Rest In Peace, Brave Warriors
Posted on 05/27/2005 5:47:00 AM PDT by Constitution Day
Special Ops Command honors 23 soldiers killed in action
The Associated Press
May 26, 2005 11:56 pm
FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Nearly two dozen names were added to a memorial wall at the Army Special Operations Command during an emotional ceremony attended by about 150 family members.
"No one can measure this wound," Yury Tarlavsky of Passaic, N.J., said Thursday. His son, 5th Special Forces Group Capt. Michael Yury Tarlavsky, was killed in August 2004 in Najaf, Iraq.
"It's like touching a wound that never heals," said his wife, Rimma Tarlavsky.
Lt. Gen. Philip Kensinger Jr., commander of the Special Operations Command, said the 23 soldiers who were honored were "selfless men and women who raised their right hands and swore to defend liberty.
"The soldiers we honor today, could have chosen another profession -- one that was safer, or less demanding, or more profitable."
In the ceremony, personalized nameplates of the dead soldiers were unveiled on the wall outside the command's headquarters.
"All my son ever wanted to be was a Ranger," said Michelle Sanderson, of Montgomery, Texas, whose son Cpl. William Amundson was killed in Afghanistan while serving with the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment of Fort Campbell, Ky.
The Memorial Wall originally listed soldiers killed in action during combat in Vietnam, and was updated in the 1980s to include soldiers who were missing in action or declared dead. The wall was later expanded to include all Army special operations soldiers killed in action from 1983 to the present.
Today, the Memorial Wall displays the names of 916 fallen special operations soldiers.
Those added to the wall were:
--Cpl. William M. Amundson, Fort Benning, Ga.
--Capt. Daniel W. Eggers, Fort Bragg.
--Staff Sgt. Robert S. Goodwin, Fort Bragg.
--Pfc. Joseph A. Jeffries, Portland, Ore.
--Staff Sgt. Robert J. Mogensen, Fort Bragg.
--Sgt. 1st Class Pedro A. Munoz, Fort Bragg.
--Staff Sgt. Tony B. Olaes, Fort Bragg.
--Sgt. Michael C. O'Neill, Fort Benning, Ga.
--Chief Warrant Officer Bruce E. Price, Fort Bragg.
--Sgt. Danton Kyle Sietsinger, Tulsa, Okla.
--Sgt. Jeremy R. Wright, Fort Lewis, Wash.
--Spc. Bryan L. Freeman, Warwick, R.I.
--Staff Sgt. Aaron N. Holleyman, Fort Campbell, Ky.
--Staff Sgt. Paul C. Mardis, Fort Campbell, Ky.
--Sgt. Maj. Robert D. Odell, Fort Belvoir, Va.
--Staff Sgt. Michael G. Owen, Fort Bragg.
--Lt. Col. Mark P. Phelan, Norristown, Pa.
--Cpl. Jonathan Santos, Fort Bragg.
--Maj. Charles R. Soltes Jr., Upland, Calif.
--Pfc. Nathan E. Stahl, Fort Lewis, Wash.
--Maj. Paul R. Syverson III, Fort Campbell, Ky.
--Capt. Michael Yury Tarlavsky, Fort Campbell, Ky.
--Sgt. 1st Class Mickey E. Zaun, Fort Bragg.
Thank you,
Constitution Day
Go with the Lord Soldiers.
May the Lord be with the families of these brave warriors?
3rd Batt Rangers are not in Ky. They are stationed at Fort Benning, Ga. I know the unit first hand.
That was not to take away from your post, just wanted to correct that.
And Thank You.
Ok, thanks.
Obviously, the AP reporter did not research that very well.
And you're welcome...
Regards,
CD
Lt. Gen. Philip Kensinger Jr., commander of the Special Operations Command, said the 23 soldiers who were honored were "selfless men and women who raised their right hands and swore to defend liberty.
Heros, one and all, who went forever into the night and asked little in return.
I noticed that too, which is why I said "these men" in my post #2.
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