Something we should all remember, photo courtesy of Miss Becky at Karma Cooler
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Happy Memorial Day, everyone. Please remember today isn’t just about barbecues and getting drunk. Please think about our soldiers, past & present, and if you see a veteran selling poppies, please buy one.
We’re getting pretty close to the one year mark of me participating in Military Monday. I still get overwhelmed with the amount of names. About 48- 50 names a week for the past 50 weeks? That’s a lot of names. Makes me terribly sad. END THESE WARS, President Obama… END THESE WARS. Bring our troops home where they belong!
Joseph A. Tomci, 21, Marine Corporal, Aug 02, 2006 Stow, Ohio
Marc A. Lee, 28, Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class, Aug 02, 2006 Hood River/Ashland, Oregon
George M. Ulloa Jr., 23, Marine Sergeant, Aug 03, 2006 Austin, Texas
Kurt Edward Dechen, 24, Marine Reserve Lance Corporal, Aug 03, 2006 Springfield, Vermont
Bradley H. Beste, 22, Army Sergeant, Aug 04, 2006 Naperville, Illinois
Leroy Segura Jr., 23, Army Sergeant, Aug 04, 2006 Clovis, New Mexico
Clint J. Storey, 30, Army Staff Sergeant, Aug 04, 2006 Enid, Oklahoma
Brian J. Kubik, 20, Army Private 1st Class, Aug 05, 2006 Hardin, Texas
Carlton A. Clark, 22, Army Sergeant, Aug 06, 2006 South Royalton, Vermont
Tracy L. Melvin, 31, Army Staff Sergeant, Aug 06, 2006 Seattle, Washington
Stephen A. Seale, 25, Army Staff Sergeant, Aug 06, 2006 Grafton, West Virginia
Jose Zamora, 24, Army Corporal, Aug 06, 2006 Sunland Park, New Mexico
Jeffery S. Brown, 25, Army Sergeant, Aug 09, 2006 Trinity Center, California
Aaron Jagger, 43, Army 1st Sergeant, Aug 09, 2006 Hillsdale, Michigan
Steven P. Mennemeyer, 26, Army Sergeant, Aug 09, 2006 Granite City, Illinois
Ignacio Ramirez, 22, Army Specialist, Aug 09, 2006 Henderson, Nevada
Shane W. Woods, 23, Army Specialist, Aug 09, 2006 Palmer, Alaska
Jeremy Z. Long, 18, Marine Lance Corporal, Aug 10, 2006 Sun Valley, Nevada
Kenneth A. Jenkins, 25, Army Staff Sergeant, Aug 12, 2006 Fouke, Arkansas
Michael C. Lloyd, 24, Army Staff Sergeant, Aug 12, 2006 San Antonio, Texas
Kevin L. Zeigler, 31, Army Staff Sergeant, Aug 12, 2006 Overland Park, Kansas
Jeffrey S. Loa, 32, Army Staff Sergeant, Aug 16, 2006 Waianae, Hawaii
John P. Phillips, 29, Marine Sergeant, Aug 16, 2006 St. Stephen, South Carolina
Michael Dennis Glover, 28, Marine Reserve Lance Corporal, Aug 16, 2006 Brooklyn, New York
John James McKenna IV, 30, Marine Reserve Captain, Aug 16, 2006 Brooklyn, New York
James J. Arellano, 19, Army Private 1st Class, Aug 17, 2006 Cheyenne, Wyoming
Ruben J. Villa Jr, 36, Army Sergeant 1st Class, Aug 18, 2006 El Paso, Texas
Marquees A. Quick, 28, Army Sergeant, Aug 19, 2006 Hoover, Alabama
Gabriel G. DeRoo, 23, Army Sergeant, Aug 20, 2006 Paw Paw, Michigan
Adam Anthony Galvez, 21, Marine Corporal, Aug 20, 2006 Salt Lake City, Utah
Randy Lee Newman, 21, Marine Lance Corporal, Aug 20, 2006 Bend, Oregon
Chadwick Thomas Kenyon, 20, Navy Hospitalman, Aug 20, 2006 Tucson, Arizona
Brad A. Clemmons, 37, Air Force Master Sergeant, Aug 21, 2006 Chillicothe, Ohio
Paul J. Darga, 34, Navy Chief Petty Officer, Aug 22, 2006 Lansing, Michigan
Thomas J. Barbieri, 24, Army Specialist, Aug 23, 2006 Gaithersburg, Maryland
James Daniel Hirlston, 21, Marine Lance Corporal, Aug 23, 2006 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Jeremy E. King, 23, Army Sergeant, Aug 24, 2006 Meridian, Idaho
William E. Thorne, 26, Army Private 1st Class, Aug 24, 2006 Hospers, Iowa
Gordon George Solomon, 35, Marine Staff Sergeant, Aug 24, 2006 Fairborn, Ohio
Dwayne E. Williams, 28, Marine Staff Sergeant, Aug 24, 2006 Baltimore, Maryland
Jordan C. Pierson, 21, Marine Reserve Corporal, Aug 25, 2006 Milford, Connecticut
Edgardo Zayas, 29, Army Specialist, Aug 26, 2006 Dorchester, Massachusetts
David G. Weimortz, 28, Marine Corporal, Aug 26, 2006 Irmo, South Carolina
David J. Almazan, 27, Army Sergeant, Aug 27, 2006 Van Nuys, California
Kenneth Cross, 21, Army Corporal, Aug 27, 2006 Superior, Wisconsin
Dan Dolan, 19, Army Private 1st Class, Aug 27, 2006 Roy, Utah
Seth A. Hildreth, 26, Army Specialist, Aug 27, 2006 Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Moises Jazmine, 25, Army Sergeant, Aug 27, 2006 Providence, Rhode Island
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