Shots Across The Bow

Roll of Honor.

The names below are those of heroes who have fallen in battle or been captured. I honor them here as they are making the ultimate sacrifice.

KILLED

• Nine Marines, fighting near An Nasiriyah, encountered Iraqi troops pretending to surrender, March 23. Names not released.
• Army Capt. Christopher Scott Seifert, 27
• Army Reserve Spc. Brandon S. Tobler, 19
• Navy Lt. Thomas Mullen Adams, 27, of La Mesa CA
• Marine Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, of Bloomington, Ill
• Marine Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, of Houston
• Marine Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Waters-Bey, 29, of Baltimore
• Marine Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, of Waterville, Maine
• Marine 2nd Lt. Therrel S. Childers, 30, of Harrison County, Miss
• Marine Lance Cpl. Jose Gutierrez, 22, of Los Angeles
• Marine Lance Cpl. Eric J. Orlowski, 26, of Buffalo, N.Y
• Sgt. Nicolas M. Hodson, 22, of Smithville, Mo.

CAPTURED:

• Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ronald D. Young Jr., 26, from Lithia Springs, Ga.
  
• Chief Warrant Officer 2 David S. Williams, 30, from Orlando, Fla.

Both shown in Iraqi state television March 24, apparently uninjured.

• Army Spc. Joseph Hudson, 23, of Almagordo, N.M.
  
• Army Pfc. Patrick Miller, 23, of Park City, Kan.
  
• Army Spc. Shoshana Johnson, 30, of Fort Bliss, Texas
  
• Edgar Hernandez, 21, supply truck driver, of Mission, Texas, rank unknown;
• Army Sgt. James Riley, 31, of Pennsauken; N.J.

All shown on Iraqi television after pre-dawn ambush of convoy near An Nasiriyah, southwestern Iraq, March 23.

• Army Pvt. Brandon Sloan, 19, of Bedford Heights, Ohio
  
• Pfc. Lori Piestewa, 22, of Tuba City, Ariz
  
• Pfc. Jessica Lynch, 19, supply clerk, of Palestine, W.Va.,
  
• Four more soldiers who's names are not available.

  
  

  Posted by Rich at March 25, 2003 11:10 AM | TrackBack