[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 22986]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING THE FALLEN IN IRAQ

  Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow will mark the 4-year anniversary 
of our troops' deployment in Afghanistan. In honor of their service and 
their memory, Democrats and Republican colleagues of mine have been 
reading their names, the names of those who have died in Iraq and 
Afghanistan, into the Congressional Record so that our Nation will 
never forget their sacrifice. Prior to the summer recess, a number of 
us have read a little over 1,800 of their names into the Record. Since 
that time in July, an additional 188 have fallen. To date, 244 American 
service men and women have perished in the Afghanistan theater of 
combat. Additionally, 1,957 members of our armed services and fellow 
citizens have died fighting in Iraq. We owe these brave men and women 
and their families a debt of gratitude that can never fully be repaid. 
At the very least we must pay tribute to our fallen servicemembers.
  Staff Sergeant Jefferey J. Farrow
  Private Lavena L. Johnson
  Sergeant Arthur R. McGill
  Corporal Steven P. Gill
  Petty Officer Third Class Travis L. Youngblood
  Sergeant Bryan James Opskar
  Sergeant Jason T. Palmerton
  Specialist Jacques Earl ``Gus'' Brunson
  Specialist Ernest W. Dallas, Jr.
  Staff Sergeant Carl Ray Fuller
  Sergeant James Ondra Kinlow
  Staff Sergeant Jason W. Montefering
  Sergeant Milton M. Monzon, Jr.
  Sergeant Christopher J. Taylor
  Sergeant John Frank Thomas
  Private First Class Ramon A. Villatoro, Jr.
  Specialist Adam J. Harting
  Staff Sergeant Michael W. Schafer
  Specialist Adrian J. Butler
  Captain Benjamin D. Jansky
  Specialist Edward L. Myers
  Specialist John O. Tollefson
  Lance Corporal Christopher P. Lyons
  Corporal Andre L. Williams
  Private Ernesto R. Guerra
  Sergeant First Class Victor A. Anderson
  Sergeant Jonathon C. Haggin
  Staff Sergeant David R. Jones, Sr.
  Private First Class Jason D. Scheuerman
  Sergeant Ronnie L. ``Rod'' Shelley, Sr.
  Private First Class Robert A. Swaney
  Specialist James D. Carroll
  Corporal Jeffrey A. Boskovitch
  Lance Corporal Roger D. Castleberry, Jr.
  Sergeant David J. Coullard
  Lance Corporal Daniel Nathan Deyarmin, Jr.
  Sergeant James R. Graham, III
  Lance Corporal Brian P. Montgomery
  Sergeant Nathaniel S. Rock
  Petty Officer First Class Thomas C. Hull
  Staff Sergeant James D. McNaughton
  Lance Corporal Timothy Michael Bell, Jr.
  Lance Corporal Eric J. Bernholtz
  Lance Corporal Nicholas William B. Bloem
  Lance Corporal Michael J. Cifuentes
  Lance Corporal Christopher Jenkins Dyer
  Lance Corporal Grant B. Fraser
  Specialist Jerry Lewis Ganey, Jr.
  Specialist Mathew V. Gibbs
  Sergeant Bradley J. Harper
  Over the next couple of weeks, I will continue to read the names 
until we complete the 188 that have fallen since the summer.
  I want to also read the words of then President Franklin Delano 
Roosevelt: ``Each of these heroes stands in the unbroken line of 
patriots who have dared to die that freedom might live and grow and 
increase its blessings.''
  Mr. Speaker, it is difficult to read all the names and think of the 
lives that have been lost in service to our country. My colleagues and 
I will continue to pay tribute to those who have made the ultimate 
sacrifice for our Nation. Your Nation thanks you and we will never 
forget you.

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