[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 7039-7040]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  (At the request of Mr. Reid, the following statement was ordered to 
be printed in the Record.)

                       HONORING OUR ARMED FORCES

 Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, in honor of American troops who 
have lost their lives overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan I wish to make 
sure their service and sacrifice is forever memorialized in the 
Congressional Record.
  Since I last included the names of our fallen troops on February 15, 
the Pentagon has announced the deaths of 101 troops in Iraq and in 
Operation Enduring Freedom, which includes Afghanistan. They will not 
be forgotten and today I submit their names into the Record:
  SSG Shaun J. Whitehead, of Commerce, GA; SSG Ronald C. Blystone, of 
Springfield, MO; PFC John T. Bishop, of Gaylord, MI; 1stLT Timothy W. 
Cunningham, of College Station, TX; LCpl Jordan C. Haerter, of Sag 
Harbor, NY; CPL Jonathan T. Yale, of Burkeville, VA; SGT Guadalupe 
Cervantes Ramirez, of Fort Irwin, CA; 1stLT Matthew R. Vandergrift, of 
Littleton, CO; PVT Ronald R. Harrison, of Morris Plains, NJ; SPC Steven 
J. Christofferson, of Cudahy, WI; SGT Adam J. Kohlhaas, of Perryville, 
MO; PO1 Cherie L. Morton, of Bakersfield, CA; AA Adrian M. Campos, of 
El Paso, TX; CPL Benjamin K. Brosh, of Colorado Springs, CO; SPC Lance 
O. Eakes, of Apex, NC; SSGT Jason L. Brown, of Magnolia, TX; 1stSGT 
Luke J. Mercardante, of Athens, GA; CPL Kyle W. Wilks, of Rogers, AR; 
SPC Arturo Huerta-Cruz, of Clearwater, FL; SGT Joseph A. Richard III, 
of Lafayette, LA; CPL Richard J. Nelson, of Racine, WI; LCpl Dean D. 
Opicka, of Waukesha, WI; SGT William E. Allmon, of Ardmore, OK; SPC 
Jacob J. Fairbanks, of Saint Paul, MN; SGT Jesse A. Ault, of Dublin, 
VA; SGT Shaun P. Tousha, of Hull, TX; TSgt Anthony L. Capra, of 
Hanford, CA; SPC Jeremiah C. Hughes, of Jacksonville, FL; SSG Jeffery 
L. Hartley, of Hempstead, TX; MAJ Mark E. Rosenberg, of Miami Lakes, 
FL; SGT Timothy M. Smith, of South Lake Tahoe, CA; SPC Jason C. 
Kazarick, of Oakmont, PA; SGT Michael T. Lilly, of Boise, ID; SSG 
Jeremiah E. McNeal, of Norfolk, VA; SGT Richard A. Vaughn, of San 
Diego, CA; COL Stephen K. Scott, of New Market, AL; MAJ Stuart A. 
Wolfer, of Coral Springs, FL; SSG Emanuel Pickett, of Teachey, NC; CAPT 
Ulises Burgos-Cruz, of Puerto Rico; SPC Matthew T. Morris, of Cedar 
Park, TX; PFC Shane D. Penley, of Sauk Village, IL; SGT Nicholas A. 
Robertson, of Old Town, ME; SPC Charles A. Jankowski, of Panama City, 
FL; SSGT Travis L. Griffin, of Dover, DE; SGT Dayne D. Dhanoolal, of 
Brooklyn, NY; SGT Jevon K. Jordan, of Norfolk, VA; MAJ William G. Hall, 
of Seattle, WA; SPC Durrell L. Bennett, of Spanaway, WA; PFC Patrick J. 
Miller,

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of New Port Richey, FL; SGT Terrell W. Gilmore, of Baton Rouge, LA; CPL 
Steven I. Candelo, of Houston, TX; CPL Joshua A. Molina, of Houston, 
TX; SPC Gregory B. Rundell, of Ramsey, MN; SSG Joseph D. Gamboa, of 
Yigo, Guam; PVT George Delgado, of Palmdale, CA; SSG Christopher M. 
Hake, of Enid, OK; PFC Andrew J. Habsieger, of Festus, MO; CPL Jose A. 
Rubio Hernandez, of Mission, TX; LCpl Dustin L. Canham, of Lake 
Stevens, WA; SSG William R. Neil Jr., of Holmdel, NJ; SGT Thomas C. 
Ray, II, of Weaverville, NC; SGT David S. Stelmat, of Littleton, NH; 
SGT David B. Williams, of Tarboro, NC; PFC Antione V. Robinson, of 
Detroit, MI; PFC Tyler J. Smith, of Bethel, ME; TSgt William H. 
Jefferson, Jr., of Norfolk, VA; SGT Gregory D. Unruh, of Dickinson, TX; 
SSG Michael D. Elledge, of Brownsburg, IN; SGT Christopher C. Simpson, 
of Hampton, VA; SPC Lerando J. Brown, of Gulfport, MS; CPL William D. 
O'Brien, of Rice, TX; SFC Collin J. Bowen, of Millersville, MD; SFC 
Shawn M. Suzch, of Hilltown, PA; SSG Ernesto G. Cimarrusti, of Douglas, 
AZ; SSG David D. Julian, of Evanston, WY; CPL Robert T. McDavid, of 
Starkville, MS; CPL Scott A. McIntosh, of Houston, TX; SSG Juantrea T. 
Bradley, of Greenville, NC; SPC Dustin C. Jackson, of Arlington, TX; 
PFC Tenzin L. Samten, of Prescott, AZ; SSG Laurent J. West, of Raleigh, 
NC; SGT Phillip R. Anderson, of Everett, WA; SPC Donald A. Burkett, of 
Comanche, TX; CAPT Torre R. Mallard, of OK; CPL Jose A. Paniagua-
Morales, of Bell Gardens, CA; SGT Gabriel Guzman, of Hornbrook, CA; SPC 
Steven R. Koch, of Milltown, NJ; SGT Robert T. Rapp, of Sonora, CA; 
SSGT Christopher S. Frost, of Waukesha, WI; SPC Orlando A. Perez, of 
Houston, TX; SPC Micheal E. Phillips, of Ardmore, OK; CPL Kevin S. 
Mowl, of Pittsford, NY; LCpl Drew W. Weaver, of St. Charles, MO; SPC 
Keisha M. Morgan, of Washington, DC; CAPT Nathan R. Raudenbush, of PA; 
SGT Conrad Alvarez, of Big Spring, TX; CPL Albert Bitton, of Chicago, 
IL; SPC Micheal B. Matlock, Jr., of Glen Burnie, MD; SSG Bryant W. 
Mackey, of Eureka, KS; CPL Chad D. Groepper, of Kingsley, IA; CPL Luke 
S. Runyan, of Spring Grove, PA.
  We cannot forget these men and women and their sacrifice. These brave 
souls left behind parents and children, siblings and friends. We want 
them to know the country pledges to preserve the memory of our lost 
soldiers who gave their lives for our country.

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