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.