Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

On June 4, 2008, the ARMY lost SPC Emard, Jonathan David Arthur of MESQUITE, TX in TIKRIT, IRAQ. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.

In TIKRIT, IRAQ on June 4, 2008, the ARMY lost SGT Legg, Cody R of ESCONDIDO, CA, 23, serving with COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 87TH INFANTRY, 1 BCT, FORT DRUM, NY. Cause: HOSTILE.

Major Scott Alan Hagerty, 41, of Stillwater, Oklahoma, was a U.S. Army Reserve Civil Affairs officer. He was killed by hostile fire in Zormat, Afghanistan, on June 3, 2008.

U.S. Army Private First Class Joshua Elliot Waltenbaugh, 19, of Ford City, Pennsylvania, was killed in action on June 3, 2008, in Taji, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

U.S. Army Specialist Derek David Holland, 20, of Wind Gap, Pennsylvania, was killed by hostile fire on June 3, 2008, in Zormat, Afghanistan.

Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 601ST AVIATION, 1ST BRIGADE, FORT RILEY, KS, SPC Green, Quincy Jermel of EL PASO, TX, 26, died in TIKRIT, IRAQ on June 2, 2008.

At 22, CPL Mixon, Justin Ray of BOGALUSA, LA was serving with the ARMY, null, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on June 1, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 28, SPC Mccarthy, Christopher Dollete of VIRGINIA BEACH, VA was serving with the ARMY, US HEADQUARTERS JOINT FORCES COMMAND, NORFOLK, VA, when he died in CAMP RAMADI, IRAQ on June 1, 2008.

U.S. Army Private First Class Andrew Jon Shields, 19, of Battle Ground, Washington, was killed in a hostile incident in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on May 31, 2008. He was assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Special Troops

U.S. Army Specialist James Matthew Finley, 21, of Lebanon, Missouri, died on May 31, 2008, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, from hostile action while serving with the 173rd Airborne Brigade.

At 20, CPL Cotner, Christian Scott of WATERBURY, CT was serving with the MARINE CORPS, MWSS-172, MWSG-17, 1ST MAW, III MEF, OKINAWA, JAPAN, when he died in AL ASAD, IRAQ on May 30, 2008.

Sgt. 1st Class David Nunez, 27, of Los Angeles, California, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier. He was killed in action on May 29, 2008, in Shewan, Afghanistan.

PFC Trimble, Chad Micheal, age 29, of WEST COVINA, CA ? Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP C, 1ST SQUADRON, 61ST CAVALRY, 4 BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, ? died on May 28, 2008 in GARDEZ, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Christopher Gathercole, 21, of Santa Rosa, California, was killed in Ghazni, Afghanistan on May 26, 2008. He was a Ranger assigned to Company D, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment.

U.S. Army Specialist Justin Lee Buxbaum, 23, of South Portland, Maine, was killed in action on May 26, 2008, at Forward Operating Base Kushamond, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant David Lee Leimbach, 38, of Taylors, South Carolina, died on May 25, 2008, in Bala Baluk, Afghanistan, from hostile action while serving with Company B, 1st Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment.

At 25, SSG Gasper, Frank Joseph of MERCED, CA was serving with the ARMY, HSC, 3D BATTALION, 10TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, FORT CARSON, CO, when he died in NAJAF, IRAQ on May 25, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Evans, Blake William, 24, a native of ROCKFORD, IL, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY D, 2D BATTALION, 327TH INFANTRY, 1 BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on May 25, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.