Saturday, March 22, 2003
American combat deaths in Operation Iraqi Freedom:
USArmy - Sgt. Jacob L. Butler, 24, Wellsville, Kan.
USArmy - Spc. Brandon J. Rowe, 20, Roscoe, Ill.
USMC - Capt. Aaron J. Contreras, 31, Sherwood, Ore.
USMC - Cpl. Robert M. Rodriguez, 21, Queens, N.Y.
USMC - Lance Cpl. Patrick R. Nixon, 21, Nashville, Tenn.
USMC - Staff Sgt. James W. Cawley, 41, Roy, Utah.
USMC - Staff Sgt. Donald C. May, Jr., 31, Richmond, Va.
USMC - Lance Cpl. Patrick T. O'Day, 20, Sonoma, Calif.
USMC - Pfc. Francisco A. MartinezFlores, 21, Los Angeles, Calif.
USArmy - Pfc. Michael Russell Creighton Weldon, 20, Conyers, Ga.
USArmy - Spc. Michael Edward Curtin, 23, South Plains, N.J.
USArmy - Pfc. Diego Fernando Rincon, 19, Conyers, Ga.
USArmy - Sgt. Eugene Williams, 24, Highland, N.Y.
USMC - Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Menusa, 33, San Jose, Calif.
USMC - Lance Cpl. Jesus A. Suarez Del Solar, 20, Escondido, Calif.
USMC - Lance Cpl. Thomas A. Blair, 24, Wagoner, Okla.
USMC - Lance Cpl. Michael J. Williams, 31, Yuma, Ariz.
USMC - Sgt. Bradley S. Korthaus, 28, Scott, Iowa.
USMC - Cpl. Evan T. James, 20, Hancock, Ill.
USN - Hosp. Corpsman 3d Class Michael Vann Johnson, Jr., 25, Little Rock, Ark.
USArmy - Spc. Jamaal R. Addison, 22, Roswell, Ga.
USArmy - Pfc. Howard Johnson II, 21, Mobile, Ala.
Air NG - Maj. Gregory Stone, 40, Boise, Idaho.
USArmy - Spc. Gregory P. Sanders, 19, Indiana.
USMC - Lance Corporal Brian Rory Buesing, 20, Cedar Key, FL.
USMC - Corporal Randal Kent Rosacker, 21, San Diego, CA.
USMC - Sgt. Michael E. Bitz, 31, Ventura, Calif.
USMC - Lance Cpl. David K. Fribley, 26, Lee, Fla.
USMC - Cpl. Jose A. Garibay, 21, Orange, Calif.
USMC - Cpl. Jorge A. Gonzalez, 20, Los Angeles, Calif.
USMC - Staff Sgt. Phillip A. Jordan, 42, Brazoria, Texas.
USMC - 2nd Lt. Frederick E. Pokorney Jr., 31, Nye, Nev.
USMC - Lance Cpl. Thomas J. Slocum, age unknown, Adams, Colo.
USArmy - Capt. Christopher Scott Seifert, 27, Easton, Penn.
USN - Lt. Thomas Mullen Adams, 27, La Mesa, Calif.
USMC - Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, Waterville, Maine
USMC - Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, Bloomington, Ill.
USMC - Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, Houston, Texas
USMC - Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Watersbey, 29, Baltimore, Md.
USMC - 2nd Lt. Therrel S. Childers, 30, Harrison County, Miss.
USMC - Lance Cpl. Jose Gutierrez, 22, Los Angeles, Calif.
Thank you for your service, gentlemen. May you rest in peace.
Steve