Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

FN Grant, Sandra Stephanie, age 23, of LINWOOD, NC ? Active Duty, NAVY, USS DWIGHT D EISENHOWER (CVN 69), ? died on December 31, 2006 in Iraq.

In BAQUBAH, IRAQ on December 31, 2006, the ARMY lost CPL Smith, Richard Anthony of GRAND PRAIRIE, TX, 20, serving with E CO, 215 BSB, 1-12 CAB, 3 HBCT, 1 CD (TASK ORG TO 25 ID). Cause: HOSTILE.

HHC, 4TH BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT RICHARDSON, AK, ARMY ? PFC Blohm, Alan Robert (KENAI, AK), age 21, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on December 31, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY E, 215TH COMBAT SUPPORT BATTALION, FORT HOOD, TEXAS, CPL Schiller, Jonathan Eric of OTTUMWA, IA, 20, died in BAQUBAH, IRAQ on December 31, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

On December 30, 2006, the ARMY lost SGT Sullivan, John Michael of HIXSON, TN in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.

In AR RAMADI, IRAQ on December 29, 2006, the ARMY lost PFC Dietrich, David Eugene of MARYSVILLE, PA, 21, serving with TROOP F,1ST CAVALRY REGIMENT, 1ST BRIGADE, 1ST ARMORED DIVISION, GERMANY. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 26TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, (1 CD), LEDWARD BARRACKS, GERMANY, PFC Newgard, William Robert of ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL, 20, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on December 29, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on December 29, 2006, the ARMY lost SGT Carter, Lawrance James of RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA, 25, serving with HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 18TH INFANTRY, SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY. Cause: HOSTILE.

On December 28, 2006, the ARMY lost CPL Donica, Dustin Ross of SPRING, TX in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.

B CO, 1ST BN, 24TH MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 4TH MAR DIV, SAGINAW, MI, MARINE CORPS ? LCPL Miller, Nicholas Andrew (SILVERWOOD, MI), age 20, ? died in FALLUJAH, IRAQ on December 28, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 22, SGT Blum, Aron Cody of TUCSON, AZ was serving with the MARINE CORPS, VMGR-352, MAG-11, 3D MAW, MCAS MIRAMAR, SAN DIEGO, CA, when he died in SAN DIEGO, UNITED STATES on December 28, 2006.

On December 28, 2006, the MARINE CORPS lost CPL Esckelson, Christopher Edwin of VASSAR, MI in FALLUJAH, IRAQ. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.

From PARIS, TN, LCPL Spencer, William David served with the MARINE CORPS, B CO, 3D BN, 24TH MAR, (1ST BN, 24TH MAR, RCT-5, 1 MEF FWD), NASHVILLE, TN, and died on December 28, 2006 in FALLUJAH, IRAQ. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.

SPC Ayala, Luis Gerardo, 21, a native of SOUTH GATE, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 8TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on December 28, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 36TH INFANTRY, (IMET) RAY BARRACKS, GIESSEN, GE, ARMY ? SGT Shaffer, Edward William (MONT ALTO, PA), age 23, ? died in SAN ANTONIO, UNITED STATES on December 27, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Messer, Christopher Paul, age 28, of PETERSBURG, MI ? Active Duty, ARMY, WEAPONS COMPANY, 4TH BATTALION, 31ST INFANTRY, FORT DRUM, NY, ? died on December 27, 2006 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

On December 27, 2006, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Koprince, William Craig Jr of LENOIR CITY, TN in HABBANIYAH, IRAQ. He was 24. Cause: HOSTILE.

From DICKINSON, TX, SPC Given, Nathaniel Allen served with the ARMY, CO D, 4TH BN, 2 BCT, 31ST INFANTRY (TASK ORG TO 1 CD), FORT DRUM, NY, and died on December 27, 2006 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.