OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM

Story Byline:  Seattle Weekly-Facing our Losses-Rick Anderson

    RIDGLEY KENNETH LEVI

age 30 Rank Sgt Date of Event & Location March 30, 2005 Mosul, Iraq Town of Record of Steilacoom service US Army Unit Fort Lewis Stryker Brigade Combat Team Married Married Service #   Death Code Hostile-Small Arms Fire Cemetery   Comment   Medals Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal,Global War On Terrorism Service Medal,Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal

Story Byline:   Seattle Weekly-Facing our Losses-Rick Anderson

    KENNEDY STEPHEN C.

age 35 Rank SSGT Date of Event & Location April 4, 2005 Balad Ruz, Iraq Town of Record Oak Ridge, Tenn. service US Army  Unit 278th National Guard Regimental Combat Team, Knoxville, Tenn Married Married Service #   Death Code Hostile-Small Arms Fire Cemetery   Comment 1988 Bremerton High School WA. Medals Purple Heart,National Defense Service Medal,Global War On Terrorism Service Medal,Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal

Story Byline:  Seattle Weekly-Facing our Losses-Rick Anderson

    WATKINS GLENN J.

age 42 Rank Army Spc Date of Event & Location April 5, 2005 Baghdad, Iraq Town of Record Tacoma service US Army WANG  Unit 1st Battalion, 161st Infantry from Kent—part of Washington National Guard's 81st Brigade/ to California 184th Infantry Married Married Service #   Death Code Hostile-Car Bomb Cemetery   Comment   Medals Purple Heart,National Defense Service Medal,Global War On Terrorism Service Medal,Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal

Story Byline:  Seattle Weekly-Facing our Losses-Rick Anderson

    CRATE CASEY

age 26 Rank SSGT Date of Event & Location May 30, 2005 Eastern Diyala Province,Iraq Town of Record Spanaway service US Air Force Unit 23rd Special Tactics Squadron Married   Service #   Death Code Non Hostile-Air Craft-Crash on land  Cemetery   Comment   Medals National Defense Service Medal,Global War On Terrorism Service Medal,Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal

Sgt. Casey Crate
On May 30 near the village of Jalula, Iraq, our beloved Casey was taken from us in the crash of a Air Force Comp Air 7SL aircraft. He, three other Special Ops and one Iraqi were on a mission out of Kirkuk Air Base near Baghdad.
Casey graduated from Spanaway Lake High School in 1996. He attended Pierce College for two years before joining the Air Force in 1998. He specialized in Avionics for four years before cross-training into Special Forces. After two years of training in Spc. Ops, he was assigned to the 23rd Tactics Squadron at Hurlbert Field near Ft. Walton Beach, Florida. He was a Combat Controller (CCT).
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Story Byline:  Seattle Weekly-Facing our Losses-Rick Anderson

    STARR JEFFERY B.

age 22 Rank Cpl Date of Event & Location May 30, 2005 Ar Ramadi, Iraq Town of Record Snohomish service US Marine Corp  Unit 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Married   Service #   Death Code Hostile-Enemy Action-Small Arms Fire Cemetery   Comment   Medals Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal,Global War On Terrorism Service Medal,Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal

Story Byline:  Seattle Weekly-Facing our Losses-Rick Anderson

    LANGMACK STEVEN M.

age 33 Rank SGTFC Date of Event & Location May 31, 2005 Al Qaim, Iraq Town of Record Seattle service US Army Unit Headquarters, Special Operations Command Married Married Service #   Death Code Hostile-Enemy Action-Small Arms Fire Cemetery   Comment Green Beret Medals Purple Heart National Defense Service Medal,Global War On Terrorism Service Medal,Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal

Story Byline:  Seattle Weekly-Facing our Losses-Rick Anderson

    CHAVEZ DANIEL

age 20 Rank LCPL Date of Event & Location June 9, 2005 Haqlaniyah, Iraq Town of Record Seattle service US Marine Corp Unit 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Married   Service #   Death Code Hostile-Improvised Explosive Device Cemetery   Comment   Medals Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal War on Terrorism Service Medal,Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal

Story Byline:  Seattle Weekly-Facing our Losses-Rick Anderson

    CLARK REGINA R.

age 43 Rank PO 1st Class Date of Event & Location June 23, 2005  Fallujah,Iraq Town of Record Centralia service US Navy Unit Naval Construction Region Detachment 30 Married   Service #   Death Code Hostile-Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device Cemetery   Comment attached:II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) Medals National Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart,Global War On Terrorism Service Medal,Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal

    DICKISON CHRISTOPHER W.

age 26 Rank Spc Date of Event & Location July 5, 2005   Baqubah,Iraq Town of Record Seattle service US Army Unit 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Infantry Division Married   Service #   Death Code Hostile-Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device Cemetery   Comment   Medals National Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart,Global War On Terrorism Service Medal,Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal