Casualties — UPDATED

UPDATE 09-29-2005 — Please visit the following sites for updates to the funerals and memorials for SGT Deckard, 1SGT Gifford, and SPC Ford. Soldiers Angels — Germany and Thunder 6 at 365 and a Wake up

Salute to Pam at Iraq War Today

UPDATE #2 01.24.2006 — SGT Deckard’s Family has set up an on line Memorial. Very well done. Please visit. I am honored that Echo9er is listed as a related site. Thank you Mr and Mrs Gill.

Condolences to the Family, Friends, and Comrades of the following Americans who lost their lives while in the pursuit of gaining freedom for others.

DoD Release # 949-05 – The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Soldier who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Sgt. Matthew L. Deckard, 29, of Elizabethtown, Ky., died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 16, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his M1A1 Abrams tank during patrol operations. Deckard was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.

DoD Release # 950-05 – The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Staff Sgt. Regilio E. Nelom, 45, of Queens, N.Y., died near Al Asad, Iraq, on Sept. 17, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during an escort mission. Nelom was assigned to the 249th Quartermaster Company, 1st Corps Support Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.

DoD Release # 951-05 – The Department of Defense announced today the death of two Soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 16, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their M1A1 Abrams tank during patrol operations. Both soldiers were assigned to the 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.

Killed were:
1st Sgt. Alan N. Gifford, 39, of Tallahassee, Fla.
Spc. David H. Ford IV, 20, of Ironton, Ohio.

Click on the names above for more information — Salute to Fallen Heroes Memorial

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