[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3971]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING OUR ARMED FORCES


                         California Casualties

  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, today I wish to pay tribute to four 
servicemembers from California or based in California who have died 
while serving our country in Operation Freedom's Sentinel and in 
Operation Inherent Resolve since I last entered names into the Record.
  TSgt Anthony E. Salazar, 40, of Hermosa Beach, CA, died April 13, 
2015, at an air base in southwest Asia in a noncombat related incident. 
Technical Sergeant Salazar was assigned to the 577th Expeditionary 
Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force Squadron, 1st Expeditionary Civil 
Engineer Group, U.S. Air Forces Central Command.
  CAPT Jonathan J. Golden, 33, of Camarillo, CA, died October 2, 2015, 
in the crash of a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Jalalabad Airfield, 
Afghanistan. Captain Golden was assigned to the 39th Airlift Squadron, 
Dyess Air Force Base, TX.
  SGT Joseph F. Stifter, 30, of Glendale, CA, died January 28, 2016, at 
Al Asad Airbase, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, from wounds suffered when his 
armored HMMWV was involved in a roll-over accident. Sergeant Stifter 
was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd 
Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, KS.
  SSgt Louis F. Cardin, of Temecula, CA, died March 19, 2016, in 
northern Iraq, from wounds suffered when the enemy attacked his unit 
with rocket fire. Staff Sergeant Cardin was assigned to the 2nd 
Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp 
Lejeune, NC.

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