Digest #140

From: Todd Lockwood
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 12:40 PM
Subject: Digest #140

Another Bogus Budget
By PAUL KRUGMAN

Published: February 3, 2004

Well, whaddya know. Even as the Republican leadership strong-armed the Medicare drug bill through Congress, the administration was sitting on estimates showing that the plan would cost at least $134 billion more than it let on. But let's not make too much of the incident. After all, it's not as if our leaders make a habit of faking their budget projections. Oh, wait.

The budget released yesterday, which projects a $521 billion deficit for fiscal 2004, is no more credible than its predecessors. When the administration promises much lower deficits in future years, remember this: two years ago it projected a fiscal 2004 deficit of only $14 billion. What's new this time is that the administration has decided to pay lip service to conservative complaints about runaway spending.

Over the past few months, many pundits have obediently placed the onus for rising deficits on "a vast increase in discretionary domestic spending," or words to that effect. By the way, the Heritage Foundation, which has orchestrated this campaign, is cagier than those pundits; it covers itself by relying on innuendo, never saying outright that domestic discretionary spending is the source of the deficit.

To mollify these critics, the new budget purports to shrink real domestic discretionary spending. This won't happen; even if it did, it would have a negligible impact on the deficit. But it isn't just a fake solution “ it's a response to a fake problem.

The prime cause of giant budget deficits is a plunge in the federal government's tax take, which fell from 20.9 percent of G.D.P. in fiscal 2000 to a projected 15.7 percent this year, the lowest share since 1950. About 45 percent of this plunge can be attributed to the Bush tax cuts. The rest reflects the end of the stock market bubble, the still-depressed economy and “ probably “ growing tax sheltering and evasion.

It's true that increased spending also contributes to the deficit, and that there has been a substantial increase in discretionary spending “ spending that, unlike such items as Social Security payments, isn't automatically determined by formulas. But the bulk of this increase has been related to national security.

Traditional budget measures distinguish between defense and nondefense discretionary spending. Even by these measures, defense accounts for most of the increase in recent years. But a better measure would group homeland security and other costs associated with 9/11 with defense, not domestic programs. The Center for American Progress “ confirming related work by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities “ estimates that from 2000 to 2004 security-related discretionary spending rose to 4.7 percent of G.D.P. from 3.4 percent, while nonsecurity spending rose to only 3.4 percent from 3.1 percent.

In other words, the role of nonsecurity spending in the plunge into deficit is trivial, compared with tax cuts and security spending. (Credit where credit is due: the administration's budget numbers show the same thing.) And even severe austerity on nonsecurity spending won't make a significant dent in the deficit.

So what will it take to get the budget deficit under control? Unless Social Security and Medicare are drastically cut “ which is, of course, what the right wants “ any solution has to include a major increase in revenue.

Many Democrats have called for a partial rollback of the Bush tax cuts, preserving the "middle class" cuts “ those that convey at least some benefit to the 77 percent of taxpayers in the 15 percent tax bracket or below. Such a partial rollback would have reduced this year's budget deficit by about $180 billion; that would help, but one hopes politicians realize that it's not enough.

Another major source of revenue could be a crackdown on tax loopholes and tax evasion, which has reached epidemic proportions. In particular, what's going on with the tax on corporate profits? That source of revenue is down, as a percent of G.D.P., to 1930's levels. No, that's not a misprint. And receipts are not growing nearly as fast as one would expect, given an economic recovery that has bypassed workers but given big gains to their employers. An administration that actually tried to make corporations pay their taxes might be able to find $100 billion or more each year.

An eventual budget solution will involve all this, and more. But the first step is to stop looking for villains in all the wrong places.

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From today's Progress Report. Visit their website here: http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=8473

Sign up to receive the Progress Report in your email here: http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=3750

The best part of today's PR is a scathing look at Bush's budget proposal. It's long and difficult to translate from their website to a Digest, so go here to view it:

http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=6228

Other items:

Commission Concerns

QUESTIONING THE COMMISSION'S SCOPE: The President's decision to only support a WMD commission whose scope may be limited and which only reports after the election is facing serious criticism. AP reports, "Current and former U.S officials said they fear that Bush will try to limit the inquiry's scope to the CIA and other agencies and ignore the key role the Bush administration's own internal intelligence efforts played." The officials "said that intelligence efforts led by Vice President Dick Cheney magnified the errors through exaggeration, oversights and mistaken deductions." Similarly, Knight-Ridder reports current and former officials said, "What went wrong with intelligence on Iraq will never be known unless the inquiry examines secret intelligence efforts led by Vice President Dick Cheney and Pentagon hawks." Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) wrote to Bush that, "One of the major questions that needs to be addressed is whether senior administration officials, including members of the Cabinet and senior White House officials, misled Congress and the public about the nature of the threat from Iraq...Even some of your own statements and those of Vice President Cheney need independent scrutiny." Former weapons inspector David Kay, with whom the President met yesterday, agreed, saying, "the commission should look into everything."

QUESTIONING THE COMMISSION'S INDEPENDENCE: The Pelosi-Daschle letter also raised serious questions about why the White House says the commission will be independent yet is appointing all of the commissioners itself. The letter said, "A commission appointed and controlled by the White House will not have the independence or the credibility necessary to investigate these issues." Joseph Cirincione of the non-partisan Carnegie Endowment for Peace "said the commission would not be truly bipartisan or independent because Mr. Bush would appoint its members and define its scope." He said, "I just spoke to the staff of 30 senior Democrats and none of their staff have been consulted on this panel. The President is trying to dig a defensive line to stop the damage. If he does it right, the commission can help him but, if he does it wrong, it will make it worse."

Also from the Progress Report:

BUDGET BUSH CONSISTENTLY OVERESTIMATES REVENUES: Salon reports that every year the Bush Administration has "promised that revenues will come in at one sum, only to see them fall far short of expectations." For the 2002 budget the President predicted revenues of $2.19 trillion they turned out to be 15.5% lower. For the 2003 budget the President predicted revenues of $2.048 trillion they turned out to be 13% lower. For the 2004 budget the President predicted revenues of $1.922 trillion but they have already revised their predictions down to $1.798 trillion, 6.5% lower. Now the President predicts that, next year, revenues will rise 13% to 2.04 trillion. Revenues haven't risen that much in a single year in more than two decades.

MEDIA THE NEW VOICE OF THE LEFT: He's loud, he's trash-talking, and he's poised to make a big splash in progressive talk radio. His name is Ed Schultz, and he's this month's Esquire magazine's Man of the Month. In the article, Schultz proclaims why he thinks he has a good chance of succeeding when so many other progressive radio hosts have failed: He's at heart a radio guy. "You need to do what you were trained to do...To my knowledge, no other liberal who's tried this was a dedicated radio person. I am. It's my blood." And it appears to be working. The article describes his progressive show, hitting the airwaves on the Jones Radio Network, saying, "in matter, inflection, pace and fun the qualities that keep talk radio from sucking he is like no radio Democrat you've ever heard." Good luck, Ed.

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An Action Item from MoveOn:

Censure Bush for misleading us.

Despite repeated warnings from the CIA and the Defense Intelligence Agency, President Bush and his administration hyped and distorted the threat that Iraq posed. And now that reality is setting in, the President wants to pin the blame on someone else. We can't let him.

Congress has the power to censure the President -- to formally reprimand him for betraying the nation's trust. If ever there was a time for this, it's now. Join our call on Congress to censure President Bush at:

http://www.moveon.org/censure/

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Another reason to avoid Wal-Mart like the poison it is:

Wal-Mart widens political reach, giving primarily to GOP
By Jim Hopkins, USA TODAY

Wal-Mart, America's biggest company, is beefing up in a new area: politics.

It has rocketed to No. 2 among top campaign givers in the 2004 federal elections. Four years ago, it didn't rank in the top 100, says the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan watchdog group.

Republican candidates are the big winners in this year's election. They received about 85% of the company's contributions, including those of its political action committee, employees and children of founder Sam Walton.

Wal-Mart's rise is significant because of the impact it might have on congressional debates about health care, labor and other hot-button regulatory issues, says Larry Noble, the center's executive director. "They're clearly making a move," he says.

But unions say Wal-Mart's push to keep costs low is driving thousands of factory jobs overseas. It's facing a potentially costly sex discrimination lawsuit from female workers. Plus, a federal grand jury is investigating claims that Wal-Mart cleaning companies used illegal immigrants.

Wal-Mart denies the sex discrimination claims. It says it is innocent in the case of illegal immigrants. Still, the growing criticism has tarnished the company's image, and helped spur its leap into Washington. "Our voice wasn't there to be heard," says company spokesman Jay Allen.

It's now being heard through:

ŸCampaign donations. Wal-Mart's political action committee and employees have given about $1 million in the 2004 elections so far “ almost entirely to congressional candidates. Just $5,000 went to President Bush, and none to Democrats seeking the White House “ a trend underscored Monday in campaign finance data released by the center. Bush's No. 1 donor to date: Merrill Lynch's (MER) PAC and employees. They gave $432,104 of the $132 million Bush raised. Wal-Mart gives to pro-business candidates, without expectations, Allen says. "There are no quid pro quos," he says.

Walton's children are big givers, too. Wal-Mart Chairman Rob Walton last year gave $25,000 to the National Republican Congressional Committee. His brother, John Walton, gave more than $150,000 to Republican causes since 2000. Their sister, Alice Walton, gave more than $100,000 in the same period.

ŸLobbying. Wal-Mart has five staff lobbyists in Washington “ up from one when it opened its office there in 1999.

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BIG SPENDERS
The five biggest campaign donors in the 2004 elections

Goldman Sachs “ $1,598,230

Wal-Mart “ $1,014,600

Laborers union “ $875,230

SBC “ $852,071

Machinists/aerospace workers union “ $810,700

1 “ As of Nov. 1, 2003
Source: Center for Responsive Politics

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My buddy Karl in PA writes:

"Are There No Prisons? Are There No Workhouses?"

Ah the economy is rebounding. Why only today the Banks in Philly got so much richer. There were a record 1069 sheriff sales.

US: Homeless Die in Frigid Weather

2004-02-02 | While the US news media has provided ample coverage of the near-record cold wave, very little is being said this winter about the loss of lives and suffering among those forced to live on the streets. The toll has been particularly harsh during January, which has seen ice, snow and subfreezing temperatures settle in over much of the eastern half of the country. The severe weather has brutally exposed a deepening social crisis of poverty and unemployment that has left record numbers homeless.

The full article, a depressing litany of deaths:
http://www.unobserver.com/

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KERRY'S COMFORTABLE. EDWARDS RISING.

According to sources, the early exit polls in most of the states are in, and they look like:

AZ Kerry 46, Clark 24, Dean 13.
MO Kerry 52, Edwards 23, Dean 10
SC Edwards 44, Kerry 30, Sharpton 10
OK Edwards 31, Kerry 29, Clark 28
DE Kerry 47, Dean 14, Lieberman 11, Edwards 11

From: http://www.nationalreview.com/thecorner/04_02_01_corner-archive.asp#024351

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From: Matt Howes, National Internet Organizer, ACLU
Date: February 3, 2004

Despite an unprecedented public relations offensive by Attorney General Ashcroft and a veto threat from the White House, Congress is moving toward revising the Patriot ActÌs most dangerous provisions.

Buoyed by the groundswell of opposition -- more than 245 communities and 3 states have passed resolutions in opposition to the PATRIOT Act -- momentum is building for legislation that would correct PATRIOT Act provisions that allow for unwarranted investigations of personal records, authorize secret Ïsneak and peekÓ searches and roll back judicial oversight.

This corrective legislation -- the SAFE Act -- would not repeal commonsense provisions in the PATRIOT Act, but would instead revise those provisions that infringe on our civil liberties without making us any safer. Yet even this modest bill drew the wrath of Attorney General Ashcroft who falsely said that it would, Ïmake it even more difficult to mount an effective anti-terror campaign than it was before the Patriot Act was passed."

Take Action! Tell your Members of Congress to cosponsor the SAFE Act so we can be both safe and free.

Click here for more information and to send a free fax to your Members of Congress:

http://www.aclu.org/NationalSecurity/NationalSecurity.cfm?ID=13907&c=24

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Urge Congress to Reject Ashcroft's Veto Threat

From: Matt Howes, National Internet Organizer, ACLU
Date: February 3, 2004

Despite an unprecedented public relations offensive by Attorney General Ashcroft and a veto threat from the White House, Congress is moving toward revising the Patriot ActÌs most dangerous provisions.

Buoyed by the groundswell of opposition -- more than 245 communities and 3 states have passed resolutions in opposition to the PATRIOT Act -- momentum is building for legislation that would correct PATRIOT Act provisions that allow for unwarranted investigations of personal records, authorize secret Ïsneak and peekÓ searches and roll back judicial oversight.

This corrective legislation -- the SAFE Act -- would not repeal commonsense provisions in the PATRIOT Act, but would instead revise those provisions that infringe on our civil liberties without making us any safer. Yet even this modest bill drew the wrath of Attorney General Ashcroft who falsely said that it would, Ïmake it even more difficult to mount an effective anti-terror campaign than it was before the Patriot Act was passed."

Take Action! Tell your Members of Congress to cosponsor the SAFE Act so we can be both safe and free.

Click here for more information and to send a free fax to your Members of Congress:

http://www.aclu.org/NationalSecurity/NationalSecurity.cfm?ID=13907&c=24

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This a long but worthy assessment of the dangers of Global Warming, so I've included it whole:

Climate Change Alert

Patrick Doherty spent a decade in the field of international conflict resolution, working in the Middle East, Africa, Southeastern Europe and the Caucasus.

First Paul OºNeill, now Andrew Marshall. Marshall has just blown the lid off another Bush administration can of worms--namely, its unwillingness to acknowledge and address the massive threat posed by global climate change.

Marshall is the founding director of the Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment, a quiet but powerful think tank within the Pentagon. In 2001, Marshall was tapped by George W. Bush to lead the Pentagon's military review that largely defined the scope of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's "transformation" agenda. Marshall, whose ONA has served every president since Nixon, introduced the term "revolution in military affairs."

In an article published Jan. 26 in Fortune magazine, Marshall released the findings of an unclassified report--written by Peter Schwartz and Doug Randall of the Global Business Network--entitled "An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and Its Implications for United States National Security."

Global Warming Happens

Until now, the debate over climate change in the United States has focused on whether global warming exists and if so, whether it can be attributed to human activity. In their report, Schwartz and Randall close that debate and raise the stakes. They write that "the IPCC [International Panel on Climate Change] documents the threat of gradual climate change," deftly allowing Marshall to implicitly acknowledge that the IPCC findings have sufficiently established what the report calls "the scientifically proven link between CO2 and climate change" as well as the international consensus around climate change itself. But, while fully recognizing the reality of global warming, the report argues that the gradualist view "may be a dangerous act of self-deception." The real threat to national security is from global warming triggering an "abrupt climate change event."

Abrupt climate change is an increasingly probable and, the authors show, a historically precedented event in which global atmospheric warming triggers a rapid modification in global oceanic patterns. The report focuses on the threat receiving the most concern from researchers, which occurs when atmospheric warming releases enough fresh water into the North Atlantic to shut down the "thermohaline conveyor"--currents including the Gulf Stream--that move warm water north from the tropics. That, in turn would send much of the Northern Hemisphere into a deep freeze, disrupting energy, agriculture and fresh water supplies around the world.

This is no abstract hypothetical scenario. The Fortune article cites a presentation made by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute director Robert Gagosian who, at last year's World Economic Forum at Davos, "urged policymakers to consider the implications of possible abrupt climate change within two decades."

Thankfully, Marshall did just that. The ONA-commissioned report, using the well-established scenario-planning techniques developed at Shell's planning unit, generated a plausible future scenario in which the thermohaline conveyor collapses in 2010. What follows that oceanic shut-down sounds apocalyptic and yet the authors contend, is quite plausible.

By 2020, average rainfall in Europe drops 30 percent; "megadroughts" affect Southern China and Northern Europe; massive boatlifts of people from the Caribbean attempt to enter the United States and Mexico; China is unable to feed its population due to the combination of droughts and violent monsoons and flooding; Eastern European countries invade a weakened Russia to seek minerals and energy; nuclear India, Pakistan, and China go to war over water, land, and refugees. In all 400 million people could be forced to migrate from uninhabitable regions. In the United States, the East Coast population areas experience severe shortages of freshwater; flooding creates an inland sea in California's Central Valley and disrupts freshwater supplies for Southern California; and energy disruptions are commonplace due to storms, ice and conflict. The authors make the point clear: this is not a prediction, this is a plausible scenario given what we know now.

Overcoming Resistance

While the content of this release raises the alarm, Marshall is sending multiple messages. The timing of the Fortune article, for instance. For a man of Marshall's long legacy of discretion to directly challenge the current administration's line on global warming at the beginning of a presidential election year speaks volumes. That he chose to do so by releasing a report by respected business consultants in Fortune magazine seems to say he wants the business world, Bush's most important constituency, to understand clearly that the status quo is untenable.

This extraordinary act by a senior Defense Department official implies high-level recognition that the Bush administration's resistance to the near global consensus on climate change--a consensus that includes the vast majority of the scientific community, many corporations including General Motors, Alcoa, IBM, DuPont, Johnson & Johnson, and all the remaining governments of the OECD--is a threat to national security itself. Indeed, last month in the journal Science, the United Kingdom's Chief Scientific Advisor declared that "climate change is the most severe problem that we are facing today--more serious even than the threat of terrorism." Perhaps inoculating itself from future criticism the report states, "Many scientists would regard this scenario as extreme. . . But history tells us that sometimes the extreme cases do occur, there is evidence that it might be [occurring] and it is DOD's job to consider such scenarios."

And that resistance has been staunch. In the battle over climate change, according to a report from the group Environment2004, the Bush administration has both misrepresented the science and misled the public. According to The New York Times, the Bush administration acted to distort and omit EPA findings on global warming. The group notes that the administration has dismissed the findings of the International Panel on Climate Change set up by the first President Bush and the findings of a panel of the National Academy of Sciences that Bush himself requested. They document how administration has tried to mislead the public by substituting the absolute indicator of total emissions with emissions per unit of GDP, which can go down while total U.S. emissions continue to rise--and then asking emitters (unsuccessfully) to voluntarily commit to reducing emission intensity. And they highlight how the administration has stalled the debate by calling for a research agenda which The New York Times described as a "redundant examination of issues that had largely been settled, bereft of vision, executable goals and timetables--in short, little more than a cover-up for inaction."

It's The Emissions, Stupid

Ultimately, "Abrupt Climate Change" is a report for the Department of Defense. But not entirely. While DoD is primarily concerned with predicting the arrival of and managing the security nightmare caused by abrupt climate change, the report also calls for prevention measures which can only happen through a transformation of the U.S. economy.

"It's important to understand human impacts on the environment--both what's done to accelerate and decelerate (or perhaps even reverse) the tendency toward climate change. Alternative fuels, greenhouse gas emission controls and conservation efforts are worthwhile endeavors."

Only a month ago, Democrats' best chances in the 2004 general elections relied heavily on the undesirable combination of continued failure in Iraq and sustained economic underperformance. That began to change two weeks ago, when the Institute for America's Future brought together coalition of labor and environmental groups called the Apollo Alliance and issued a report describing the core of a new economic engine based on shifting America from suburban sprawl and fossil fuels towards smart growth and renewable energy. (See Democrats' Moon Shot )

Democrats now have a powerful opportunity to reframe the 2004 elections and focus their agenda around an integrated agenda of triage and transformation. Terrorism is still a real threat and Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel/Palestine and HIV/AIDS must be stabilized and resolved. The larger threat of abrupt climate change, however, means we must comprehensively transform our emissions-ridden economy. Apollo is a good start, but now Marshall's warnings make it clear that America has no time to waste on low emissions reduction targets and wasteful subsidies, much less Bush's stalling and deception. Global emissions markets are the best answer. Research has shown that emissions trading is the leading pathway to eliminating emissions, energy independence and reducing agricultural subsidies that impoverish the developing world-all of which will reduce conditions that fuel terrorism and the medium-term threat of abrupt climate change while building a booming new economic engine for America and the world.

Marshall's sense of patriotic responsibility may just save the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world and usher in a new era of prosperity, sustainability and peace“but only if Democrats reframe the 2004 elections starting now.

Original:
http://www.tompaine.com/feature2.cfm/ID/9882

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I've put this last because it contains a long and sobering list at the end, worth printing out and mailing to anyone who seems to think it insignificant:

Weapons of Mass Deception
By Jade Walker

http://www.jadedwritings.com

To date, nearly 11,000 troops have been wounded or handicapped, and more than 500 have died since the war started.

Sadly, the president hasn't attended a single funeral.

No amount of reparations can bring these brave soldiers back. All we can do now is honor their memory, and hope their brothers and sisters in arms won't meet the same fate:

Over the weekend

An American soldier was killed on Sunday and 12 wounded in a rocket attack on an Army base in central Iraq. Another soldier was killed and two others hurt in a vehicle accident, when their Humvee overturned near the town of Haditha. A roadside bomb killed three American soldiers on Saturday when it ripped through their convoy near Kirkuk.

January 2004

Army Staff Sgt. Sean G. Landrus, 31, of Thompson, Ohio
Army Capt. Matthew J. August, 28, of Rhode Island.
Army Sgt. 1st Class James T. Hoffman, 41, of Whitesburg, Ky.
Army Sgt. Travis A. Moothart, 23, of Brownsville, Ore.
Army 2nd Lt. Luke S. James, 24, of Oklahoma.
Army Staff Sgt. Lester O. Kinney II, 27, of Zanesville, Ohio.
Army Sgt. Cory R. Mracek, 26, of Hay Springs, Neb.
Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Bunda, 29, of Washington.
Army 1st Lt. Adam G. Mooney, 28, of Cambridge, Md.
Army Chief Warrant Officer Patrick D. Dorff, 32, of Minnesota.
Army Pfc. Ervin Dervishi, 21, Fort Worth, Texas.
Army Spc. Jason K. Chappell, 22, of Hemet, Calif.
Army Spc. William R. Sturges Jr., 24, of Spring Church, Pa.
Army Sgt. Randy S. Rosenberg, 23, of Berlin, N.H.
Army Sgt. Keith L. Smette, 25, of Fargo, N.D.
Army Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Hendrickson, 41, of Bismarck, N.D.
Army Chief Warrant Officer (CW2) Michael T. Blaise, 29, of Tennessee
Army Chief Warrant Officer (CW2) Brian D. Hazelgrove, 29, of Fort Rucker, Ala.
Army Spc. Gabriel T. Palacios, 22, of Lynn, Mass.
Army Pfc. James D. Parker, 20, of Bryan, Texas.
Army Master Sgt. Kelly L. Hornbeck, 36, Fort Worth, Texas.
Army Pfc. Cody J. Orr, 21, of Ruskin, Fla.
Army Spc. Larry E. Polley, Jr., of Center, Texas.
Army Sgt. Edmond L. Randle, 26, of Miami, Fla.
Army Staff Sgt. Roland L. Castro, 26, of San Antonio, Texas
Army Sgt. Keicia M. Hines, 27, of Citrus Heights, Calif.
Army Staff Sgt. Ricky L. Crockett, 37, of Broxton, Ga.
Army Sgt. Jeffrey C. Walker, 33, of Havre de Grace, Md.
Army Staff Sgt. Craig Davis, 37, of Opelousas, La.
Army Chief Warrant Officer Philip A. Johnson, Jr., 31, of Alabama.
Army Chief Warrant Officer Ian D. Manuel, 23, of Florida.
Army Chief Warrant Officer Aaron A. Weaver, 32, of Florida.
Army Spc. Michael A. Diraimondo, 22, of Simi Valley, Calif.
Army Sgt. 1st Class Gregory B. Hicks, 35, of Duff, Tenn.
Army Spc. Nathaniel H. Johnson, 22, of Augusta, Ga.
Army Spc. Christopher A. Golby, 26, of Johnstown, Penn.
Army Pfc. Jesse D. Mizener, 24, of Auburn, Calif.
Army Spc. Luke P. Frist, 20, of West Lafayette, Ind.
Army Capt. Kimberly N. Hampton, 27, of Easley, S.C.
Army Capt. Eric T. Paliwoda, 28, of Texas
Army Sgt. Dennis A. Corral, 33, of Kearney, Neb.
Army Spc. Solomon C. Bangayan, 24, of Jay, Vt.
Army Spc. Marc S. Seiden, 26, of Brigantine, N.J.

December 2003

Army Spc. Justin W. Pollard, 21, of Foothill Ranch, Calif.
Army Pvt. Rey D. Cuervo, 24, of Laguna Vista, Texas
Army Capt. Ernesto M. Blanco, 28, of Texas
Army Sgt. Curt E. Jordan, Jr., 25, of Green Acres, Wash.
Army Staff Sgt. Michael J. Sutter, 28, of Tinley Park, Ill.
Army Spc. Charles G. Haight, 23, of Jacksonville, Ala.
Army Spc. Michael G. Mihalakis, 18, of San Jose, CA
Army Staff Sgt. Thomas W. Christensen, 42, of Atlantic Mine, Mich.
Army Staff Sgt. Stephen C. Hattamer, 43, of Gwinn, Mich.
Army Maj. Christopher J. Splinter, 43, of Platteville, Wis.
Army Capt. Christopher F. Soelzer, 26, of South Dakota.
Army Sgt. Benjamin W. Biskie, 27, of Vermilion, Ohio.
Army Command Sgt. Major Eric F. Cooke, 43, of Scottsdale, Ariz.
Army Sgt. Michael E.Yashinski, 24, of Monument, Colo.
Sgt. Theodore L. Perreault, 33, of Webster, Mass.
Army 1st Lt. Edward M. Saltz, 27, U.S. Army Reserve, of Bigfork, Mont.
Army Pfc. Stuart W. Moore, 21, of Livingston, Texas.
Army Pfc. Charles E. Bush Jr., 43, of Buffalo, N.Y.
Army Sgt. Glenn R. Allison, 24, of Pittsfield, Mass.
Army Spc. Christopher J. Holland, 26, of Brunswick, Ga.
Army Spc. Nathan W. Nakis, 19, of Corvallis, Ore.
Army Pfc. Kenneth C. Souslin, 21, of Mansfield, Ohio
Army Staff Sgt. Kimberly A. Voelz, 27, of Carlisle, Pa.
Army Spc. Rian C. Ferguson, 22, of Taylors, S.C.
Army Sgt. Jarrod W. Black, 26, of Peru, Ind.
Army Pfc. Jeffrey F. Braun, 19, of Stafford, Conn.
Army Spec. Marshall L. Edgerton, 27, of Rocky Face, Ga.
Army Pfc. Jerrick M. Petty, 25, of Idaho Falls, Idaho
Army Staff Sgt. Richard A. Burdick, 24, of National City, Calif.
Army Staff Sgt. Aaron T. Reese, 31, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
Army Spc. Todd M. Bates, 20, of Bellaire, Ohio.
Army Pfc. Jason G. Wright, 19, of Luzerne, Mich.
Army Spc. Christopher J. Rivera Wesley, 26, of Portland, Ore.
Army Spc. Joseph M. Blickenstaff, 23, of Corvallis, Ore.
Army Staff Sgt. Steven H. Bridges, 33, of Tracy, Calif.
Army Pfc. Ray J. Hutchinson, 20, of League City, Texas.
Army Spc. Arron R. Clark, 20, of Chico, Calif.
Army Spc. Raphael S. Davis, 24, of Tutwiler, Miss.
Army Sgt. Ryan C. Young, 21, of Corona, Calif.
Army Chief Warrant Officer Clarence E. Boone, 50, of Fort Worth, Texas
Army Spc. Uday Singh, 21, of Lake Forest, Ill.

November 2003

Army Staff Sgt. Stephen A. Bertolino, 40, of Orange, Calif.
Army Spc. Aaron J. Sissel, 22, of Tipton, Iowa.
Army Sgt. Ariel Rico, 25, of El Paso, Texas.
Army Spc. Thomas J. Sweet II, 23, of Bismarck, N.D.
Army Spc. David J. Goldberg, 20, of Layton, Utah.
Army Command Sgt. Maj. Jerry L. Wilson, 45, of Thomson, Ga.
Army Spc. Rel A. Ravago IV, 21, of Glendale, Calif.
Army Staff Sgt. Eddie E. Menyweather, 35, of Los Angeles, Calif.
Army Cpl. Darrell L. Smith, 28, of Otwell, Ind.
Army CW2 Christopher G. Nason, 39, of California.
Army Pfc. Damian S. Bushart, 22, of Waterford, Mich.
Army Spc. Robert D. Roberts, 21, of Winter Park, Fla.
Army Cpl. Gary B. Coleman, 24, of Pikeville, Ky.
Army Capt. George A. Wood, 33, of New York, N.Y.
Army Spc. Josph L. Lister, 22, of Pleasanton, Kan.
Army Pvt. Scott M. Tyrrell, 21, of Sterling, Ill.
Army Staff Sgt. Dale A. Panchot, 26, of Northome, Minn.
Army Chief Warrant Officer Alexander S. Coulter, 35, of Tennessee.
Army Capt. Nathan S. Dalley, 27, of Kaysville, Utah.
Army Capt. James A. Shull, 32, of California.
Pfc. Damian L. Heidelberg, 21, of Batesville, Miss.
Spc. Jeremiah J. Digiovanni, 21, of Tylertown, Miss.
Pfc. Richard W. Hafer, 21, of Cross Lanes, W.Va.
Capt. Pierre E. Piche, 29, of Starksboro, Vt.
Pfc. Joey D. Whitener, 19, of Nebo, N.C.
Sgt. 1st Class Kelly Bolor, 37, of Whittier, Calif.
Sgt. John W. Russell, 26, of Portland, Texas.
Chief Warrant Officer (CW2) Scott A. Saboe, 33, of Willow Lake, S.D.
Pfc. Sheldon R. Hawk Eagle, 21, of Grand Forks, N.D.
Chief Warrant Officer Erik C. Kesterson, 29, of Independence, Ore.
Spc. John R. Sullivan, 26, of Countryside, Ill.
2nd Lt. Jeremy L. Wolfe, 27, of Wisconsin.
Sgt. Michael D. Acklin II, 25, of Louisville, Ky.
Spc. Ryan T. Baker, 24, of Brown Mills, N.J.
Spc. William D. Dusenbery, 30, of Fairview Heights, Ill.
Sgt. Warren S. Hansen, 36, of Clintonville, Wis.
Spc. Eugene A. Uhl III, 21, of Amherst, Wis.
Army Sgt. Timothy L. Hayslett, 26, of Newville, Pa.,
Army Spc. Irving Medina, 22, of Middletown, N.Y.
Army Pfc. Jacob S. Fletcher, 28, of Bay Shore, N.Y.
Army Sgt. Joseph Minucci II, 23, of Richeyville, Pa.
Army Spc. Robert A. Wise, 21, of Tallahassee, Fla.
Army Staff Sgt. Nathan J. Bailey, 46, of Nashville, Tenn.
Army Spc. Genaro Acosta, 26, of Fair Oaks, Calif.
Army Spc. Marlon P. Jackson, 25, of Jersey City, N.J.
Army Sgt. Nicholas A. Tomko, 24, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Army Staff Sgt. Gary L. Collins, 32, of Hardin, Texas
Army Staff Sgt. Mark D. Vasquez, 35, of Port Huron, Mich.
Army Pvt. Kurt R. Frosheiser, 22, of Des Moines, Iowa
Army: Capt. Benedict J. Smith, 29, of Monroe City, Mo.
Command Sergeant Major Cornell W. Gilmore I, 45, of Baltimore, Md.
Chief Warrant Officer (CW5) Sharon T. Swartworth, 43, of Virginia.
Chief Warrant Officer (CW3) Kyran E. Kennedy, 43, of Boston, Mass.
Staff Sgt. Paul M. Neff II, 30, of Fort Mill, S.C.
Sgt. Scott C. Rose, 30, of Fayetteville, N.C.
Army Staff Sgt. Morgan D. Kennon, 23, of Memphis, Tenn.
Army Spc. James A. Chance III, 25, of Kokomo, Miss.
Army Spc. James R. Wolf, 21, of Scottsbluff, Neb.
Army Sgt. Paul F. Fisher, 39, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Army Sgt. 1st Class Jose A. Rivera, 34, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
Army Sgt. Francisco Martinez, 28, of Humacao, Puerto Rico.
Army Spc. Robert T. Benson, 20, of Spokane, Wash.
Army fc. Rayshawn S. Johnson, 20, of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Army: Staff Sgt. Daniel A. Bader, 28, of Colorado Springs, Colo.
Spc. Steven D. Conover, 21, of Wilmington, Ohio.
Spc. Brian H. Penisten, 28, of Fort Wayne, Ind.
Sgt. Joel Perez, 25, of Rio Grande, of Puerto Rico.
Chief Warrant Officer Bruce A. Smith, 41, of West Liberty, Iowa.
Specialist Darius T. Jennings, 22 of Cordova, S.C.
Sgt. Ernest G. Bucklew, 33, of Enon Valley, Pa.
Pfc. Anthony D. Dagostino, 20, of Waterbury, Conn.
Pfc. Karina S. Lau, 20, of Livingston, Calif.
Sgt. Keelan L. Moss, 23, of Houston, Texas.
Sgt. Ross A. Pennanen, 36, of Oklahoma.
1st Lt. Brian D. Slavenas, 30, of Genoa, Ill.
Spc. Frances M. Vega, 20, of Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico.
Staff Sgt. Joe N. Wilson, 30, of Mississippi.
Staff Sgt. Paul A. Velazquez, 29, of Calif.
Army 2nd Lt. Benjamin J. Colgan, 30, of Kent, Wash.
Army Spc. Maurice J. Johnson, 21, of Levittown, Pa.
Army 1st Lt. Joshua C. Hurley, 24, of Virginia.

October 2003

Army 2nd Lt. Todd J. Bryant, 23, of Riverside, Calif.
Army Spec. Isaac Campoy, 21, of Douglas, Ariz.
Army Sgt. Michael Paul Barrera, 26, of Von Ormy, Texas.
Army Pvt. Algernon Adams, 36, of Aiken, S.C.
Army Sgt. Aubrey D. Bell, 33, of Tuskegee, Ala.
Army Pvt. Jonathan I. Falaniko, 20, of Pago Pago, American Samoa.
Army Pfc. Rachel K. Bosveld, 19, of Waupun, Wis.
Army Staff Sgt. Jamie L. Huggins, 26, of Hume, Mo.
Army Pvt. Joseph R. Guerrera, 20, of Dunn, N.C.
Army Lt. Col. Charles H. Buehring, 40, of Fayetteville, N.C.
Army Pfc. Steven Acosta, 19, of Calexico, Calif.
Army Capt. Robert Lucero, 34, Casper, Wyo.
Army Spc. Artimus D. Brassfield, 22, of Flint, Mich.
Army Spc. Jose L. Mora, 26, of Bell Gardens, Calif.
Army Sgt. Michael S. Hancock, 29, of Yreka, Calif.
Army Capt. John R. Teal, 31, of Mechanicsville, Va.
Army Spc. John P. Johnson, 24, of Houston, Texas.
Army Pfc. Paul J. Bueche, 19, of Daphne, Ala.
Army Pvt. Jason M. Ward, 25, of Tulsa, Okla.
Staff Sgt. Paul J. Johnson, 29, of Calumet, Mich.
Army 1st Lt. David R. Bernstein, 24, of Phoenixville, Pa.
Army Pfc. John D. Hart, 20, of Bedford, Mass.
Army Spc. Michael L. Williams, 46, of Buffalo, N.Y.
Army Lt. Col. Kim S. Orlando, 43, of Tennessee.
Army Staff Sgt. Joseph P. Bellavia, 28, of Wakefield, Mass.
Army Cpl. Sean R. Grilley, 24, of San Bernardino, Calif.
Army Spc. James E. Powell, 26, of Radcliff, Ky.
Pfc. Stephen E. Wyatt, 19, of Kilgore, Texas.
Spc. Donald L. Wheeler, 22, of Concord, Mich.
Army Pfc. Jose Casanova, 23, of El Monte, Calif.
Army Spc. Douglas J. Weismantle, 28, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Army Pvt. Benjamin L. Freeman, 19, of Valdosta, Ga.
Army Staff Sgt. Christopher W. Swisher, 26, of Lincoln, Neb.
Army Pvt. Sean A. Silva, 23, of Roseville, Calif.
Army Spc. Joseph C. Norquist, 26, of San Antonio, Texas.
Army Pfc. Kerry D. Scott, 21, of Mount Vernon, Wash.
Army 2nd Lt. Richard Torres, 25, of Clarksville, Tenn.
Army Spc. Spencer T. Karol, 20, of Woodruff, Ariz.
Spc. James H. Pirtle, 27, of La Mesa, N.M.
Army Pfc. Charles M. Sims, 18, of Miami, Fla.
Army Pfc. Analaura Esparza Gutierrez, 21, of Houston, Texas.
Army Spc. Simeon Hunte, 23, of Essex, N.J.
Army Command Sgt. Maj. James D. Blankenbecler, 40, of Alexandria, Va.

September 2003

Army pc. Dustin K. McGaugh, 20, of Derby, Kan.
Army Staff Sgt. Christopher E. Cutchall, 30, of McConnellsburg, Pa.
Army Sgt. Darrin K. Potter, 24, of Louisville, Ky.
Army Sgt. Andrew Joseph Baddick, 26, of Jim Thorpe, Pa.
Army Pfc. Kristian E. Parker, 23, of Slidell, La.
Army Spc. Kyle G. Thomas, 23, of Topeka, Kan.
Army Capt. Robert L. Lucero, 34, of Casper, Wyo.
Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert E. Rooney, 43, of Nashua, N.H.
Army Spc. Michael Andrade, 28, of Bristol, R.I.
Army Spc. Paul J. Sturino, 21, of Rice Lake, Wis.
Army Staff Sgt. Frederick L. Miller, Jr., 27, of Hagerstown, Ind.
Army Spc. Lunsford B. Brown II, 27, of Creedmore, N.C.
Army Sgt. David T. Friedrich, 26, of Hammond, N.Y.
Sgt. Anthony O. Thompson, 26, of Orangeburg, S.C.
Spc. Richard Arriaga, 20, of Ganado, Texas.
Spc. James C. Wright, 27, of Morgan, Texas.
Army Capt. Brian R. Faunce, 28, of Philadelphia, Pa.
Army Staff Sgt. Kevin C. Kimmerly, 31, of North Creek, N.Y.
Army Spc. Alyssa R. Peterson, 27, of Flagstaff, Ariz.
Army Sgt. Trevor A. Blumberg, 22, of Canton, Mich.
Army Master Sgt. Kevin N. Morehead, 33, of Little Rock, Ark.
Army Sgt. 1st Class William M. Bennett, 35, of Seymour, Tenn.
Army Sgt. Henry Ybarra III, 32, of Austin, Texas.
Army Staff Sgt. Joseph E. Robsky, Jr., 31, of Elizaville. N.Y.
Army Spc. Ryan G. Carlock, 25, of Macomb, Ill.
Army Spc. Jarrett B. Thompson, 27, of Dover, Del.
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bruce E. Brown, 32, of Coatopa, Ala.
Army Pfc. Christopher A. Sisson, 20, of Oak Park, Ill.
Army Staff Sgt. Joseph Camara, 40, of New Bedford, Mass.
Army Sgt. Charles T. Caldwell, 38, of North Providence, R.I.
Army Staff Sgt. Cameron B. Sarno, 43, of Waipahu, Hawaii

August 2003

Army Sgt. Sean K. Cataudella, 28, of Tucson, Ariz.
Army Staff Sgt. Mark A. Lawton, 41, of Hayden, Colo.
Army Spc. Rafael L. Navea, 34, of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Army Sgt. Gregory A. Belanger, 24, of Narragansett, R.I.
Army Lt. Col. Anthony L. Sherman, 43, of Pottstown, Pa.
Army Spc. Darryl T. Dent, 21, of Washington, D.C.
Army Spc. Ronald D. Allen Jr., 22, of Mitchell, Ind.
Army Pfc. Pablo Manzano, 19, of Heber, Calif.
Army Pfc. Vorn J. Mack, 19, of Orangeburg, S.C.
Army Spc. Stephen M. Scott, 21, of Lawton, Okla.
Navy Lt. Kylan A. Jones-Huffman, 31, of Aptos, Calif.
Army Pfc. Michael S. Adams, 20, of Spartanburg, S.C.
Army Staff Sgt. Bobby C. Franklin, 38, of Mineral Bluff, Ga.
Army Sgt. Kenneth W. Harris, Jr., 23, of Charlotte, Tenn.
Army Spc. Eric R. Hull, 23, of Uniontown, Pa.
Army Spc. Craig S. Ivory, 26, of Port Matilda, Pa.
Army Pfc. David M. Kirchhoff, 31, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Army Sgt. Steven W. White, 29, of Lawton, Okla.
Army fc. Daniel R. Parker, 18, of Lake Elsinore, Calif.
Army Pfc. Timmy R. Brown, Jr., 21, of Conway, Pa.
Army Sgt. Taft V. Williams, 29, of New Orleans, La.
Army Staff Sgt. Richard S. Eaton Jr., 37, of Guilford, Conn.
Army Staff Sgt. David S. Perry, 36, of Bakersfield, Calif.
Army Sgt. Floyd G. Knighten, Jr., 55, of Olla, La.
Army Spc. Levi B. Kinchen, 21, of Tickfaw, La.
Army Pfc. Brandon Ramsey, 21, of Calumet City, Ill.
Army Pvt. Matthew D. Bush, 20, of East Alton, Ill.
Army Pfc. Duane E. Longstreth, 19, of Tacoma, Wash.
Army Staff Sgt. Brian R. Hellerman, 35, of Freeport, Minn.
Army Pvt. Kyle C. Gilbert, 20, of Brattleboro, Vt.
Army Sgt. Leonard D. Simmons, 33, of New Bern, N.C.
Army Spc. Zeferino E. Colunga, 20, of Bellville, Texas
Army Spc. Farao K. Letufuga, 20, of Pago Pago, American Samoa
Army Staff Sgt. David L. Loyd, 44, of Jackson, Tenn.
Army Spc. Justin W. Hebert, 20, of Arlington, Wash.

July 2003

Army Pvt. Michael J. Deutsch, 21, of Dubuque, Iowa
Army Spc. James I. Lambert III, 22, of Raleigh, N.C.
Army 1st Lt. Leif E. Nott, 24, of Cheyenne, Wyo.
Army Spc. William J. Maher III, 35, of Yardley, Pa.
Army Sgt. Nathaniel Hart Jr., 29, of Valdosta, Ga.
Army Sgt. Heath A. McMillin, 29, of Canandaigua, N.Y.
Pfc. Jonathan M. Cheatham, 19, of Camden, Ark.
Army: Sgt. Daniel K. Methvin, 22, of Belton, Texas
Spc. Jonathan P. Barnes, 21, of Anderson, Mo.
Pfc. Wilfredo Perez Jr., 24, of Norwalk, Conn.
Army: Cpl. Evan Asa Ashcraft, 24, of West Hills, Calif.
Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, 22, Bay Shore, N.Y.
Staff Sgt. Hector R. Perez, 40, of Corpus Christi, Texas.
Army Sgt. Juan M. Serrano, 31, of Manati, Puerto Rico.
Army Capt. Joshua T. Byers, 29, of Nevada.
Army Spc. Brett T. Christian, 27, of North Royalton, Ohio.
Army Spc. Jon P. Fettig, 30, of Dickinson, N.D.
Army Cpl. Mark A. Bibby, 25, of Watha, N.C.
Army Sgt. Justin W. Garvey, 23, of Townsend, Mass.
Army Sgt. Jason D. Jordan, 24 of Elba, Ala.
Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher R. Willoughby, 29, of Phenix City, Ala.
Army Second Lt. Jonathan D. Rozier, 25, of Katy, Texas.
Army Spc. Joel L. Bertoldie, 20, of Independence, Mo.
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class David J. Moreno, 26, of Gering, Neb.
Army Sgt. Mason Douglas Whetstone, 30, of Utah.
Army Spc. Ramon Reyes Torres, 29, of Caguas, Puerto Rico.
Marine Lance Cpl. Cory Ryan Geurin, 18, of Santee, Calif.
Army Sgt. Michael T. Crockett, 27, of Soperton, Ga.
Army Sgt. Jaror C. Puello-Coronado, 36, of Pocono Summit, Pa.
Army Cpt. Paul J. Cassidy, 36, of Laingsburg, Mich.
Army Spc. Joshua M. Neusche, 20, of Montreal, Mo.
Army Spc. Christian C. Schulz, 20, of Colleyville, Texas.
Army Sgt. Roger D. Rowe, 54, of Bon Aqua, Tenn.
Army Sgt. 1st Class Dan H. Gabrielson, 39, of Spooner, Wis.
Marine Lance Cpl. Jason Andrew Tetrault, 20, of Moreno Valley, Calif.
Army Sgt. Melissa Valles, 26, of Eagle Pass, Texas.
Army Pvt. Robert L. McKinley, 23, of Kokomo, Ind.
Army Sgt. 1st Class Craig A. Boling, 38, of Elkhart, Ind.
Army Spc. Chad L. Keith, 21, of Batesville, Ind.
Army Staff Sgt. Barry Sanford, Sr., 46, of Aurora, Colo.
Army Sgt. David B. Parson, 30, of Kannapolis, N.C.
Army Spc. Jeffrey M. Wershow, 22, of Gainesville, Fla.
Army Pfc. Edward J. Herrgott, 20, of Shakopee, Minn.
Army Pfc. Corey L. Small, 20, of East Berlin, Pa.
Marine Cpl. Travis J. Bradachnall, 21, of Multnomah County, Ore.
Army 1st Sgt. Christopher D. Coffin, 51, of Bethlehem, Pa

June 2003

Army Pl. Tomas Sotelo Jr., 20, of Houston, Texas.
Army Sgt. Timothy M. Conneway, 22, of Enterprise, Ala.
Army Spc. Richard P. Orengo, 32, of Puerto Rico.
Navy Hospitalman Joshua McIntosh, 22, of Kingman, Ariz.
Army Sgt. 1st Class Gladimir Philippe, 37, of Linden, N.J.
Army Pfc. Kevin C. Ott, 27, of Columbus, Ohio.
Army Spc. Andrew F. Chris, 25, of Calif.
Marine Lance Cpl. Gregory E. MacDonald, 29, of Washington, D.C.
Army Spc. Corey A. Hubbell, 20, of Urbana, Ill.
Army Spc. Cedric L. Lennon, 32, of West Blocton, Ala.
Army Spc. Orenthial J. Smith, 21, of Allendale, S.C.
Army Spc. Paul T. Nakamura, 21, of Santa Fe Springs, Calif.
Army Staff Sgt. William T. Latham, 29, of Kingman, Ariz.
Army Pfc. Michael R. Deuel, 21, of Nemo, S.D.
Army Pvt. Robert L. Frantz, 19, of San Antonio, Texas
Army Sgt. Michael L. Tosto, 24, of Apex, N.C.
Army Pvt. Shawn D. Pahnke, 25, of Shelbyville, Ind.
Army Spc. Joseph D. Suell, 24, of Lufkin, Texas.
Marine Pfc. Ryan R. Cox, 19, of Derby, Kan.
Army Staff Sgt. Andrew R. Pokorny, 30, of Naperville, Ill.
Army Spc. John K. Klinesmith Jr., 25, of Stockbridge, Ga.
Army Pfc. Gavin L. Neighbor, 20, of Somerset, Ohio.
Army Sgt. Michael E. Dooley, 23, of Pulaski, Va.
Army Pvt. Jesse M. Halling, 19, of Indianapolis, Ind.
Army Sgt. Travis L. Burkhardt, 26, of Edina, Mo.
Army Pfc. Branden F. Oberleitner, 20, of Worthington, Ohio
Navy Petty Officer Third Class Doyle W. Bollinger, Jr., 21, of Poteau, Okla.
Army Sgt. Atanacio Haromarin, 27, of Baldwin Park, Calif.
Marine Sgt. Jonathan W. Lambert, 28, of Newsite, Miss.

May 2003

Army Spc. Michael T. Gleason, 25, of Warren, Pa.
Army Spc. Kyle A. Griffin, 20, of Emerson, N.J.
Army Spc. Zachariah W. Long, 20, of Milton, Pa.
Army Spc. Jose A. Perez III, 22, of San Diego, Texas.
Army Sgt.Thomas F. Broomhead, 34, of Cannon City, Colo.
Army Staff Sgt. Michael B. Quinn, 37, of Tampa, Fla.
Army Maj. Mathew E. Schram, 36, of Wisconsin.
Army Pfc. Jeremiah D. Smith, 25, of Odessa, Mo.
Army Pvt. Kenneth A. Nalley, 19, of Hamburg, Iowa.
Army Staff Sgt. Brett J. Petriken, 30, of Michigan.
Army Sgt. Keman L. Mitchell, 24, of Hilliard, Fla.
Army Pvt. David Evans, Jr., 18, of Buffalo, N.Y.
Army Spc. Nathaniel A. Caldwell, 27, of Omaha, Neb.
Army Capt. Andrew David La Mont, 31, of Eureka, Calif.
Army Lance Cpl. Jason William Moore, 21, of San Marcos, Calif.
Army 1st Lt. Timothy Louis Ryan, 30, of Aurora, Ill.
Army Staff Sgt. Aaron Dean White, 27, of Shawnee, Okla.
Marine Sgt. Kirk Allen Straseskie, 23, of Beaver Dam, Wis.
Army Lt. Col. Dominic R. Baragona, 42, of Ohio.
Marine Cpl. Douglas Jose Marencoreyes, 28, of Chino, Calif.
Army Spc. Rasheed Sahib, 22, of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Army Master Sgt. Williams L. Payne, 46, of Michigan.
Army Spc. David T. Nutt, 22, of Blackshear, Ga.
Air Force Staff Sgt. Patrick Lee Griffin Jr., 31, of Elgin, S.C.
Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas Brian Kleiboeker, 19, of Irvington, Ill.
Marine Lance Cpl. Jakub Henryk Kowalik, 21, of Schaumburg, Ill.
Marine Pfc. Jose Franci Gonzalez Rodriguez, 19, of Norwalk, Calif.
Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew R. Smith, 20, of Anderson, Ind.
Army Cpl. Richard P. Carl, 26, of King Hill, Idaho.
Army Chief Warrant Officer Brian K. Van Dusen, 39, of Columbus, Ohio.
Army Chief Warrant Officer Hans N. Gukeisen, 31, of Lead, S.D.
Marine Lance Cpl. Cedric E. Bruns, 22, of Vancouver, Wash.
Army Pfc. Marlin T. Rockhold, 23, of Hamilton, Ohio.
Army Pvt. Jason L. Deibler, 20, of Coeburn, Va.
Army Sgt. Sean C. Reynolds, 25, of East Lansing, Mich.
Army Pfc. Jesse A. Givens, 34, of Springfield, Mo.

April 2003

Army 1st Sgt. Joe J. Garza, 43, of Robstown, Texas.
Army Pvt. Jerod R. Dennis, 19, of Oklahoma.
Airman 1st Class Raymond Losano, 24, of Del Rio, Texas.
Army 1st Lt. Osbaldo Orozco, 26, of Delano, Calif.
Marine Lance Cpl. Eric J. Orlowski, 26, of Buffalo, N.Y.
Army Spc. Narson B. Sullivan, 21, of North Brunswick, N.J.
Army Sgt. Troy David Jenkins, 25, of Ridgecrest, Calif.
Army Spc. Roy Russell Buckley, 24, of Portage, Ind.
Marine Chief Warrant Officer Andrew Todd Arnold, 30, of Spring, Texas.
Marine Chief Warrant Officer Robert William Channell Jr., 36, of Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Marine Lance Cpl. Alan Dinh Lam, 19, of Snow Camp, N.C.
Army Cpl. John T. Rivero, 23, of Tampa, Fla.
Army Spc.Thomas A. Foley III, 23, of Dresden, Tenn.
Army Pvt.John E. Brown, 21, of Troy, Ala.
Marine Cpl. Jason David Mileo, 20 of Centreville, Md.
Army Pfc. Joseph P. Mayek, 20, of Rock Springs, Wyo.
Army Spc. Richard A. Goward, 32, of Midland, Mich.
Marine Cpl. Armando Ariel Gonzalez, 25, of Hialeah, Fla.
Army Spc. Gil Mercado, 25, of Paterson, N.J.
Marine Cpl. Jesus A. Gonzalez, 22, of Indio, Calif.
Marine Lance Cpl. David Edward Owens Jr., 20, of Winchester, Va.
Marine Staff Sgt. Riayan A.Tejeda, 26, of New York, N.Y.
Army Staff Sgt. Terry W. Hemingway, 39, of Willingboro, N.J.
Marine Gunnery Sgt. Jeffrey E. Bohr, Jr., 39, of Ossian, Iowa
Army Sgt.1st Class John W. Marshall, 50, of Los Angeles, Calif.
Army Cpl. Henry L. Brown, 22, of Natchez, Miss.
Army Staff Sgt. Robert A. Stever, 36, of Pendleton, Ore.
Army Pfc. Jason M. Meyer, 23, of Swartz Creek, Mich.
Marine Pfc. Juan Guadalupe Garza, 20, of Temperance, Mich.
Air Force Staff Sgt. Scott D. Sather, 29, of Clio, Mich.
Air Force Capt. Eric B. Das, 30, of Amarillo, Texas
Air Force Maj. William R. Watkins III, 37, of Danville, Va.
Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew Julian Aviles, 18, of Palm Beach, Fla.
Marine Cpl. Jesus Martin Antonio Medellin, 21, of Fort Worth, Texas.
Army Staff Sgt. Lincoln Hollinsaid, 27, of Malden, Ill.
Army 2nd Lt. Jeffrey J. Kaylor, 24, of Clifton, Va.
Army Pfc. Anthony S. Miller, 19, of San Antonio, Texas.
Army Spc. George A. Mitchell, 35, of Rawlings, Md.
Army Pfc. Gregory P. Huxley Jr., 19, of Forestport, N.Y.
Army Pvt. Kelley S. Prewitt, 24, of Alabama.
Army Sgt. Stevon Booker, 34, of Apollo, Pa.
Army Spc. Larry K. Brown, 22, of Jackson, Miss.
Marine 1st Sgt. Edward Smith, 38, of Vista., Calif.
Army Capt. Tristan N. Aitken, 31, of State College, Pa.
Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith, 33, of Tampa, Fla.
Marine 1st Lt. Brian M. McPhillips, 25, of Pembroke, Mass.
Marine Cp. Bernard G. Gooden, 22, of Mount Vernon, N.Y.
Marine Sgt. Duane R. Rios, 25, of Hammond, Ind.
Army Pvt. Devon D. Jones, 19, of San Diego, Calif.
Army Pfc. Wilfred D. Bellard, 20, of Lake Charles, La.
Army Spc. Daniel Francis J. Cunningham, 33, of Lewiston, Main
Marine Capt. Travis Ford, 30, of Oceanside, Calif.
Marine Capt. Benjamin Sammis, 29, of Rehoboth, Mass.
Marine Cpl. Mark A. Evnin, 21, of South Burlington, Vt.
Marine Cpl. Erik H. Silva, 22, of Chula Vista, Calif.
Army Spc. Donald S. Oaks Jr., 20, of Harborcreek, Pa.
Army Sgt. 1st Class Randy Rehn, 36, of Longmont, Colo.
Army Sgt. Todd J. Robbins, 33, of Hart, Mich.
Army Capt. Edward J. Korn, 31, of Savannah, Ga.
Army Staff Sgt. Nino D. Livaudais, 23, of Ogden, Utah.
Army Spc. Ryan P. Long, 21, of Seaford, Del.
Army Capt. Russell B. Rippetoe, 27, of Arvada, Colo.
Marine Pfc. Chad E. Bales, 20, of Coahoma, Texas.
Army Sgt. Wilbert Davis, 40, of Hinesville, Ga.
Army Capt. James F. Adamouski, 29, of Springfield, Va.
Army Spc. Mathew Boule, 22, of Dracut, Mass.
Army Chief Warrant Officer Erik A. Halvorsen, 40, of Bennington, Vt.
Army Chief Warrant Officer Scott Jamar, 32, of Granbury, Texas.
Army Sgt. Michael Pedersen, 26, of Flint, Mich.
Army Chief Warrant Officer Eric A. Smith, 42, of Rochester, N.Y.
Army Master Sgt. George A. Fernandez, 36, of El Paso, Texas.
Marine Lance Cpl. Brian E. Anderson, 26, of Durham, N.C.
Marine Pfc. Christian D. Gurtner, 19, of Ohio City, Ohio
Navy Lt. Nathan D. White, 30, of Mesa, Ariz.
Army Sgt. Jacob L. Butler, 24, of Wellsville, Kan.
Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph B. Maglione, 22, of Lansdale, Pa.

March 2003

Army Spc. Brandon Rowe, 20, of Roscoe, Ill.
Army Spc. William A. Jeffries, 39, of Evansville, Ind.
Marine Capt. Aaron J. Contreras, 31, of Sherwood, Ore.
Marine Sgt. Michael V. Lalush, 23, of Troutville, Va.
Marine Sgt. Brian McGinnis, 23, of St. Georges, Del.
Army Cpl. Michael Curtin, 23, of Howell, N.J.
Army Pfc. Diego Fernando Rincon, 19, of Conyers, Ga.
Army Pfc. Michael Russell Creighton Weldon, 20, of Palm Bay, Fla.
Army Sgt. Eugene Williams, 24, of Highland, N.Y
Marine Lance Cpl. William W. White, 24, of New York.
Marine Staff Sgt. James Cawley, 41, of Layton, Utah.
Marine Sgt. Fernando Padilla-Ramirez, 26, of San Luis, Ariz.
Army Sgt. Roderic A. Solomon , 32, of Fayetteville, N.C.
Marine Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Menusa, 33, of Tracy, Calif.
Marine Cpl. Robert M. Rodriguez, 21, of New York.
Marine Lance Cpl. Jesus A. Suarez Del Solar, 20, of Escondido, Calif.
Marine Maj. Kevin G. Nave, 36, of White Lake Township, Mich.
Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Michael Vann Johnson Jr., 25, of Little Rock, Ark.
Marine Pfc. Francisco A. Martinez Flores, 21, of Los Angeles, Calif.
Marine Staff Sgt. Donald C. May, Jr., 31, of Richmond, Va.
Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick T. O'Day, 20, of Santa Rosa, Calif.
Air Force Maj. Gregory Stone, 40, of Boise, Idaho.
Army Spc. Gregory P. Sanders, 19, of Hobart, Ind.
Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas A. Blair, 24, of Broken Arrow, Okla.
Marine Cpl. Evan James, 20, of La Harpe, Ill.
Marine Sgt. Bradley S. Korthaus, 29, of Davenport, Iowa.
Army Spc. Jamaal R. Addison, 22, of Roswell, Ga.
Army Spc. Edward J. Anguiano, 24, of Brownsville, Texas.
Army Sgt. George Edward Buggs, 31, of Barnwell, S.C.
Army 1st Sgt. Robert J. Dowdy, 38, of Cleveland, Ohio.
Army Pfc. Lori Piestewa, 22, of Tuba City, Ariz.
Army Pvt. Ruben Estrella-Soto, 18, of El Paso, Texas.
Army Pfc. Howard Johnson II, 21, of Mobile, Ala.
Army Spc. James Kiehl, 22, of Comfort, Texas.
Army Chief Warrant Officer Johnny Villareal Mata, 35, of Pecos, Texas.
Army Pvt. Brandon Sloan, 19, of Bedford Heights, Ohio.
Army Sgt. Donald Walters, 33, of Kansas City, Mo.
Marine Sgt. Michael E. Bitz, 31, of Ventura, Calif.
Marine Pfc. Tamario D. Burkett, 21, of Buffalo, N.Y.
Marine Lance Cpl. Brian Rory Buesing, 20, of Cedar Key, Fla.
Marine Lance Cpl. Donald John Cline, 21, of Sparks, Nev.
Marine Cpl. Kemaphoom A. Chanawongse, 22, of Waterford, Conn.
Marine Cpl. Jose A. Garibay, 21, of Costa Mesa, Calif.
Marine Pvt. Jonathan L. Gifford, 30, of Decatur, Ill.
Marine Cpl. Jorge A. Gonzalez, 20, of Los Angeles, Calif.
Marine Pvt. Nolen R. Hutchings, 19, of Boiling Springs, S.C.
Marine Staff Sgt. Phillip A. Jordan, 42, of Enfield, Conn.
Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick R. Nixon, 21, of Gallatin, Tenn.
Marine 2nd Lt. Frederick E. Pokorney Jr., 31, of Tonopah, Nev.
Marine Sgt. Brendon Reiss, 23, of Casper, Wyo.
Marine Cpl. Randal Kent Rosacker, 21, of San Diego, Calif.
Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas J. Slocum, 22, of Thornton, Colo.
Marine Lance Cpl. Michael J. Williams, 31, of Yuma, Ariz.
Marine Lance Cpl. David K. Fribley, 26, of Fort Myers, Fla.
Marine Sgt. Nicolas M. Hodson, 22, of Smithville, Mo.
Navy Lt. Thomas Mullen Adams, 27, of La Mesa, Calif.
Army Capt. Christopher Scott Seifert, 27, of Easton, Pa.
Army Reserve Spc. Brandon S. Tobler, 19, of Portland, Ore.
Marine 2nd Lt. Therrel S. Childers, 30, of Harrison County, Miss.
Marine Lance Cpl. Jose Gutierrez, 28, of Los Angeles, Calif.
Marine Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, of Waterville, Maine.
Marine Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, of St. Anne, Ill.
Marine Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Waters-Bey, 29, of Baltimore, Md.
Marine Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, of Houston, Texas.

February 2003

Spc. Brian M. Clemens, 19, of Kokomo, Ind.
Army Sgt Michael C. Barry, 29, of Overland Park, Kan.