As of May 27, the following 52 men and women from Virginia have made the ultimate sacrifice fighting for our country in Iraq. This Memorial Day, regardless of our political party or our feelings about the war, we honor these heroes from our Virginia towns, cities, and counties. (Source: CNN)
05/11/05 Grez, Jourdan L. 24 Marine Reserve Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Harrisonburg
04/16/05 Toy Sr., TroME K. 24 Army Hostile - hostile fire - mortar attack Eastville
04/14/05 Edge, James C. 31 Marine Hostile - hostile fire Virginia Beach
04/02/05 Dengkhim, Tenzin 19 Marine Hostile - hostile fire - explosion Falls Church
03/18/05 Lewis Jr., Lee A. 28 Army Hostile - hostile fire Norfolk
02/11/05 Shepherd, Kristopher L. 26 Army Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Lynchburg
01/31/05 Redifer, Jason C. 19 Marine Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Stuarts Draft
01/26/05 Linn, Karl R. 20 Marine Reserve Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack Chesterfield
01/26/05 Bowling, Jonathan W. 23 Marine Reserve Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack Patrick
01/26/05 Weaver, Christopher L. 24 Marine Reserve Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack Fredericksburg
01/26/05 Schumann, Darrell J. 25 Marine Non-hostile - helicopter crash Hampton
01/15/05 Patterson, Jayton D. 26 Marine Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Sedley
12/28/04 Nyren, Nathaniel J. 31 Army Non-hostile - vehicle accident Reston
12/21/04 Mason, Nicholas C. "Nick" 20 Army National Guard Hostile - hostile fire - suicide bomber King George
12/21/04 Ruhren, David A. 20 Army National Guard Hostile - hostile fire - suicide bomber Stafford
12/21/04 Baldwin, Joel Egan 37 Navy Hostile - hostile fire - suicide bomber Arlington
12/21/04 Odell, Robert D. 38 Army Hostile - hostile fire - suicide bomber Manassas
12/07/04 Stubenhofer, Mark N. 30 Army Hostile - hostile fire Springfield
12/03/04 Le, Binh N. 20 Marine Hostile - hostile fire - suicide car bomb Alexandria
12/01/04 Pena, Javier Obleas-Prado 36 Marine Hostile - hostile fire Falls Church
11/20/04 Bryant Jr., Jack 23 Army Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Dale City
11/19/04 Arms, Bradley Thomas 20 Marine Reserve Hostile - hostile fire Charlottesville
11/19/04 Brown, Demarkus D. 22 Marine Hostile - hostile fire Martinsville
11/12/04 Medina, Brian A. 20 Marine Hostile - hostile fire Woodbridge
09/12/04 Wetherbee, Alexander E. 27 Marine Hostile - hostile fire Fairfax
09/07/04 Price, Timothy E. 25 Army Hostile - hostile fire Midlothian
09/07/04 Adams III, Clarence 28 Army Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Richmond
08/11/04 Hubbard, Tavon L. 24 Marine Non-hostile - helicopter crash Reston
08/11/04 Howard, John R. 26 Marine Non-hostile - helicopter crash Covington
07/10/04 Nachampassak, Krisna 27 Marine Non-hostile - vehicle accident Burke
06/21/04 Pennington, Gregory V. 36 Army Hostile - hostile fire - mortar attack Glade Spring
06/16/04 Dimaranan, Jeremy M. 29 Army Reserve Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack Virginia Beach
06/08/04 Khan, Humayun S. M. 27 Army Hostile - hostile fire - car bomb Bristow
05/20/04 Jackson, Leslie D. 18 Army Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Richmond
05/18/04 Carey, Michael M. 20 Marine Non-hostile - drowning Prince George
05/16/04 Cowherd Jr., Leonard M. 22 Army Hostile - hostile fire - sniper Culpeper
05/10/04 Tuazon, Andrew L. 21 Army Hostile - hostile fire - sniper Chesapeake
04/14/04 Rivers Jr., Frank K. 23 Army Non-hostile - illness - heart attack Woodbridge
03/09/04 Zangas, Robert J. 44 Dept. of the Army Hostile - hostile fire Prince William County
03/05/04 Gray, Michael J. 32 Navy Non-hostile - vehicle accident Richmond
11/07/03 Swartworth, Sharon T. 43 Army Hostile - helicopter crash (missile attack) Virginia
11/01/03 Hurley, Joshua C. 24 Army Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Clifton Forge
10/23/03 Teal, John R. 31 Army Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Mechanicsville
10/01/03 Blankenbecler, James D. 40 Army Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Alexandria
06/08/03 Dooley, Michael E. 23 Army Hostile - hostile fire Pulaski
05/04/03 Deibler, Jason L. 20 Army Non-hostile - weapon discharge Coeburn
04/12/03 Owens Jr., David Edward 20 Marine Hostile - hostile fire Winchester
04/07/03 Kaylor, Jeffrey Joseph 24 Army Hostile - hostile fire - grenade Clifton
04/07/03 Watkins III, William Randolph 37 Air Force Hostile - jet crash Danville
04/02/03 Adamouski, James Francis 29 Army Non-hostile - helicopter crash Springfield
03/30/03 Lalush, Michael Vernon 23 Marine Hostile - helicopter crash Troutville
03/27/03 May Jr., Donald Charles 31 Marine Hostile - vehicle accident Richmond