Friday, May 26, 2023

Remember and Honor: Memorial Day, 2023

 


In memoriam

The following 39 comrades-in-arms died while in service to the Nation. We remember their sacrifice this Memorial Day, and always.


Chronological

  • WOC Lee Price, 1978, helicopter accident, Alabama

  • CPT Mario Fajardo, 1991, minefield accident, Iraq.

  • SPC Gilman, 1999, traffic accident, North Macedonia.

Pentagon 9/11/2001

Colleagues, alphabetically after Leadership

  1. LTG Timothy Maude, 1947-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  2. CSM Larry Strickland, 1949-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  3. SPC Craig Amundson, 1973-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  4. MSG (Ret) Max Beilke, 1932-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  5. COL Canfield "Bud" Boone, 1948-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  6. SFC Jose Calderon, 1957-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  7. CTR Gerald Fisher, 1944-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  8. COL (Ret) Ron Golinski, 1941-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  9. LTC Stephen "Neil" Hyland (fellow Notre Dame alum), 1955-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  10. SGM Lacey Ivory, 1958-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  11. LTC Dennis Johnson, 1953-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  12. MAJ Steve Long, 1962-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  13. CTR Terry Lynch, 1952-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  14. MAJ Ron Milam, 1968-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  15. DAC Odessa Morris, 1947-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  16. DAC Deb Ramsaur (Germany), 1956-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  17. CW4 William Ruth, 1943-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  18. COL Dave Scales, 1956-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  19. DAC Marion Serva, 1954-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  20. LTC (Ret) Gary Smith, 1945-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  21. DAC Patricia Statz, 1960-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  22. LTC Kip Taylor, 1963-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  23. SGT Tamera Thurman, 1976-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  24. LTC Karen Wagner, 1961-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  25. SPC Chin "Sunny" Pak Wells, 1976-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  26. CTR Ernest Willcher, 1938-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  27. MAJ Dwayne Williams, 1961-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  28. CTR Edmond Young, 1979-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  29. DAC Lisa Young, 1963-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

9/11 victims who were family of my colleagues

  • DAC Patty Mickley, sister of a friend, 1959-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  • DAC Don Simmons, husband of a friend, 1943-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

  • DAC Cheryl Sincock, wife of a friend, 1946-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon

Chronological, continued

  • MAJ Pete Graff, 2003, suicide, Charlottesville. Pete was an exceptional platoon leader in the 497th Engineer Company.

  • SES Reginald Brown, 2005, pancreatic cancer, Pentagon. I was Mr. Brown’s Military Aide when he suddenly became ill.

  • LTC (Ret) James Daron, 2010, lymphoma, Kansas. Jim and I served together in Iraq and I dedicated my Iron Butt Association ride to him.

  • MAJ Joe Jones, 2012, colon cancer, Virginia. Joe and I served together in the Pentagon.