Military Monday - Central Texas Casualties 2006, 2010, 2011

Just after Memorial Day this year, in the midst of the movers coming and packing our stuff up and the kids' various end of school celebrations, I took some time to visit the newest monument to those that made the ultimate sacrifice.  This monument combined 2006, 2010, and 2011.  My final genealogical act from Central Texas.

Roll Call

2010

SPC Christian M Adams

SPC David A Croft Jr

SGT Shawn D Fannin

PFC David D Finch

CPT Jason E Holbrook

PFC David R Jones Jr

PFC Alexis V Maldonado

PFC Diego M Montoya

SPC Donald S Morrison

SGT Mark A Simpson

PFC Barbara Vieyra

2011

SSG Estevan Altamirano

SGT Michael P Bartley

SSG Nicholas P Bellard

CPT Shawn P T Charles

PFC Adam E Dobereiner

PFC Matthew J England

SPC Robert M Friese

SPC Matthew R Gallagher

SSG Christian A S Garcia

CPL Frank R Gross

SSG Quadi S Hudgins

SPC Dylan J Johnson

SPC Kurt W Kern

SGT Noah M Korte

SGT Martin J LaMar

SGT John A Lyons

SGT Mecolus C McDaniel

CPT Matthew G Nielson

SSG Russell J Proctor

SGT Paul A Rivera

SSG Jorge A Scatliffe

SGT Glenn M Sewell

PFC Steven F Shapiro

PFC Antonio D Stiggins

SGT Steven L Talamantez

SGT Robert G Tenney Jr

CWO Christopher R Thibodeau

CPT David E Van Camp

1LT Omar J Vazquez

PFC Justin M Whitmire

SGT Vorasack T Xaysana

2006

SGT Ahmed K Altaie

May our Soldiers come home soon.

Military Monday - Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery

Last Monday morning as I got the kids ready for school I saw the front page of the newspaper and saw the memorial for the casualties for Iraq and Afghanistan.  The Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery will be adding the casualties for 2011 onto the 2010 monument and it will be dedicated on Memorial Day 2012.  Why are they adding the names onto an existing stone instead of adding a new monument like they had in previous years?  Well, thankfully for 2010 there were only 10 casualties that were either from Central Texas or were stationed in Central Texas.

Don't get me wrong.  Ten casualties is 10 too many and I look forward to the day when we aren't adding anymore names, but I am grateful that the monument is not like the others...full, or mostly full.  I will head over to the cemetery after the monument is dedicated and get a photo of both sides (one side is a list of names, the other is for photos).

I am posting the list of names published on January 23rd, 2010 in the Killeen Daily Herald.  I know that many people have visited my site looking for names on the memorials.  If you know someone on this list has their name is spelled incorrectly (I double checked my spelling so that it matched the news article), please contact Patrick Turck at patrickturck@yahoo.com or (254) 681-2224 if there is a mistake, if you have a photo to submit for one of the fallen, or if someone's name is completely missing.  Please note that I am fully aware that the abbreviations for some of the ranks are incorrect.  This is the way that they are on the memorials.  Please contact Mr. Turck if the rank is incorrect (not the abbreviation).

Roll Call

Spc. David A. Croft Jr

Spc. Christian M. Adams

Capt. Jason E Holbrook

Pfc. Alexis V. Maldonado

Pfc. Diego M. Montoya

Pfc. Barbara Vieyra

Sgt. Mark A. Simpson

Spc. Donald S. Morrison

Pfc. David R. Jones Jr.

Cpl. Shawn D. Fannin

Pfc. David D. Finch

Sgt. Michael P. Bartley

Sgt. Martin Lamar

Staff Sgt. Mecolus C. Mcdaniel

Staff Sgt. Christian S. Garcia

Staff Sgt. Quadi S. Hudgins

Staff Sgt. Jorge A. Scatliffe

Sgt. Vorasack T. Xaysana

Pfc. Antonio D. Stiggins

1st Lt. Omar J. Vazquez

Spc. Robert M. Friese

Chief Warrant Officer Christopher R. Thibodeau

Pfc. Matthew J. England

Staff Sgt. Nicholas P. Bellard

Sgt. Glenn M. Sewell

Staff Sgt. Russell J. Proctor

Spc. Dylan J. Johnson

Spc. Matthew R. Gallagher

Sgt. Robert G. Tenney Jr.

Capt. Matthew G. Nielson

Capt. David E. Vancamp

Sgt. Steven L. Talamantez

Cpl. Frank R. Gross

Staff Sgt. Estevan Altamirano

Pfc. Steven F. Shapiro

Sgt. Paul A. Rivera

Capt. Shawn P.T. Charles

Sgt. John A. Lyons

Pfc. Adam E. Dobereiner

Sgt. Noah M. Korte

Spc. Kurt W. Kern

Pfc. Justin M. Whitmire

May our Soldiers come home soon.

[To view my other blog posts on this memorial just click on the year to be taken to that post: 2002-2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010]

Tombstone Tuesday - Remembering This Holiday Season

I went to the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery last week to participate in November's challenge from Lorine McGinnis of Olive Tree Genealogy.  Lorine will soon be working her video magic on the various submissions that were sent to her, but I wanted to take this Tombstone Tuesday and share some of the photos I took.

The cemetery decorates the veterans' graves with flags during Memorial and Veterans Days and wreaths during the holidays.  It is a beautiful sight to see.  There are many people that help to put out the flags/wreaths as well as clean them up each time it's needed.  One of those groups that helps is a local Boy Scout Troop.  Great work, boys!  Thank you for remembering these heroes and their families.

This holiday season I will be remembering the loved ones that couldn't be with us anymore.  They are alive in our hearts and our work!

All I can say here is WOW! Served during 3 wars (I don't care if they say Korea was a "conflict")...

"Robert Sanders

SGM US Army

WWII   Korea   Vietnam

May 23, 1923    Mar 25, 2005"

I'm not trying to single out Sergeants Major here, but another Wow!

"William McPherson

CSM US Army

Korea   Vietnam

Jan 22, 1932    Apr 23, 2005

Silver Star

Bronze Star

Purple Heart"

I can only imagine your experience...

"Warne S May

1LT US Army

World War II

Mar 8, 1920   Oct 6, 1999

AM Ex-POW

Carlyn M May

Mar 22, 1921    Mar 11, 2008"

Thank you, Sir

"Carl William Gustke Jr

MAJ

United States Army

Vietnam

Sep 25, 1947   Jan 12, 2011

BSM  PH  MSM  ARCOM"

And we cannot forget those on the home front for these vets.

"Kil Sun Foxen

Feb 25, 1951   Sep 24, 2006

Wife of

CW2 Robert A Neal

USA"

and...

"Mary Lou McDilda

Oct 6, 1938   May 4, 2004

Wife of

A1C Robert K McDilda

USA"

And those still waiting for their markers still got wreaths...

Thank you all!

Military Monday - Central Texas Casualties 2009

Faces of the departed - 2009

 

Roll Call

SSG Roberto Andrade JR

PFC Lucas M Bregg

SGT Timothy A David

SGT Ezra Dawson

LTC Garnet R Derby

PFC Richard A Dewater

SGT James M Dorsey

SSG Bradley Espinoza

CPL Keith E Essary

2LT Joseph D Fortin

SPC Matthew D Hastings

SPC Albert R Jex

SPC Ryan C King

SGT Christopher M Kurth

PVT Thomas E Lee III

SSG Edmond L Lo

SPC Jeremiah P McCleery

SGT James D Pirtle

SFC Johnny R Polk

SA Jacob I Ramsey

SGT Joshua L Rath

SGT Jeffrey A Reed

PFC Daniel J Rivera

PFC Jonathan R Roberge

SPC Jessica Y Sarandrea

SPC Brandon K Steffey

SPC Shawn D Sykes

PVT Jhanner A Tello

CPL Stephen S Thompson

SPC Jake R Velloza

SSG William D Vile

SPC Demetrius L Void

SGT Joshua A Ward

SSG Leroy O Webster

May our Soldiers come home soon.

Military Monday - Central Texas Casualties 2008

Faces of the departed - 2008

Roll Call

 

SGT Phillip Anderson
SPC David J Badie
PVT Charles Y Barnett
SPC Cory J Bertrand
SSG Ronald C Blystone
SPC Seteria L Brown
SGT Douglas J Bull
SPC Donald Burkett
SSGT Chad A Caldwell
SGT David K Cooper
SSG Victor M Cota
SSG Nathan M Cox
PFC Michael R Dinterman
SGT Alejandro A Dominguez
SSG Brandon W Farley
SPC Jorge L Feliz Nieve
CPL Reuben M Fernandex III
SPC Stephen R Fortunato
PVT Jair D Garcia
2LT Michael R Girdano

PFC Joseph F Gonzales
SPC Alex D Gonzalez
PFC Corey L Hicks
PFC Theron V Hobbs
SPC Geoffrey G Johnson
PVT Eugene D Kanakaole
SPC Marques I Knight
PFC Keith Lloyd
SSG Bryant Mackey
CPT Torre Mallard
PFC John Mattox
SSG Kenneth W Mayne
PVT Colman J Meadows III
CPT Michael J Medders
SGT Preston R Medley
SPC Andre D Mitchell
SPC Keisha Morgan
SPC Matthew T Morris

SPC William J Mulvihill
PVT Micahel W Murdock
CPT Michael A Norman
SSG David L Paquet
CPT Andrew R Pearson
SGT John M Penich
SGT Jose Regalado
SSG Kristopher D Rodgers
PFC Tavarus D Setzler
SPC Corey M Shea
SGT Corey Spates
SPC Joel A Taylor
PFC Bryan R Thomas
SGT Shaun Tousha
SPC Ronald J Tucker
SGT Gregory D Unruh
SGT Richard A Vaughn
PFC Joshua E Waltenbaugh
SFC Miguel A Wilson
PVT Vincent C Winston Jr
CPT Robert J Yllescas
SPC James M Yohn

May our Soldiers come home soon.

Military Monday - Central Texas Casualties 2007

Faces of the departed - 2007

Roll Call

CPL Alexandre A Alexeev

SGT Matthew S Apuan

PFC James L Arnold

1LT Andrew J Bacevich

CPL Zachary D Baker

PFC Dane R Balcon

PVT Michael A Baloga

SGT Jeremy D Barnett

SPC David W Behrle

PFC Ryan R Berg

PFC Joseph R Berlin Jr

SPC Kamisha J Block

PFC Brandon K Bobb

SGT Emerson N Brand

SSGT Kevin R Brown

SSGT Jerry C Burge

SPC Mark R.C. Caguioa

SPC Eric T Caldwell

SPC Derek A Calhoun

SPC Leeroy A Camacho

CPL Joseph H Cantrell IV

SPC Edgar E Cardenas

CWO Cornell C Chao

PFC Adam J Chitjian

SGT Caleb P Christopher

SGT Pedro J Colon

PFC James J Coon

PFC Branden C Cummings

CWO Jason G DeFrenn

SGT Dariek E Dehn

SSGT Donnie D Dixon

SPC Jason E Dore

PFC Andrew T Engstrom

SGT Anthony D Ewing

PFC Nathan P Fairlie

PFC Gabriel J Figueroa

SPC Joseph A Gilmore

PVT Mark W Graham

SGT Ryan P Green

PFC Larry I Guyton

SSGT Christopher N Hamlin

SSGT Marlon B Harper

SPC Blake M Harris

SSGT Blake M Harris

PFC Travis F Haslip

SPC Marisol Heredia

SPC Josiah W Hollopeter

SGT Joel A House

CAPT Rowdy J Inman

PFC Ron J Joshua Jr.

SSGT Christopher S Kiernan

SPC Stephen M Kowalczyk

SPC Johnathan A Lahmann

SSGT Paul M Latourney

SPC Charles E Leonard Jr

SGT nicholas J Lightner

CPL Darryl W Linder

SPC Jonathan A Lowery

SPC Vincent A Madero

SPC Ronnie G Madore Jr

SSGT Jimy M Malone

SGT Jonathan A Markham

SGT Anselmo Martinez III

 PVT Barry W Mayo

SPC Montrel S Mcarn

PVT Christopher M McCloud

SGT Jean P Medlin

SGT Michael J Montpetit

SSGT Christopher Moore

SFC Allen Mosteiro

SPC Todd A Motley

SSGT Donald L Munn II

SPC Casey W Nash

SPC Christine M Ndururi

1LT Phillip I Neel

1LT Gwilym J Newman

SSGT Daniel A Newsome

SPC Dan H Nguyen

SSGT Paul B Norris

SGT Alfred G Paredez Jr

PFC Justin T Paton

SPC Christopher G Patton

SGT Benjamin B Portell

PFC Jerome J Potter

SSGT Terry W Prater

CPL Stephen J Raderstorf

SPC Shawn Rankinen

1LT Jeremy E Ray

SPC William J Rechenmacher

CPT Mark T Resh

1LT Daniel P Riordan

SPC Jonathan Rivadeneira

SPC Michael D Rivera

SGT John D Rode

SPC Luis O Rodriguez-Contrera

SPC Joshua G Romero

SPC Alexander R Rosa, Jr.

SPC Adam J Rosema

SSGT Eric Ross

SPC Ryan D Russell

SGT Princess C Samuels

PVT Justin T Sanders

SGT Carl L Seigart

SGT Raymond S Sevaaetasi

SPC Jason A Shaffer

SSGT Alan W Shaw

PFC Darrell W Shipp

SPC Eric R Dieger

SGT Todd A Singleton

SPC Jonathan K Smith

PFC Katie M Soenksen

PVT Clarence T Spencer

SPC Curtis R Spivey

PFC Jon B St. John II

SSGT Wilberto Suliveras

CPL James E Summers III

CPL Timothy A Swanson

PFC Ddavid T Toomalatai

PFC Omar E Torres

SSGT Michael I Townes

PFC Jacob T Tracy

CPL Francis M Trussel Jr.

PFC Alexander R Varela

SSGT Terry D Wagoner

SPC Aaron Walker

SPC Zandra T Walker

CPL William T Warford III

SSGT Christopher R Webb

SPC Andrew R Weiss

1LT Kile G West

SPC Doonewey White

PVT Wesley Williams

CW4 Keith Yoakum

SPC Donald M Young

  

2005

CW2 Christopher Martin

SGT Christopher Monroe

2006

Chaplain Rodney Thomas

May our Soldiers come home soon.

I'm not really sure why these names were added to the 2007 stone instead of their respective stones.

NOTE:  There were actually 2 men by the name of Blake M Harris killed in combat in 2007.  It is not an error on the memorial