This is what Memorial Day is really about.
Private First Class Steven J. Walberg
Hometown: Paradise, California, U.S.
Age: 18 years old
Died: April 15, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
MOS: Infantry (Gunner)
Unit: Army, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas
Incident: Killed by enemy sniper fire in Baghdad.
Private First Class Aaron M. Genevie
Hometown: Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Age: 22
Died: April 16, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
MOS: Cavalry Scout (Gunner)
Unit: Army, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident: Killed when his vehicle struck an IED in Baghdad.
Private First Class Christopher M. North
Hometown: Sarasota, Florida
Age: 21
Died: April 21, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
MOS: Cavalry Scout (Driver)
Incident: Killed when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using an IED and small arms fire.
Specialist Robert J. Dixon
Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Age: 27
Died: May 6, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
MOS: Cavalry Scout (Gunner)
Unit: Army, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident: Killed when an EFP-IED detonated near his vehicle in Baghdad.
Private William C. Johnson
Hometown: Oxford, North Carolina
Age: 22
Died: June 12, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
MOS: Cavalry Scout (Driver)
Unit: Army, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident: Killed by an IED in Baghdad.
Specialist Michael P. Pittman
Hometown: Davenport, Iowa
Age: 34
Died: June 15, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
MOS: Cavalry Scout (Driver)
Unit: Army, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident: Killed by an IED in Baghdad.
Staff Sergeant Robb L. Rolfing
Hometown: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Age: 29
Died: June 30, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colo.
MOS: Special Forces Engineer Sergeant
Incident: Killed by enemy small arms fire in Baghdad.
Specialist Braden J. Long
Hometown: Sherman, Texas
Age: 19
Died: August 4, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
MOS: Cavalry Scout (Gunner)
Unit: Army, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident: Killed when his Humvee came under grenade attack in Baghdad.
Specialist Rodney J. Johnson
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Age: 20
Died: September 4, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
MOS: Cavalry Scout (Dismount)
Unit: Army, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident: Killed when insurgents attacked his unit with explosives in Baghdad.
Staff Sergeant Courtney Hollinsworth
Hometown: Yonkers, New York
Age: 26
Died: September 9, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
MOS: Cavalry Scout (Section Leader / Vehicle Commander)
Unit: Army, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident: Killed when his Humvee was struck by multiple anti-tank grenades.
Private First Class Howard Jones
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Age: 35
Died: May 18th, 2008 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
MOS: Infantry (Gunner)
Unit: Army, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident: Murdered while on leave from the Iraq Theater of Operations
Hometown: Paradise, California, U.S.
Age: 18 years old
Died: April 15, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
MOS: Infantry (Gunner)
Unit: Army, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas
Incident: Killed by enemy sniper fire in Baghdad.
Private First Class Aaron M. Genevie
Hometown: Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Age: 22
Died: April 16, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
MOS: Cavalry Scout (Gunner)
Unit: Army, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident: Killed when his vehicle struck an IED in Baghdad.
Private First Class Christopher M. North
Hometown: Sarasota, Florida
Age: 21
Died: April 21, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
MOS: Cavalry Scout (Driver)
Incident: Killed when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using an IED and small arms fire.
Specialist Robert J. Dixon
Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Age: 27
Died: May 6, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
MOS: Cavalry Scout (Gunner)
Unit: Army, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident: Killed when an EFP-IED detonated near his vehicle in Baghdad.
Private William C. Johnson
Hometown: Oxford, North Carolina
Age: 22
Died: June 12, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
MOS: Cavalry Scout (Driver)
Unit: Army, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident: Killed by an IED in Baghdad.
Specialist Michael P. Pittman
Hometown: Davenport, Iowa
Age: 34
Died: June 15, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
MOS: Cavalry Scout (Driver)
Unit: Army, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident: Killed by an IED in Baghdad.
Staff Sergeant Robb L. Rolfing
Hometown: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Age: 29
Died: June 30, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colo.
MOS: Special Forces Engineer Sergeant
Incident: Killed by enemy small arms fire in Baghdad.
Specialist Braden J. Long
Hometown: Sherman, Texas
Age: 19
Died: August 4, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
MOS: Cavalry Scout (Gunner)
Unit: Army, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident: Killed when his Humvee came under grenade attack in Baghdad.
Specialist Rodney J. Johnson
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Age: 20
Died: September 4, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
MOS: Cavalry Scout (Dismount)
Unit: Army, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident: Killed when insurgents attacked his unit with explosives in Baghdad.
Staff Sergeant Courtney Hollinsworth
Hometown: Yonkers, New York
Age: 26
Died: September 9, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
MOS: Cavalry Scout (Section Leader / Vehicle Commander)
Unit: Army, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident: Killed when his Humvee was struck by multiple anti-tank grenades.
Private First Class Howard Jones
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Age: 35
Died: May 18th, 2008 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
MOS: Infantry (Gunner)
Unit: Army, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident: Murdered while on leave from the Iraq Theater of Operations