Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

On July 5, 2004, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Vangyzen, John James Iv of NORTH DIGHTON, MA in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Julie Rochelle Hickey, 20, of Galloway, Ohio, died on July 4, 2004, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. She was a member of the 401st Civil Affairs Battalion, supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

LCPL Huston, James Benton Jr, age 22, of HERMISTON, OR ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, F CO, 2D BN, 1ST MAR, RCT-1, 1ST MARDIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, ? died on July 2, 2004 in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 30, 2LT Smith, Brian Drew of MCKINNEY, TX was serving with the ARMY, A COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 34TH ARMOR REGIMENT, (1ID) FORT RILEY, KS 66442, when he died in CAMP TAQUADDUM, IRAQ on July 2, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

Sgt. Christopher Allen Wagener, 24, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, was a U.S. Army soldier serving with C Company, 10th Aviation Battalion. He died in Mosul, Iraq, on July 1, 2004.

At 23, SGT Conde, Kenneth Jr of ORLANDO, FL was serving with the MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 2D BN, 4TH MAR, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, when he died in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ on July 1, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

D CO, 2D LAR BN, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, MARINE CORPS ? LCPL Creager, Timothy Ryan (MILLINGTON, TN), age 21, ? died in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ on July 1, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

Reserve, ARMY, 330 MP DET (LAW & ORDER), USARC, 2913 ERIE AVE, FORT MCCOY, WI 54656, SSG Martin, Stephen Glen of RHINELANDER, WI, 39, died in WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES on July 1, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

SFC Robert Keith McGee, 37, of Martinsville, Virginia, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier. He was killed in action in Manila, Philippines, on June 30, 2004.

SPC Du Sang, Robert L, age 24, of MANDEVILLE, LA ? Active Duty, ARMY, HOWITZER BATTERY, 1ST SQUADRON, 2D ACR, (III CORPS) FORT POLK, LA 71459, ? died on June 30, 2004 in NAVSTAR, IRAQ.

SGT Sherman, Alan David, age 36, of BRICK, NJ ? Reserve, MARINE CORPS, BRIDGE CO B, 6TH ESB, 4TH FSSG, FOLSOM, PA, ? died on June 29, 2004 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

In CAMP CUERVO, IRAQ on June 29, 2004, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Adle, Patrick Ryan of BEL AIR, MD, 21, serving with DET 3, ENGINEER SUPPORT CO, 6TH ESB, (I MEF), 4TH FSSG, FOLSOM, PA. Cause: HOSTILE.

BRIDGE CO B, 6TH ESB, 4TH FSSG, FOLSOM, PA, MARINE CORPS ? CPL Todd, John Harrison Iii (BRIDGEPORT, PA), age 24, ? died in CAMP CUERVO, IRAQ on June 29, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 38, 1SG Utt, Ernest Eugene Jr of HAMMOND, IL was serving with the ARMY, BATTERY B, 1ST BATTALION, 82ND FIELD ARTILLERY, 1 CD, FORT HOOD, TX 76544, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on June 27, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST SQUADRON, 9TH CAVALRY, (1 CAV) FORT HOOD, TX 76546, SPC Heines, Jeremy Michael of NEW ORLEANS, LA, 25, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on June 26, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 23, CPL Ceniceros, Manuel Adrian of SANTA ANA, CA was serving with the MARINE CORPS, HQ CO, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, when he died in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ on June 26, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

On June 24, 2004, the ARMY lost SPC Desens, Daniel Alan Jr of JACKSONVILLE, NC in BALAD, IRAQ. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.

3D BN, 6TH MAR, 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, MARINE CORPS ? LCPL Thacker, Juston Tyler (BLUEFIELD, WV), age 21, ? died in BARI KHOUT, AFGHANISTAN on June 24, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.