC, AIR FORCE ? SRA Espaillat, Pedro Ignacio (COLUMBIA, TN), age 20, ? died in KIRKUK, IRAQ on May 16, 2004.

SSG Ledesma, Rene, age 34, of ABILENE, TX ? Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP A ,1ST BATTALION, 7TH CAVALRY (1AD) , FT. HOOD, TX 76544, ? died on May 16, 2004 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Bruce Edward Price, 37, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier. He died on May 15, 2004, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on May 14, 2004, the ARMY lost CSM Barnhill, Edward Carl of SHREVEPORT, LA, 50, serving with 431ST CIVIL AFFAIRS BATTALION - CPA (3/2 SBCT), NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR 72118.

From OWENSBORO, KY, SGT Harlan, James William served with the ARMY, 660TH TRANS (13CC), and died on May 14, 2004 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 44. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, C COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 37TH ARMOR REGIMENT (1 AD) FRIEDBERG, GERMANY 09074, SGT Cronkrite, Brud Joseph of SPRING VALLEY, CA, 22, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on May 14, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

A COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 37TH ARMOR REGIMENT, (1AD), APO AE 09074, ARMY ? SPC Spakosky, Philip Ian (BROWNS MILLS, NJ), age 25, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on May 14, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

In AN NAJAF, IRAQ on May 14, 2004, the ARMY lost PFC Mora, Michael Angelo of ARROYO GRANDE, CA, 19, serving with I TROOP, 3RD SQUADRON/2ND ARMORED CAVALRY REGT (1CAV) FORT POLK, LA 71459.

PFC Cutter, Brian Kenneth, age 19, of RIVERSIDE, CA ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, B CO, 3D AAV BN, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, ? died on May 13, 2004 in AL ASAD, IRAQ.

PFC Sturdy, Brandon Chauncy, 19, a native of URBANDALE, IA, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, F CO, 2D BN, 1ST MAR, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on May 13, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Shaver, Jeffrey Ross, age 26, of MAPLE VALLEY, WA ? National Guard, ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 161ST INFANTRY, (1 CAV), SPOKANE, WA 99219-9038, ? died on May 12, 2004 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.