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
LTG Timothy Maude, 1947-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
CSM Larry Strickland, 1949-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
SPC Craig Amundson, 1973-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
MSG (Ret) Max Beilke, 1932-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
COL Canfield "Bud" Boone, 1948-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
SFC Jose Calderon, 1957-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
CTR Gerald Fisher, 1944-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
COL (Ret) Ron Golinski, 1941-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
LTC Stephen "Neil" Hyland (fellow Notre Dame alum), 1955-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
SGM Lacey Ivory, 1958-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
LTC Dennis Johnson, 1953-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
MAJ Steve Long, 1962-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
CTR Terry Lynch, 1952-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
MAJ Ron Milam, 1968-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
DAC Odessa Morris, 1947-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
DAC Deb Ramsaur (Germany), 1956-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
CW4 William Ruth, 1943-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
COL Dave Scales, 1956-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
DAC Marion Serva, 1954-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
LTC (Ret) Gary Smith, 1945-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
DAC Patricia Statz, 1960-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
LTC Kip Taylor, 1963-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
SGT Tamera Thurman, 1976-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
LTC Karen Wagner, 1961-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
SPC Chin "Sunny" Pak Wells, 1976-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
CTR Ernest Willcher, 1938-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
MAJ Dwayne Williams, 1961-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
CTR Edmond Young, 1979-2001, 9/11 terror attack, Pentagon
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.
