17 Fallen Soldiers from Arkansas 9/12/03 - 2/10/05

17 Fallen Soldiers serving in Iraq from Arkansas 9/12/03 - 2/10/05

May we keep their families in our thoughts.

09/12/03 Master Sgt Kevin N Morehead, Age: 33, Morehead was killed on Sept. 12, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. He died of wounds he received when his unit executed a raid on enemy forces.
03/18/04 Pfc Brandon C Smith, Age: 20, Smith died on March 18 as a result of enemy action in Al Qaim, Iraq.
04/24/04 Staff Sgt Stacey C Brandon, Age: 35, Brandon on April 24, in Taji, Iraq, when mortar rounds hit his camp.
04/24/04 Staff Sgt Billy J Orton, Age: 41, Orton died on April 24, in Taji, Iraq, when mortar rounds hit his camp.
04/24/04 Capt Arthur L Felder, Age: 36, Felder died on April 24, in Taji, Iraq, when mortar rounds hit his camp.
04/24/04 Chief Warrant Officer Patrick W Kordsmeier, Age: 49, Kordsmeier died on April 24, in Taji, Iraq, when mortar rounds hit his camp.
05/06/04 Staff Sgt Hesley Box, Jr, Age: 24, Box died May 6 in Baghdad, Iraq, when a car bomb detonated near his guard post.
06/21/04 Cpl Tommy L Parker, Jr., Age: 21, Parker died June 21 from hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
09/18/04 Sgt Thomas C Rosenbaum, Age: 25, Rosenbaum died Sept. 18 in Baghdad, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device hit his convoy vehicle.
10/03/04 Sgt Russell L Collier, Age: 48, Collier died October 3rd in Taji, Iraq. His unit was conducting traffic control operations when enemy forces attacked them using small arms fire.
10/13/04 Spc Ronald W Baker, Age: 34, Baker died October 13th in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained on October 7th in Taji, Iraq, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol vehicle.
11/26/04 Sgt Michael A Smith, Age: 24, Smith died Nov. 26 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., from injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq, on Nov. 7 when he was attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire.
01/04/05 Spc Joshua S Marcum, Age: 33, Marcum died Jan. 4 in Taji, Iraq, when an improvised explosive devise detonated near his military vehicle.
01/04/05 Spc Jimmy D Buie, Age: 44, Buie died Jan. 4 in Taji, Iraq, when an improvised explosive devise detonated near his military vehicle.
01/04/05 Spc Jeremy W McHalffey, Age: 28, McHalffey died Jan. 4 in Taji, Iraq, when an improvised explosive devise detonated near his military vehicle.
01/26/05 Lance Cpl Brian C Hopper, Age: 21, Hopper died Jan. 26 when the CH-53E helicopter he was in crashed near Ar Rutbah, Iraq.
02/10/05 Staff Sgt William T Robbins, Age: 31, Robbins died Feb. 10 in Taji, Iraq, of non-combat related injuries.

(Source: www.pigstye.net/iraq)