[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 17433-17434]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING OUR ARMED FORCES


                    Army First Sergeant Aaron Jagger

  Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to the men 
and women in uniform serving the United States around the world, and 
observe a somber milestone in Michigan's contribution to Operation 
Iraqi Freedom.
  In August, the 100th member of the U.S. Armed Forces from Michigan 
made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in Iraq. U.S. Army 1SG Aaron 
Jagger of Hillsdale died when a roadside bomb detonated near his 
vehicle in Ramadi, Iraq. Sergeant Jagger was serving his second tour in 
Iraq. I offer my heartfelt condolences to Sergeant Jagger's family.
  As of the first week of September, 104 members of the U.S. Armed 
forces with ties to Michigan have lost their lives while serving in 
Iraq. I will ask that a list of their names be printed in the Record at 
the end of my statement.
  No words can express our country's gratitude for the dedicated 
service and ultimate sacrifice of Sergeant Jagger or the other 
Americans who have lost their lives. I am also thankful for the 
sacrifice all the men and women in the U.S. military have made for 
their country while serving in Iraq. They are selfless patriots that 
give their time and too often their lives to preserve the freedoms we 
hold so dear.
  I know that condolences offered to these brave families and words 
spoken on the floor of the Senate cannot possibly make up for their 
loss. But it is important that they know we remember them and that our 
prayers and thoughts are with those that have lost loved ones, and 
those that still have family and friends serving in harm's way.
  I will remain committed to honoring their memory and ensuring that 
their families and their comrades who return from battle receive the 
support and respect they deserve.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the list to which I 
referred be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

       Major Kevin Nave, Union Lake; Private Brandon Sloan, 
     Fraser; Sergeant Todd Robbins, Pentwater; Sergeant Michael 
     Pedersen, Flint; Private First Class Juan Garza, Jr., 
     Temperance; Private First Class Jason Meyer, Howell; Staff 
     Sergeant Scott Sather, Clio; Specialist Richard Goward, 
     Midland; Sergeant Sean Reynolds, East Lansing; Master 
     Sergeant William Payne, Otsego; Staff Sergeant Brett 
     Petriken, Flint; Specialist Corey Hubbell, Holly; Captain 
     Paul Cassidy, Laingsburg; Sergeant Trevor Blumberg, Canton; 
     Specialist Donald Wheeler, Concord; Specialist Artimus 
     Brassfield, Flint; Staff Sergeant Paul Johnson, Calumet; 
     Staff Sergeant Mark Vasquez, Port Huron; Staff Sergeant Paul 
     Neff, II, West Branch; Private First Class Damian Bushart, 
     Waterford.
       Private First Class Jason Wright, Luzerne; Staff Sergeant 
     Thomas Christensen, Atlantic Mine; Staff Sergeant Stephen 
     Hattamer, Gwinn; Private First Class Holly J. McGeogh, 
     Taylor; Specialist Richard Trevithick, Gaines; Sergeant First 
     Class Bradley Fox, Adrian; Private First Class Richard Rosas, 
     St. Louis; Sergeant Aaron Elandt, Lowell; Sergeant David 
     Hartman, Fairgrove; Specialist Craig Frank, Lincoln Park; 
     Private First Class Nicholas Blodgett, Wyoming; Specialist 
     Dana Wilson, Hudsonville; Specialist Donald McCune, 
     Ypsilanti; Staff Sergeant Donald Davis, Saginaw; Sergeant 
     Carl Thomas, Inkster; Private First Class Mark Barbret, 
     Shelby Twp.; Specialist Don Clary, Flint; Private First Class 
     Dennis Miller, Jr., La Salle; Lance Corporal Justin Reppuhn, 
     Hemlock; Lance Corporal Justin Ellsworth, Mt. Pleasant.
       Lance Corporal Michael Hanks, Gregory; Corporal Gentian 
     Marku, Sterling Heights; Corporal In Kim, Warren; Staff 
     Sergeant Jason Lehto, Warren; Lance Corporal Allan Klein, 
     Clinton Township; Lieutenant Commander Edward Jack, Detroit; 
     First Lieutenant Adam Malson, Rochester Hills; Captain Sean 
     Grimes, Southfield; Staff Sergeant Ricky Kieffer, Ovid; 
     Corporal Michael Lindemuth, Pellston; Specialist Randy 
     Stevens, Swartz Creek; Captain Stephen Frank, Farmington 
     Hills; Captain Ralph Harting, III, West Bloomfield; Sergeant 
     Brad Wentz, Gladwin; Specialist Joshua Brazee, Sand Creek; 
     Sergeant Charles Drier, Unionville; Specialist Eric Burri, 
     Wyoming; Corporal Andrew Kilpela, Fowlerville; Specialist 
     Adrian Butler, Detroit; Specialist Brian Derks, White Cloud.
       Staff Sergeant Brian Morris, Centreville; Major Gregory 
     Fester, Ada; Captain Lowell Miller, II, Flint; Sergeant First 
     Class Casey Howe, Kimball; Corporal Nicholas Cherava, 
     Ontonagon; Private First Class Nicholas Greer, Monroe; Staff 
     Sergeant Vincent Summers, Bangor; Staff Sergeant Lewis 
     Gentry, Detroit; Sergeant First Class Michael Hodshire, North 
     Adams; Major Gerald Bloomfield, II, Ypsilanti; Specialist 
     Timothy Brown, Cedar Springs; First Lieutenant Justin Smith, 
     Lansing; Master Sergeant Anthony Yost, Millington; Private 
     First Class John Dearing, Hazel Park; Lance Corporal Craig 
     Watson, Union City; Lance Corporal David Huhn, Portland; 
     Sergeant Spencer Akers, Traverse City; Specialist Anthony 
     Cardinal, Muskegon; Specialist Dane Carver, Freeport; Lance 
     Corporal Jason Little, Climax; Specialist Walter Howard, II, 
     Rochester; Corporal Ross Smith, Wyoming.
       Sergeant Curtis Howard, II, Ann Arbor; Private First Class 
     Allan Morr, Byron; Sergeant Joshua Youmans, Flushing; Private

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     Joshua Powers, Kentwood; Corporal Nyle Yates, III, Eagle; 
     Specialist Andrew Waits, Waterford; Sergeant First Class 
     Richard Herrema, Hudsonville; Sergeant Matthew Webber, 
     Stanwood; Corporal Alexander Kolasa, White Lake Twp; Corporal 
     Brock Bucklin, Caledonia; Lance Corporal Brandon Webb, Swartz 
     Creek; Staff Sergeant Raymond Plouhar, Lake Orion; Specialist 
     Joseph Micks, Rapid River; Sergeant Duane Dreasky, Novi; 
     Sergeant Al'Kaila Floyd, Grand Rapids; Staff Sergeant Michael 
     Dickinson, II, Battle Creek; Specialist Dennis Smason, Jr., 
     Hesperia; First Sergeant Aaron Jagger, Hillsdale; Sergeant 
     Gabriel DeRoo, Paw Paw; Chief Petty Officer Paul J. Darga, 
     Alpena; Staff Sergeant Eugene Alex, Bay City; Sergeant Ralph 
     Porras, Merrill.

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