Iraq

Sgt. Trista L. Moretti, 27, was killed on June 25, 2007, when her unit was attacked by insurgents using indirect fire in Iraq. Moretti, a native of South Plainfield, N.J., served with 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division based at Fort Richardson.

Cpl. Kenneth D. Hess, 26, served as infantryman and was killed April 11, 2006, suicide bombing attack while on duty in Rahwah, Iraq. Hess, a native of Asheville, N.C., was assigned to the 4th Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team based at Fort Wainwright.

Pfc. Raymond Henry, 21, served as an infantryman and was killed April 25, 2006, by a roadside bomb while on duty in Mosul, Iraq. Henry, a native of Anaheim, Calif., was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team based at Fort Wainwright.

Staff Sgt. Mark Wall, 27, died April 27, 2006, of cardiac arrest while on duty in Mosul, Iraq. Wall, a native of Iowa Falls, Iowa, was assigned to the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team based at Fort Wainwright.

Sgt. Benjamin Mejia, 25, was killed May 31, 2006, in Mosul, Iraq. He served as a tactical unmanned aerial operator.                                  Mejia, a native of Salem, Mass., was assigned to the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team based at Fort Wainwright. The circumstances surrounding his death were investigated by the U.S. Army.

Pfc. Victor M. Fontanilla, 23, was killed by a roadside bomb in Iskandariya, Iraq. Fontanilla, a native of Stockton, Calif., served with the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division based at Fort Richardson, Alaska.

Sgt. Bryan C. Luckey, 25, was killed while combating enemy forces patrolling in Mosul, Iraq, on June 29, 2006. Luckey, a native of Tampa, Fla., was assigned to the 562nd Engineering Company, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Wainwright.

Spc. Daniel D. Bartels, 22, was killed on Oct. 19, 2005, in an non-combat incident in Mosul, Iraq.                     Bartels, a native of Huron, S.D., served with the 172nd Stryker Brigade based at Fort Wainwright.

Sgt. Brian D. Ardron, 32, was killed on May 21, 2007, when several roadside bombs exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq.                                              Ardron, a native of Acworth, Ga., served as a combat engineer with Alpha Company, 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division based at Fort Richardson.

Sgt. Ryan J. Baum, 27, was killed when his unit faced enemy small-arms fire in Karmah, Iraq.                               Baum, a native of Aurora, Colo., served with the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division based at Fort Richardson.