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1 Alabama s Fallen Heroes in the War Against Terrorism (Since 9/11/01) Faces of the Price of Freedom LEST WE FORGET: They went with songs to do battle They were young! Straight of limb true of eye steady and aglow; They were staunch to the end - Against odds uncounted, They fell with their faces to the foe! They shall grow not old, As we, that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning We will remember them! As of: 5 January 2011 (Alphabetical order) 1. Army Staff Sergeant George T. ALEXANDER Jr., 34 Clanton, Died 22 Oct 2005 in 2. Army National Guard Specialist Adrian L. AVILA, 19 Opelika, Died 29 Oct 2009 in Kuwait; 3. Army Sergeant Lakeshia M. BAILEY, 23 Fort Mitchell, Died 8 March 2010 in Iraq; 4. Army Sergeant Major Barbaralien BANKS, 41 Camden, Died 6 Apr 2005 in Iraq; ; Home of record, Harvey LA 5. Army Staff Sergeant Michael D. BARNETT, - Montgomery, Died 5 May 2008; 6. Army Specialist Benjamin (Trey) BARTLETT, 25 Auburn, Died 15 Jul 2007; 7. Alabama Army National Guard Sergeant Aubrey D. BELL, 33 Tuskegee, Died 27 Oct 2003 in 8. Army Captain Donnie Ray BELSER, Jr., 28 Anniston, Died 10 Feb 2007 in 9. Army Private First Class Joseph R. BERLIN, Jr., 21 Chelsea, Died 30 Dec 2007 in Iraq;

2 Army Specialist Stephen D. BICKNELL, 19 Prattville, Died 15 Oct 2006 in 11. Army Reserve Master Sergeant Russell C. BLEDSOE, 38 Hanceville, Died 7 Dec 2008 in Atlanta GA; 12.Army Specialist Matthew T. BOLAR, 24 Montgomery, Died 3 May 2007 in 13.Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth D. BOURLAND, 37 Gardendale, Died 12 January 2010 in the Porte-Au-Prince Haiti Earthquake; 14.Army Private Michael P. BRIDGES, 23 Oxford, Died 2 Nov 2006 in Iraq; ; Home of record Placentia CA 15.Army Staff Sergeant Scottie L. BRIGHT, 26 Montgomery, Died 5 Jul 2005 in 16.Army Staff Sergeant William J. BROOKS, 30 Birmingham, Died 3 May 2005 in 17.Air Force Technical Sergeant Bruce E. BROWN, 32 Coatopa, Died 4 Sep 2004 in Qatar; 18.Army Staff Sergeant Harrison BROWN, 31 Pritchard, Died 8 Apr 2007 in 19.Army Private First Class John E. BROWN, 21 Troy, Died 14 Apr 2003 in 20.Army Specialist Seteria L. BROWN, 22 Aliceville, Died 25 Jul 2008 in Afghanistan; ; Home of record Orlando FL 21.Army Sergeant William E. BROWN, 25 Phil Campbell, Died 23 Jun 2007 in 22.Marine Gunnery Sergeant Stephen L. BRYSON, 36 Montgomery, Died 9 Jan 2002 in Pakistan; 23.Alabama Army National Guard Specialist Paul J. BUECHE, 19 Daphne, Died 21 Oct 2003 in Iraq; 24.Army Chief Warrant Officer-4 James CARTER, 42 Montgomery, Died 5 June 2008 in Kandahar, Afghanistan; ; Home of record Clarksville TN 25.Army Specialist Ahmed A. CASON, 24 McCalla, Died 7 Apr 2004 in Iraq; 26.Marine Chief Warrant Officer Robert William CHANNELL, Jr., 36 Tuscaloosa, Died 22 Apr 2003 in Iraq; 27.Army Specialist Andrew F. CHRIS, 25 Huntsville, Died 25 Jun 2003 in Iraq; ; Home of record San Diago CA 28.Army Chief Warrant Officer-3 Donald V. CLARK, 37 Newton, Died 15 Nov 2008 in Helicopter crash in Mosul,

3 -3-29.Alabama Army National Guard First Sergeant Herbert Ronald CLAUNCH, 58 Alexander City, Died 18 Apr 2004 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Non- Hostile Death 30.Army Captain Kyle A. COMFORT, 27 Jacksonville, Died 8 May 2010 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan; 31.Marine Corporal Matthew D. CONLEY, 21 Killen, Died 18 Feb 2006 in 32.Army Sergeant Timothy M. CONNEWAY, 22 Enterprise, Died 28 Jun 2003 in Iraq; 33.Army National Guard Specialist Joshua COOPER, - Mobile; Died on/about 6 May 2007; 34.Army Staff Sergeant Eric D. COTTRELL, 39 Pittsview, Died 13 Aug 2007 in 35.Army Staff Sergeant Jonathan W. DEAN, 25 Henagar, Died 20 Dec 2008 in Bayji, Iraq of injuries suffered in Tikrit, Iraq; 36.Army First Lieutenant Joseph D. DeMOORS, 36 Birmingham, Died 7 Jan 2006 in Iraq; 37.Army Staff Sergeant Kenneth DRIGGERS, 38 Vincent; Died 15 Oct 2005 in Germany of a vehicle accident; 38.Army First Lieutenant Jonathan W. EDDS, 24 Phoenix City, Died 14 Aug 2007; 39.Army Sergeant Jerry R. EVANS, Jr., 23 Eufaula, Died 7 Aug 2009 in Wardak Province, Afghanistan; 40.Marine Lance Corporal Bradley M. FAIRCLOTH, 20 Mobile, Died 26 Nov 2004 in 41.Marine Corporal Adam R. FALES, 21 Cullman, Died 16 Dec 2005 in Iraq; 42.Army Staff Sergeant Jeffrey J. FARROW, 28 Birmingham, Died 19 Jul 2005 in Iraq; 43.Marine Lance Corporal Bruce E. FERRELL, Jr., 21 Perdido, Died 10 Aug 2009 in Afghanistan; 44.Air Force Senior Airman Mark A. FORESTER, 29 - Haleyville, Died 29 Sep 2010 in Afghanistan; 45.Army Sergeant Jeremy D. FOSHEE, 25 Pisgah, Died 22 Feb 2002 in the Philippines; 46.Army Staff Sergeant Thomas W. GARDNER, Sr., 27 Mt. Brook, Died 9 May 2007; 47.Army Specialist Joseph Adam GILMORE, 26 Hartford, Died 19 May 2007 in ; Home of record Webster FL

4 -4-48.Army Specialist Richard GILMORE, III, 22 Jasper, Died 18 July 2007 in 49.Army Specialist Steven R. GIVENS, 26 Mobile, Died 8 May 2005 in Iraq; 50.Army Specialist Curtis E. GLAWSON, 24 Daleville, Died 20 Mar 2007 in 51.Army Special Forces Staff Sergeant Charles Lee GLENN, 31 Lincoln, Died 17 May 2007; 52.Army Specialist Toney L. GOBLE, II., 24 Gadsden, Died 27 June 2008; 53.Army Sergeant Robert D. GORDON, II, 22 River Falls, Died 16 Sep 2009 at Landstuhl, Germany of illness contracted in Afghanistan; 54.Marine Staff Sergeant Stacy A. GREEN, 34 Alexander City, Died 10 Dec 2010 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan; 55.Army Staff Sergeant Quentin L. GREENE, 30 Birmingham, Died 19 Feb 2006; 56.Army Sergeant Brandon Eugene HADAWAY, 25 Valley, Died 30 May 2007 in Afghanistan; 57.Army Specialist Charles G. HAIGHT, 23 Jacksonville, Died 26 Dec 2003 in 58.Army Staff Sergeant Jeffrey A. HALL, 28 Huntsville, Died 1 June 2009 in Nerkh, Afghanistan; 59.Army Specialist Andrew L. HAND, 25 Enterprise, Died 24 July 2010 in Qalat, Afghanistan; 60.Army Private First Class James Jacob HARRELSON, 19 Dadeville, Died 17 Jul 2007 in 61.Marine Sergeant Foster L. HARRINGTON, 31 Mobile, Died 20 Sep 2004 in ; Home of record Fort Worth TX 62.Army Chief Warrant Officer-2 Brian D. HAZELGROVE, 29 Fort Rucker, Died 23 Jan 2004 in ; Home of record Edinburgh, IN 63.US Navy Seaman Matthew Lloyd HICKS, 22 Chelsea, Died 21 June 2008; 64.Army Specialist Stephen D. HILLER, 25 Opelika, Died 4 Apr 2004 in Iraq; 65.Army Master Sergeant Kenneth E. HUNT, Jr., 40 Eufaula, Died 12 Oct 2005 in ; Home of record Tuscon AZ 66.Army Sergeant Edmund J. JEFFERS, 23 Daleville, Died 19 Sep 2007 in Iraq;

5 67.Army Sergeant Troy D. JENKINS, 25 Evergreen, Died 24 Apr 2003 in Iraq; ; Home of record Ridgecrest CA 68.Army National Guard Major Kevin M. JENRETTE, 37 Auburn, Died 4 June 2009 in Afghanistan; 69.Army Chief Warrant Officer Christopher C. JOHNSON, 31 Hazel Green, Died 14 Aug 2007; 70.Army Sergeant Clifton D. JOHNSON, 24 Ethelsville Died 14 Aug 2007 in Eilat, Israel supporting Operation Enduring Freedom; 71.Army Private First Class Howard P. JOHNSON II, 21 Mobile, Died 23 Mar 2003 in 72.Army Chief Warrant Officer Phillip A. JOHNSON, Jr., 31 Mobile, Died 8 Jan 2004 in 73.Army Sergeant Ricky D. JONES, 26 Plantersville, Died 21 June 2009 in Bagram, Afghanistan; 74.Army Sergeant Jason D. JORDAN, 24 Elba, Died 20 Jul 2003 in Iraq; 75.Army First Sergeant Charles M. KING, 48 Mobile, Died 14 Oct 2006 in 76.Army Specialist Marques I. KNIGHT, 24 Dothan, Died 6 Sep 2008 in Afghanistan; ; Home of record San Juan Capristano CA 77.Army Command Sergeant Major Jonathan M. LANKFORD, 42 Scottsboro, Died 22 Sep 2007 in Iraq; 78.Army Sergeant Carlie M. LEE, III, 23 Birmingham, Died 15 May 2009 in Chak, Afghanistan; 79.Army Specialist Cedric L. LENNON, 32 West Blocton, Died 24 Jun 2003 in Iraq; 80.Army Specialist James T. LINDSEY, 20 Florence, Died 12 Apr 2007 in 81.Mississippi Army National Guard Staff Sergeant Tommy S. LITTLE, 45 Aliceville, Died 2 May 2005 in 82.Marine Lance Corporal Adam E. LOGGINS, 27 Athens, Died 26 Apr 2007 in 83.Army Specialist Jon-Erik LONEY, 21 Hartselle, Died 28 Nov 2006 in Iraq; 84.Army Staff Sergeant Robert L. LOVE, Jr., 28 Livingston, Died 1 Dec 2006 in 85.Army First Lieutenant Scott M. LOVE, 32 Huntsville, Died 7 Jun 2006 in ; Home of record Knoxville TN -5-

6 -6-86.Army National Guard Specialist Jeremy LOVELESS, 22 Hamilton, Died 28 Apr 2003 at Fort Benning, Georgia; 87.Army Captain Richard Taysohn Tay MAGNANI, II, 26 Hoover, Died 13 April 2010; 88.Army Captain Torre R. MALLARD, 27 Anniston, Died 10 Mar 2008 in 89.Army Specialist Christopher E. MASON, 32 Mobile, Died 28 Nov 2006 in 90.Army Private Sean Patrick McCUNE, 20 Nauvoo, Died 11 Jan 2009 in Samarra, Iraq; 91.Army Sergeant Robert M. McDOWELL, - Mobile, Died 1 Apr 2007; Non- Hostile Death 92.Alabama Army National Guard Staff Sergeant John E. McGEE, 36 Camden, Died 2 May 2005 in ; Home of record Columbus GA 93.Army Sergeant Jean Paul MEDLIN, 27 Pelham, Died 19 May 2007 in Iraq; 94.Marine Lance Corporal David Harrison MILES, 19 Madison, Died 10 Mar 2008 in bus accident at Fort Rucker AL; 95.Army Private First Class Jonathon M. MILLICAN, 20 Trafford, Died 20 Jan 2007 in 96.Army Private First Class Desmond D. MORRISETTE, - Loxley, Died in an accident at Fort Bragg NC 14 Sep 2008; ; Home of record Nashville TN 97.Marine Gunnery Sergeant Herman J. Jerome MURKERSON, Jr., 35 Adger, Died 1 Oct 2007 in 98.Army Specialist Brendan P. NEENAN, 21 Enterprise, Died 7 June 2010 in Afghanistan; 99.Army Staff Sergeant Travis L. NELSON, 41 Anniston, Died 10 Dec 2005 in 100.Army Staff Sergeant Paul B. NORRIS, 30 Cullman, Died 16 Aug 2007 in Balad, Iraq; 101.Navy Petty Officer Third Class Matthew J. O BRYANT, 22 Theodore, Died 20 Sept 2008 in Islamabad, Pakistan; 102.Air Force First Lieutenant Ray C. OWENS, 32 Pinson, Died 4 Apr 2005 in Albania in a plane crash during a training mission; 103.Army Chief Warrant Officer-3 Mark S. O STEEN, 43 Ozark, Died 30 Jan 2003 in Afghanistan; 104.Army Specialist Charles D. PARRISH, 23 Jasper, Died 4 June 2009 in

7 Army Sergeant First Class Lonnie J. PARSON, 39 Bay Minette, Died 2 Sep 2005 in 106.Army Sergeant Kenya A. PARKER, 26 Fairfield, Died 30 Apr 2005 in Iraq; 107.Marine Corporal Bradford H. PAYNE, 24 Montgomery, Died 6 Oct 2006 in 108.Army Sergeant Carlos E. PERNELL, 25 Munford, Died 6 Jun 2006 in 109.Army Private Kelly S. PREWITT, 24 Birmingham, Died 6 Apr 2003 in 110.Army Major Darryl E. PRIEST, 34 Town Creek, Died 16 Jun 2010 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; 111.Army Sergeant Marquees A. QUICK, 28 Hoover, Died 19 Aug 2006 in 112.Marine Corporal Carl L. RAINES II, 20 Enterprise, Died 6 Oct 2005 in 113.Army Staff Sergeant Joshua L. RATH, 22 Decatur, Died 8 Jan 2009 in Afghanistan; 114.Marine Lance Corporal Thomas E. RIVERS, Jr., 22 Hoover, Died 28 April 2010 in Helmund Providence, Afghanistan; 115.Marine Lieutenant Colonel Michael A. ROBINSON, 42 Sylacauga, Died 31 May 2007 in Afghanistan of a heart attack; 116.Army Specialist Justin A. SAINT, 22 Albertville, Died 15 Oct 2008; 117.Army Captain Robert C. SCHEETZ, Jr., 31 Dothan, Died 31 May 2004 in 118.Army Staff Sergeant Christopher J. SCHORNAK, 28 Hoover, Died 26 Feb 2006 in 119.Army Colonel Stephen K. SCOTT, 54 New Market, Died 6 Apr 2008 in 120.Alabama Air National Guard Technical Sergeant Mark Thomas SHARP, 47 Pelham, Died 13 Dec 2010 in Birmingham; 121.Marine Lance Corporal John T. SIMS, Jr., 21 Alexander City, Died 10 Apr 2004 in 122.Marine Private Jeffery Wayne SLATEN, 24 Phoenix City, Died 11Feb 2008; 123.Air Force Staff Sergeant David C. SMITH, 26 Saraland, Died 9 June 2010 when medical evacuation helicopter shot down in Afghanistan; Killed in Action

8 Marine Lance Corporal Jonathan L. SMITH, 22 Eva, Died 6 Jun 2005 in 125.Central Intelligence Agency Johnny Michael SPANN, 32 Winfield, Died 25 Nov 2001 in Afganistan; 126.Army Staff Sergeant Dennis James SPRINGER, 26 Huntsville, Died 12 July 2007; 127.Army Sergeant Jason D. STEGALL, 31 Trussville, Died 14 Dec 2009 at Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC; 128.Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Mark E. STRATTON, II, 39 Foley, Died 26 May 2009 in Afghanistan; 129.Marine Corps Lance Corporal Gregory SUEDMEYER, 21 Huntsville, Died 13 Mar 2010 in an automobile accident shortly after returning from Iraq; 130.Alabama Army National Guard Specialist Christopher M. TAYLOR, 25 Daphne, Died 16 Feb 2004 in 131.Army National Guard Sergeant Christopher J. TAYLOR, 22 Opelika, Died 24 Jul 2005 in 132.Army Staff Sergeant Robert C. THORNTON, Jr., 35 Rainbow City, Died 23 Aug 2004 in 133.Army Sergeant Tamara C. THURMAN, 25 Brewton, Died 11 Sep 2001 in the attack on The Pentagon; 134.Georgia Army National Guard Staff Sergeant Phillip L. TRAVIS, 41 Brewton, Died 2 Dec 2005 in Iraq; ; Home of record Snellville GA 135.Army Private Ricky Lee TURNER, 20 Hazel Green, Died 16 Jan 2009 in 136.Army Sergeant First Class Arthur TYREE, - Gadsden, Died of accident 5 Sep 2008; 137.Army Private First Class William Zackary VANOSDOL, 23 Pinson, Died 19 Aug 2009 in 138.Army Specialist Brian A. VAUGHN, 23 Pell City, Died 21 Jun 2005 in 139.Marine Sergeant Nicholas R. WALSH, 27 Birmingham, Died 16 May 2007 in ; Home of record Milstadt IL 140.Marine Lance Corporal Cody G. WATSON, 21 Oxford, Died 6 Dec 2006 in Iraq; 141.Army Sergeant Charles J. WEBB, 22 Alexandria, Died 3 Nov 2004 in ; Home of record Hamilton OH

9 Army Chief Warrant Officer-5 Jamie D. WEEKS, 47 Daleville, Died 14 May 2006 in 143.Marine Chief Warrant Officer Charles G. WELLS, Jr., 32 Montgomery, Died 30 Mar 2005 in 144.Army Sergeant First Class Stephen J. WHITE, 39 Talladega, Died 5 Jan 2006 in 145.Army Warrant Officer-2 James E. WHITEHEAD, 33 (Wife, Tori lives in Bessemer), Died in Black Hawk Helicopter Crash 21 Dec 2006; Non- Hostile Death 146.Army Major Dwayne WILLIAMS, 40 Jacksonville, Died 11 Sep 2001 in the attack on The Pentagon; 147.Army Sergeant First Class Christopher R. WILLOUGHBY, 29 Phoenix City, Died 20 Jul 2003 in Iraq; 148.Marine Lance Corporal Christopher D. WINCHESTER, 23 Flomaton, Died 14 Jul 2005 in 149.Marine Lance Corporal Ryan G. WINSLOW, 19 Hoover, Died 15 April 2006 in 150.Army Sergeant Michael YASHINSKI, 24 Irondale, Died 24 Dec 2003 in Iraq; 151.Army Chief Warrant Officer-4 Keith YOAKUM, 41 Coffee Springs, Died 2 Feb 2007 in 152.Army Private Justin R. YOEMANS, 20 Eufaula, Died 6 Nov 2004 in Iraq; 153.Marine Private First Class Kirby ZORN, - Kinston, Died 8 Aug 2008 at Camp Lejeune, NC; Rest Easy Sleep Well, my Brothers; Know that the Line has Held Your Job is Done! Rest Easy Sleep Well; Others Have Taken Up Where You Fell The Line Has Held! Peace Peace and, Farewell!

10 -10- As Of: 5 January 2011 Blue Star Salute Foundation, Inc. (205) R. Glenn Nivens US Army, Infantry (Retired) Secretary and Agent Faces of the Price of Freedom

Faces of the Price of Freedom

Alabama s Fallen Heroes in the War Against Terrorism (Since 9/11/01) Faces of the Price of Freedom LEST WE FORGET: They went with songs to do battle They were young! Straight of limb true of eye steady