In Memoriam

[Daisy and Delilah]

Thank you for those figures, Gretchen. I am teary eyed here, looking at the ages of those young people. The statistics are mind blowing. Families will be without those soldiers on Thanksgiving and Christmas for the first time. The families will never see their loved ones again. It breaks my heart.

Rest In Peace Fallen Soldiers Thank you for protecting us. You saved us, but, unfortunately, you couldn't save yourselves.

I'm honestly getting to the point that I resent high government officials doing anything besides trying to bring these soldiers home asap. I know I shouldn't feel this way but I can't help it. My heart hopes they are working on a plan that will take effect right away. I just hoped I would have seen large amounts of them already home. What is it going to take? Isn't this enough?

[Grace]

FRANCE

Died 8 October 2009

Sgt. Johann Hivin-Gerard, 29
3e Regiment d'Infanterie de Marine (3rd Marine Infantry Regiment)

Died on October 8, 2009, at Percy Military Hospital in Paris, France, of wounds sustained when a roadside bomb struck his armored vehicle while escorting a logistics convoy in the Surobi district north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on September 4, 2009

[Grace]

Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, SPAIN


7 October 2009

Cpl. Cristo A. Cabello Santana, 24
Regimiento de Infanteria Ligera IX (9th Light Infantry Regiment)

Killed when a roadside bomb struck his armored vehicle during a reconnaissance and security patrol east of Herat, Afghanistan.

[Grace]

7 October 2009

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth W. Westbrook, 41, of Shiprock, N.M., died Oct. 7 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., of wounds suffered Sept. 8 when insurgents attacked his unit in the Ganjigal Valley, Afghanistan, using small arms and indirect fire. He was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.

[Grace]

UNITED KINGDOM


8 October 2009

It is with extreme sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Lance Corporal James Hill, 23 from Redhill in Surrey, of the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards in Afghanistan on 8 October 2009.

Lance Corporal Hill was killed as a result of an explosion that happened near to Camp Bastion in Helmand Province.

[Grace]

10 October 2009

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Spc. George W. Cauley, 24, of Walker, Minn., died Oct. 10 in Bagram, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device on Oct. 7 in Helmand province. He was assigned to the 114th Truck Company of the Minnesota Army National Guard in Duluth, Minn.

[Grace]

10 October 2009

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Lance Cpl. Alfonso Ochoa Jr., 20, of Armona, Calif., died Oct. 10 while supporting combat operations in Farah province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay.