Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

From LOS ANGELES, CA, SSG Garcia Arana, Juan De Dios served with the ARMY, B BATTERY, 5TH BATTALION, 5TH ADA BDE, 2D BCT, (2 MEF), 2ND INFANTRY DIVISION, FORT CARSON, CO, and died on April 30, 2005 in HABBANIYAH, IRAQ. He was 27. Cause: HOSTILE.

From FAIRFIELD, AL, SGT Parker, Kenya Akwan served with the ARMY, HHC, 3D INFANTRY DIVISION, FORT STEWART, GA, and died on April 30, 2005 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 26.

From FARMINGTON HILLS, MI, CPT Frank, Stephen William served with the ARMY, TROOP E, 2D SQUADRON,11TH ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT, (2 MEF), FORT IRWIN, CA, and died on April 29, 2005 in DIYARAH, IRAQ. He was 29. Cause: HOSTILE.

From JAMESTOWN, NY, PFC Cooper, Charles Steven Jr served with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 2D BATTALION, 14TH INFANTRY, (TF BAGHDAD), FORT DRUM, NY, and died on April 29, 2005 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 19. Cause: HOSTILE.

2LT Gadsden, Clifford Valentino, 25, a native of CHARLESTON, SC, died serving in the Reserve, ARMY, 603D TRANSPORTATION CO, 142ND CORPS SUPPORT BN, WARRIOR BDE, JRTC, FORT POLK, LA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on April 29, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

CPT Harting, Ralph John Iii, 28, a native of WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI, died serving in the Reserve, ARMY, TROOP E, 2D SQUADRON,11TH ARMORED CAVALRY, (2 MEF), FORT IRWIN, CA 92310, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on April 29, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 20, SPC Deblanc, Darren Alan of EVANSVILLE, IN was serving with the ARMY, CO C, 2D BN, 14TH INF, (TF BAGHDAD), 10TH INF DIV, FORT DRUM, NY, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on April 29, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

TROOP G, 2D SQUADRON, 3D ARMORED CAV REG, (MNF-NW), FORT CARSON, CO, ARMY ? PFC Murray, Robert Westley Jr (WESTFIELD, IN), age 21, ? died in TAL AFAR, IRAQ on April 28, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

On April 28, 2005, the ARMY lost SPC Rockholt, Ricky William Jr of WINSTON, OR in TAL AFAR, IRAQ. He was 28. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 37, SGT Kiser, Timothy Craig of TEHAMA, CA was serving with the ARMY, HHD, 340TH FORWARD SUPPORT BATTALION, DISCOM, 40TH INFANTRY DIVISION, I CORPS, RED BLUFF, CA, when he died in AR RIYADH, IRAQ on April 28, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

COMPANY A, 1ST BN, 5TH INFANTRY, 1ST BCT, 25TH ID(MNB-NW), FORT LEWIS, WA, ARMY ? 1LT Edens, William Anthony (COLUMBIA, MO), age 29, ? died in TAL AFAR, IRAQ on April 28, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 31, SGT Morris, Eric Wayne of SPARKS, NV was serving with the ARMY, A COMPANY,1ST BATTALION, 5TH INFANTRY, 25 ID, FORT LEWIS, WA, when he died in TAL AFAR, IRAQ on April 28, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

Reserve, MARINE CORPS, K CO, 3D BN, 25TH MAR, (RCT-2, 2D MAR DIV), 4TH MAR DIV, MOUNDSVILLE, WV, CPL Tremblay, Joseph Steven of NEW WINDSOR, NY, 23, died in AL ASAD, IRAQ on April 27, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, HHB, 1ST BATTALION, 5TH FIELD ARTILLERY, 1 BCT, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, V CORPS, FORT RILEY, KS, SPC Rice, David Lee of SIOUX CITY, IA, 22, died in BALAD, IRAQ on April 26, 2005.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Allen Cornelius Johnson, 31, of Los Molinos, California, was killed in hostile action on April 26, 2005, in Cobra, Afghanistan.

On April 25, 2005, the ARMY lost 1SG Millsap, Timmy James of WICHITA, KS in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 39. Cause: HOSTILE.

Gary Wayne Walters Jr., a 31-year-old U.S. Army corporal from Victoria, Texas, was killed in hostile action in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 24, 2005.

U.S. Army Specialist Robert William Defazio, 21, of West Babylon, New York, was killed in action on April 24, 2005, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.