REMEMBER THESE NAMES (HONOR THEM)

[Michael121]

The following have given their lives to liberate Iraq:

United States of America

Army Pvt. Johnny Brown, 21, Troy, Ala., vehicle accident

Army Spc. Thomas Arthur Foley III, 23, of Dresden, Tenn., grenade accident

Army Pfc. Joseph P. Mayek, 20, of Rock Springs, Wyo., weapons accident

Marine Cpl. Armando Ariel Gonzalez, 25, of Hialeah, Fla., vehicle accident

Army Spc. Richard A. Goward, 32, of Midland, Mich., vehicle accident

Army Spc. Gil Mercado, 25, of Paterson, N.J., weapons accident

Marine Cpl. Jesus A. Gonzalez, 22, Indio, Calif., combat

Marine Staff Sgt. Riayan A. Tejeda, 26, New York, N.Y., combat

Marine Gunnery Sgt. Jeff Bohr, 39, San Clemente, Calif., combat

Army Sgt. 1st Class John W. Marshall, 50, Los Angeles, combat

Army Cpl. Henry L. Brown, 22, Natchez, Miss. combat

Marine Pfc. Juan Guadalupe Garza, 20, Temperance, Mich., combat

Army Sgt. 1st Class John W. Marshall, 50, Los Angeles, combat

Army Pfc. Jason M. Meyer, 23, Swartz Creek, Mich., combat

Air Force Staff Sgt. Scott D. Sather, 29, Clio, Mich., combat

Army Staff Sgt. Robert A. Stever, 36, Pendleton, Ore., combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew Julian Aviles, 18, Palm Beach, Fla., combat

Army Staff Sgt. Lincoln Hollinsaid, 27, Malden, Ill., combat

Army 2nd Lt. Jeffrey J. Kaylor, 24, Clifton, Va., combat

Marine Cpl. Jesus Martin Antonio Medellin, 21, Fort Worth, Texas, combat

Army Pfc. Anthony S. Miller, 19, San Antonio, combat

Army Spc. George A. Mitchell, 35, Rawlings, Md., combat

Army Pfc. Gregory P. Huxley Jr., 19, Forestport, N.Y., combat

Army Pvt. Kelley S. Prewitt, 24, Alabama, combat.

Army Sgt. Stevon Booker, 34, Apollo, Pa., combat

Army Spc. Larry K. Brown, 22, of Jackson, Miss., combat

Marine 1st Sgt. Edward Smith, 38, Vista., Calif., combat

Army Capt. Tristan N. Aitken, 31, State College, Pa., combat

Army Pfc. Wilfred D. Bellard, 20, Lake Charles, La., vehicle accident

Army Spc. Daniel Francis J. Cunningham, 33, Lewiston, Maine, vehicle accident

Marine Capt. Travis Ford, 30, Oceanside, Calif., helicopter crash

Marine Cpl. Bernard G. Gooden, 22, Mount Vernon, N.Y., combat

Army Pvt. Devon D. Jones, 19, San Diego, vehicle fell into ravine

Marine 1st Lt. Brian M. McPhillips, 25, Pembroke, Mass., combat

Marine Sgt. Duane R. Rios, 25, Hammond, Ind., combat.

Marine Capt. Benjamin Sammis, 29, Rehoboth, Mass., helicopter crash

Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith, 33, of Tampa, Fla., combat

Marine Pfc. Chad E. Bales, 20, Coahoma, Texas, non-hostile accident

Army Sgt. Wilbert Davis, 40, Hinesville, Ga., vehicle accident

Marine Cpl. Mark A. Evnin, 21, South Burlington, Vt., combat

Army Capt. Edward J. Korn, 31, Savannah, Ga., combat

Army Staff Sgt. Nino D. Livaudais, 23, Ogden, Utah, combat

Army Spc. Ryan P. Long, 21, Seaford, Del., combat

Army Spc. Donald S. Oaks Jr., 20, Harborcreek, Pa., combat

Army Sgt. 1st Class Randy Rehn, 36, Longmont, Colo., combat

Army Capt. Russell B. Rippetoe, 27, Arvada, Colo., combat

Army Sgt. Todd J. Robbins, 33, Hart, Mich., combat

Marine Cpl. Erik H. Silva, 22, Chula Vista, Calif., combat

Army Capt. James F. Adamouski, 29, Springfield, Va., helicopter crash

Marine Lance Cpl. Brian E. Anderson, 26, Durham, N.C., non-hostile accident

Army Spc. Mathew Boule, 22, Dracut, Mass., helicopter crash

Army Master Sgt. George A. Fernandez, 36, El Paso, Texas Marine Pfc. Christian D. Gurtner, 19, Ohio City, Ohio, weapons accident

Army Chief Warrant Officer Erik Halvorsen, 40, Bennington, Vt., helicopter crash.

Army Chief Warrant Officer Scott Jamar, 32, Granbury, Texas, helicopter crash

Army Sgt. Michael Pedersen, 26, Flint, Mich., helicopter crash

Army Chief Warrant Officer Eric A. Smith, 42, Rochester, N.Y., helicopter crash

Navy Lt. Nathan D. White, 30, Mesa, Ariz., F/A-18C Hornet lost over Iraq

Army Sgt. Jacob L. Butler, 24, Wellsville, Kan., combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph B. Maglione, 22, Lansdale, Pa., weapons accident

Army Spc. Brandon Rowe, 20, Roscoe, Ill., combat

Army Spc. William A. Jeffries, 39, Evansville, Ind., illness

Marine Capt. Aaron J. Contreras, 31, Sherwood, Ore., helicopter crash

Marine Sgt. Michael V. Lalush, 23, Troutville, Va., helicopter crash

Marine Sgt. Brian McGinnis, 23, St. Georges, Del., helicopter crash

Marine Staff Sgt. James Cawley, 41, Layton, Utah, combat

Army Cpl. Michael Curtin, 23, Howell, N.J., suicide attack

Army Pfc. Diego Fernando Rincon, 19, Conyers, Ga., suicide attack

Army Pfc. Michael Russell Creighton Weldon, 20, Palm Bay, Fla., suicide attack

Marine Lance Cpl. William W. White, 24, New York, vehicle accident

Army Sgt. Eugene Williams, 24, Highland, N.Y, suicide attack

Marine Sgt. Fernando Padilla-Ramirez, 26, San Luis, Ariz., combat

Army Sgt. Roderic A. Solomon , 32, Fayetteville, N.C., vehicle accident

Marine Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Menusa, 33, Tracy, Calif., combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Jesus A. Suarez Del Solar, 20, Escondido, Calif., combat

Marine Maj. Kevin G. Nave, 36, White Lake Township, Mich., vehicle accident

Navy Corpsman Michael Vann Johnson Jr., 25, Little Rock, Ark., combat

Marine Pfc. Francisco A. Martinez Flores, 21, Los Angeles, combat

Marine Staff Sgt. Donald C. May, Jr., 31, Richmond, Va., combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick T. O'Day, 20, Santa Rosa, Calif., combat

Marine Cpl. Robert M. Rodriguez, 21, New York, combat

Air Force Maj. Gregory Stone, 40, Boise, Idaho, grenade attack

Marine Cpl. Evan James, 20, La Harpe, Ill., drowned in canal

Marine Sgt. Bradley S. Korthaus, 29, Davenport, Iowa, drowned in canal

Army Spc. Gregory P. Sanders, 19, Hobart, Ind., combat

Army Spc. Jamaal R. Addison, 22, Roswell, Ga., combat

Marine Sgt. Michael E. Bitz, 31, Ventura, Calif., combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Brian Rory Buesing, 20, Cedar Key, Fla., combat

Army Sgt. George Edward Buggs, 31, Barnwell, S.C., combat

Marine Pfc. Tamario D. Burkett, 21, Buffalo, N.Y., combat

Army 1st Sgt. Robert J. Dowdy, 38, Cleveland, combat

Army Pvt. Ruben Estrella-Soto, 18, El Paso, Texas, combat

Marine Lance Cpl. David K. Fribley, 26, Fort Myers, Fla., combat

Marine Cpl. Jose A. Garibay, 21, Costa Mesa, Calif., combat

Marine Cpl. Jorge A. Gonzalez, 20, Los Angeles, combat

Army Pfc. Howard Johnson II, 21, Mobile, Ala., combat

Marine Staff Sgt. Phillip A. Jordan, 42, Enfield, Conn., combat

Army Spc. James Kiehl, 22, Comfort, Texas, combat

Army Chief Warrant Officer Johnny Villareal Mata, 35, Pecos, Texas, combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick R. Nixon, 21, Gallatin, Tenn., combat

Army Pfc. Lori Piestewa, 22, Tuba City, Ariz., combat

Marine 2nd Lt. Frederick E. Pokorney Jr., 31, Tonopah, Nev., combat

Marine Sgt. Brendon Reiss, 23, Casper, Wyo., combat

Marine Cpl. Randal Kent Rosacker, 21, San Diego, combat

Army Pvt. Brandon Sloan, 19, Bedford Heights, Ohio, combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas J. Slocum, 22, Thornton, Colo., combat

Army Sgt. Donald Walters, 33, Kansas City, Mo., combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Michael J. Williams, 31, Yuma, Ariz., combat

Marine Pfc. Tamario D. Burkett, 21, Buffalo, N.Y., combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Donald John Cline, 21, Sparks, Nev., combat

Marine Pvt. Jonathan L. Gifford, 30, Decatur, Ill., combat

Marine Pvt. Nolen R. Hutchings, 19, Boiling Springs, S.C., combat

Navy Lt. Thomas Mullen Adams, 27, La Mesa, Calif., helicopter collision

Marine Lance Cpl. Eric J. Orlowski, 26, Buffalo, N.Y., machine gun accident

Army Capt. Christopher Scott Seifert, 27, Easton, Pa., grenade attack

Army Reserve Spc. Brandon S. Tobler, 19, Portland, Ore., vehicle accident

Marine Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, Waterville, Maine, helicopter crash

Marine Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, St. Anne, Ill., helicopter crash

Marine 2nd Lt. Therrel S. Childers, 30, Harrison County, Miss., combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Jose Gutierrez, 28, Los Angeles, combat

Marine Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, Houston, helicopter crash

Marine Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Waters-Bey, 29, Baltimore, helicopter crash

Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas A. Blair, 24, Broken Arrow, Okla., combat

Marine Sgt. Nicolas M. Hodson, 22, Smithville, Mo., vehicle accident

United Kingdom

Fusilier Kelan John Turrington, combat

Lance Cpl. Ian Malone, Dublin, Ireland, combat

Piper Christopher Muzvuru, combat

Lance Cpl. Karl Shearer, killed in accident involving light armored vehicle

Staff Sgt. Chris Muir, Romsey, England, killed while disposing of explosives

Marine Christopher R. Maddison, combat

Lance Cpl. Shaun Andrew Brierley, road accident

Lance Cpl. Matty Hull, combat; friendly fire

Cpl. Stephen John Allbutt, Stoke-on-Trent, England, tank hit by friendly fire

Trooper David Jeffrey Clarke, Littleworth, England, tank hit by friendly fire

Sgt. Steven Mark Roberts, Bradford, England, combat

Lance Cpl. Barry Stephen, Perth, Scotland, combat

Sapper Luke Allsopp, London, combat

Staff Sgt. Simon Cullingworth, Essex, England, combat

Flight Lt. Kevin Barry Main, jet shot down by friendly fire

Flight Lt. David Rhys Williams, jet shot down by friendly fire

Lt. Philip Green, helicopter collision

Lt. Marc Lawrence, helicopter collision

Lt. Antony King, Helston, England, helicopter collision

Lt. Philip West, Budock Water, England, helicopter collision

Lt. James Williams, Falmouth, England, helicopter collision

Lt. Andrew Wilson, helicopter collision

Color Sgt. John Cecil, Plymouth, England, helicopter crash

Lance Bombardier Llewelyn Karl Evans, Llandudno, Wales, helicopter crash

Capt. Philip Stuart Guy, helicopter crash

Marine Sholto Hedenskog, helicopter crash

Sgt. Les Hehir, Poole, England, helicopter crash

Operator Mechanic Second Class Ian Seymour, helicopter crash

Warrant Officer Second Class Mark Stratford, helicopter crash

Maj. Jason Ward, helicopter crash

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We owe them all that we have. God Bless their Supreme Sacrifice. We must never forget their bravery and sacrifice. Never.

[Mr. Lucky]

May God hold each of them in His embrace and comfort their families until their eternal reunion.

[Kay Soze]

God Bless them from for keeping me and my boys free.

May God ease the pain any of their families left behind are suffering.

[mystery-ak]

Lest We Forget.....God Bless their families.

[Neil E. Wright]

May God bless and keep these heroes close. And may God bless and comfort their families and friends.

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"The Era of Osama lasted about an hour, from the time the first plane hit the tower to the moment the General Militia of Flight 93 reported for duty."
Toward FREEDOM

[firewalk]

bttt

[Non-Sequitur]

I wonder how long this list will be a year from now.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

May they Rest in Peace and their family and friends be comforted.
Thank You for posting this.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks for the Ping Neil.

Bump.

[Cinnamon Girl]

Their families need to know that we will always be grateful.

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

Thanks for the list Michael, thanks for the ping Neil. They will never be forgotten. Prayers for their eternal soul, and prayers for comfort of their family and loved ones left behind.

[Johnny Gage]

The Creation of the Soldier

When the Lord was creating Soldiers, he was into his sixth day of overtime
when an Angel appeared and said, "Your doing a lot of fiddling around on this one."

And the Lord said "Have you read the specification on this person?
Soldiers have to be able to go for hours fighting or tending to a
person that the usual every day person would never touch, all the while putting
in the back of their mind the circumstances.

They have to be able to move at a moments notice and not think twice of what
they are about to do, no matter what danger.
They have to be in top physical condition at all times, running on half-eaten MRE's,
and very little sleep.

They must have six pairs of hands."
The angel shook her head slowly and said, "Six pairs of hands...no way."

"It's not the hands that are causing me problems, " said the Lord,
"it's the three pairs of eyes a Soldier has to have."

That's on the standard model? " asked the angel.

The Lord nodded. "One pair that sees through the smoke and haze where they and
their fellow Soldiers should fight the enemy next. Another pair here in the
side of the head to see their fellow Soldiers and keep them safe.
And a third pair of eyes in the front so that they can look for the the wounded
caught in the fight that may need their help."

"Lord" said the angel, touching his sleeve, " Rest and work on this tomorrow."

"I can't, said the Lord, "I already have a model that can carry a 100 pounds of gear
for miles on end, or a fellow soldier to safety from a battle area, and can feed a
family of five on a Military service paycheck."

The angel circled the model of the Soldier very slowly, "Can it think?"

"You bet," said the Lord. "It can tell you the parts of a hundred different pieces
of equipment; and can recite many procedures in their sleep that are needed to
care for a wounded soldier until they are taken away by the medics.
And all the while they have to keep their wits about themselves.

This Soldier also must have phenomenal personal control.
They can deal with scenes full of pain, hurt, noise and smoke,
They can be laughing and joking one second and fierce and hard in the next.

And still they rarely get the recognition for a job well done from anybody, other than from fellow Soldiers."

Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek of the Soldier.
"There's a leak", she pronounced. "Lord, it's a tear."

"What's the tear for?" asked the angel.

"It's a tear from bottled-up emotions for fallen comrades.
A tear for commitment to that funny piece of cloth called the flag.
It's a tear for all the pain and suffering they have encountered.
And it's a tear for their commitment to defending our freedoms and
saving lives of their fellow man!"

"What a wonderful feature Lord, you're a genius" said the angel.
The Lord looked somber and said "I didn't put it there."

Rewritten in honor of our Troops 3/26/03
by David K. (aka Johnny Gage)

[Eastbound]

"No greater love . . . "

[Michael121]

Thanks for that.
There was a Colonel in WWII with the 3rd Armored Div, 1st US Army. His driver a PFC was killed the Colonel cried. Soldiers whatever rank get close in combat. They are true blood brothers.

[Alamo-Girl]

Amen to your prayer! With gratitude for the heroes, PRAISE GOD!!!