It surely is wonderful news! What a great thing to wake up to this a.m., for all, especially their families!!!
(+ indicates recovery confirmed by family, etc.)
March 24:
Apache pilots, captured after helicopter downed during a mission:
+ Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ronald D. Young, Jr., 26, of Lithia Springs, Ga.
+ Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 David S. Williams, 30, of Orlando, Fla.
March 23:
Members of the 507th Maintenance Company stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, captured after Iraqi forces ambushed an Army supply convoy around Nasiriyah:
- Army Spc. Edgar Hernandez, 21, of Mission, Texas,
- Army Spc. Joseph Hudson, 23, of Alamogordo, N.M.,
+ Army Spc. Shoshana Johnson, 30, of Fort Bliss, Texas,
+ Army Pfc. Patrick Miller, 23, of Park City, Kan.,
+ Army Sgt. James Riley, 31, of Pennsauken, N.J.,
DUTY STATUS WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN
March 23:
Missing after his convoy was ambushed in Iraq.
Assigned to the 3rd Combat Support Battalion out of Fort Stewart, Ga.
- Army Sgt. Edward J. Anguiano, 24, of Brownsville, Texas.
Marines missing after being engaged in operations in the outskirts of Nasiriyah in Iraq:
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
- Marine Sgt. Brendon Reiss, 23, of Casper, Wyo.
- Marine Pfc. Tamario D. Burkett, 21, of Buffalo, N.Y.
- Marine Cpl. Kemaphoom A. Chanawongse, 22, of Waterford, Conn.
- Marine Lance Cpl. Donald J. Cline, Jr., 21, of Washoe, Nev.
- Marine Pvt. Jonathan L. Gifford, 30, of Decatur, Ill.
- Marine Pvt. Nolen R. Hutchings, 19, of Boiling Springs, S.C.
It surely is wonderful news! What a great thing to wake up to this a.m., for all, especially their families!!!