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Major Rodolfo Rodriguez
KIA 9-20-08
Rodolfo's Legacy.com page
KIA 9-20-08
Rodolfo's Legacy.com page
PFC Jamel A Bryant KIA 9-27-08
Jamel's Legacy.com page
Jamel's Legacy.com page
PFC Tavarus Setzler KIA 10-2-08
Tavarus' Legacy.com Page
Tavarus' Legacy.com Page
Sgt. Jaime Gonzalez KIA 8/3/2008
Kabul, Afghanistan
Jamie's Legacy.com Page
Kabul, Afghanistan
Jamie's Legacy.com Page
Sgt. Jose E. Ulloa KIA 8/9/2008
Jose's Legacy.com page
Jose's Legacy.com page
Sgt. Kenneth B. Gibson KIA 8/10/2008
Tarmiyah, Iraq
Kenneth's Legacy.com page
Tarmiyah, Iraq
Kenneth's Legacy.com page
Sgt Michael H Ferschke Jr
KIA 8-10-08
Salah ad din Province, Iraq
Michael's Legacy.com page
KIA 8-10-08
Salah ad din Province, Iraq
Michael's Legacy.com page
Sgt Ryan P Baumann KIA 8/1/08
Ryan's Legacy.com page
Ryan's Legacy.com page
Sgt William R Rudd KIA 10/5/08
William's Legacy.com
William's Legacy.com
Sgt Anthony D Ewing KIA 5/28/07
Anthony's Legacy.com page
Anthony's Legacy.com page
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SSgt. Matthew J. Taylor KIA 9/21/2008
Capt. Ryan Woolf recalled Matthew J. Taylor as an always-smiling practical joker, but
also an accomplished leader. "At the age of 23, he was my youngest and best squad
leader," said Woolf. "He was my go-to guy." Taylor, 25, of Charleston, S.C., died
Sept. 21 in Baghdad of wounds suffered from small-arms fire. He was assigned to
Fort Polk. Without showing any prior interest in the armed services, Taylor signed up
to join the Army on Sept. 12, 2001, the day after the terrorist attacks on the World
Trade Center. "He had an extreme sense of duty," said his father, Don Taylor.
According to his parents, he was a talented musician, who brought an acoustic guitar
with him to Iraq. He was also interested in computer programming. The last time
Kimberly Taylor spoke to her son, it was the day before his was killed, the same day
as his daughter Ryann''s fifth birthday party. "Do me a favor and make sure Ryann
has a good day today," Kimberly Taylor recalled her son saying. He also is survived
by his wife, Randi, and daughters Raegan, 2, and Raina, who was born in June.
Matthew's Legacy.com page
Capt. Ryan Woolf recalled Matthew J. Taylor as an always-smiling practical joker, but
also an accomplished leader. "At the age of 23, he was my youngest and best squad
leader," said Woolf. "He was my go-to guy." Taylor, 25, of Charleston, S.C., died
Sept. 21 in Baghdad of wounds suffered from small-arms fire. He was assigned to
Fort Polk. Without showing any prior interest in the armed services, Taylor signed up
to join the Army on Sept. 12, 2001, the day after the terrorist attacks on the World
Trade Center. "He had an extreme sense of duty," said his father, Don Taylor.
According to his parents, he was a talented musician, who brought an acoustic guitar
with him to Iraq. He was also interested in computer programming. The last time
Kimberly Taylor spoke to her son, it was the day before his was killed, the same day
as his daughter Ryann''s fifth birthday party. "Do me a favor and make sure Ryann
has a good day today," Kimberly Taylor recalled her son saying. He also is survived
by his wife, Randi, and daughters Raegan, 2, and Raina, who was born in June.
Matthew's Legacy.com page
LCpl. James F. Kimple Born 8/8/1986-KIA 5/2/2008
James' Legacy.com page
James' Legacy.com page
Spc. Benjamin J. Ashley KIA 5/24/2007
Benjamin's Legacy.com pag
Benjamin's Legacy.com pag
Col Michael Stahlman DOB 11/7/1962-died 10/5/2008
Stahlman, 45, of Chevy Chase, Md., served as the staff judge advocate at the Marine Corps Air
Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., where he also was director of legal services,
according to a statement released Wednesday by Jenny Haskamp, a Combat Center spokeswoman.
The desert base is also home to the Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command.
Stahlman, a 1985 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, had completed naval flight officer training and
training in the F-4 fighter program before he went to law school under the Corps’ Funded Law
Program, according to the Combat Center. In 1993, he received his law degree from California
Western School of Law. He later received a master’s degree from the Judge Advocate’s School in
Charlottesville, Va., where he later served as an instructor and vice chair of the school’s Criminal Law
Department.
His personal military decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal with gold star, Navy-Marine
Corps Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal and Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal
with gold star.
Last year, Stahlman served as an Article 32 investigation hearing officer at Camp Pendleton in one of
the cases arising from the Nov. 19, 2005, deaths of Iraqi civilians in Hadithah.
Michael's Legacy.com page
Michael's Arlington Cemetery link
Stahlman, 45, of Chevy Chase, Md., served as the staff judge advocate at the Marine Corps Air
Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., where he also was director of legal services,
according to a statement released Wednesday by Jenny Haskamp, a Combat Center spokeswoman.
The desert base is also home to the Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command.
Stahlman, a 1985 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, had completed naval flight officer training and
training in the F-4 fighter program before he went to law school under the Corps’ Funded Law
Program, according to the Combat Center. In 1993, he received his law degree from California
Western School of Law. He later received a master’s degree from the Judge Advocate’s School in
Charlottesville, Va., where he later served as an instructor and vice chair of the school’s Criminal Law
Department.
His personal military decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal with gold star, Navy-Marine
Corps Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal and Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal
with gold star.
Last year, Stahlman served as an Article 32 investigation hearing officer at Camp Pendleton in one of
the cases arising from the Nov. 19, 2005, deaths of Iraqi civilians in Hadithah.
Michael's Legacy.com page
Michael's Arlington Cemetery link