At noon sixteen of us gathering in the church to pray and take turns reading the names of all of the American soldiers, sailors, Marines and Airmen who have died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since Holy Week of last year.
All of them.
We read these names each Sunday during the Prayers of the People. Today we read them one more time, and in one sitting.
It was a terribly sobering experience.
The list is long, perhaps too long for a blog post. But I offer you the names anyway. I hope you might take time out of your busy life this week to sit and read each name -- out loud -- and pray for their friends and families who are enduring their loss.
And pray that we will have a Holy Week when we won't have to hear any more names of those killed in wars.
Here are the names:
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War Dead since Holy Week 2011
April 2011
Vorasack Xaysana
Donald Nichols
Brent Maher
Brandon Pickering
Jose Caraballo
Keith Buzinski
Micah Hill
John Kihm
Sonny Moses
Joel Ramirez
Charles Wren
Paul Atim
Charles Ridgely Jr.
Charles Adkins
Cynthia Taylor
Linda Pierre
Joseph Kennedy
Andrew Lara
Omar Vasquez
Antonion Stiggins
Dennis Preston
Matthew Hermanson
Adam Jones
Jonathan Villanueva
Philip Ambard
Jeffrey Ausborn
David Brodeur
Tara Brown
Frank Bryant Jr.
Raymond Estelle II
Nathan Nylander
Charles Ransom
Joe Jackson
Bradley Hughes
David Day
Benjamin Bitner
James Justice
Terry Varnadore Jr.
Dominic Ciaramitaro
Sean Callahan
Joshua McClimans
John Castro
May 2011
Robert Friese
Kevin White
Matthew Hermanson
Ronald Freeman
Demetrius Frison
Ken Hermogino
Riley Spaulding
Brandon Kirton
David Self
Bradley Melton
Lamarol Tucker
Cheziray Pressley
Brian Riley Jr.
Robert Schlote
Amaru Aguilar
Benjamin Palmer
Kevin Balduf
Clifford Beattie
Ramon Mora Jr.
Kristoffer Solesbee
Joseph Hamski
Chistopher Thibodeau ("Teh-ba-douh")
Kristofferson Lorenzo
William Blevins
Andrew Krippner
Thomas Allers
June 2011
Richard Emmons III
Peter Clore
Anthony Nunn
Aaron Blasjo
Martin Apolinar
Joseph Schultz
Adam Hamilton
John Johnson
John Runkle
Edward Mills Jr.
Ergin Osman
Thomas Bohall
Louie Valazquez
Adam Patton
Matthew England
Emilio Campo Jr.
Christopher Fishbeck
Robert Hartwick
Michael Olivieri
Michael Cook Jr.
Matthew Richard
Nicholas O'Brien
William Woitowicz
Joseph Garrison
Bradley Gaudet
Kenneth White
Devin Snyder
Christopher Bell
Joshua Powell
Robert Voakes Jr.
Paul Zanowick
Jeffrey Sherer
Glenn Sewell
Nicholas Bellard
Mark Bradley
Ryan Larson
Eric Soufrine
Jeremy Katzenberger
Sean O'Connor
Joshua McDaniels
Michael Newton
Jason Hill
Marcos Cintron
Levi Nuncio
Gurpreet Singh
Jared Verbeek
Joshua Jetton
Gustavo Rios-Ordonez
James Harvey
Joshua Ibarra
Alvin Boatwright
Edward Dixon III
Alan Snyder
Tyler Kreinz
Brian Backus
Scott Smith
July 2011
Matthew Gallagher
Russell Proctor
Dylan Johnson
Kyle Schneider
Mark Goyey
John Farias
Donald Stacy
Michael Nolen
Ralph Pate Jr.
Daniel Douville
Kevin Hilaman
Nicholas Bernier
Marion Myrie
Dimitri Del Castillo
Kelly Nigel
Nicholas Hensley
Matthew Nielson
David Van Camp
Robert Tenney Jr.
Preston Suter
Joshua Throckmorton
Jordan Schumann
Michael Garcia
James A. Waters
Steven Tamantez
Nathan Beyers
Nicholas Newby
Jeremy Summers
Aaron Ullom
Robert Greniger
Rafael Nieves Jr.
Norberton Hernandez
Paul Protzenko
Christopher Soderlund
Terry Pasker
Thomas Dudley
Nicanor Amper
Mark Cofield
Daniel Elliott
James Christen
Jacob Molina
Omar Jones
Brian Mowery
Kenneth VanGiesen
Edward Koehler
Jabari Thompson
Kenneth Elwell
Tyler Springman
Raphael Arruda
Wyatt Goldsmith
Frank Gross
Christopher Camero
Lex Lewis
Brice Scott
Dennis Kancler
Patrick Dolphin
Christopher Wrinkle
William Paniagua
Augustus Vicari
Jered Ewy
Benjamin Stevenson
August 2011
Alberto Obod Jr.
Douglas Green
Michael Roberts
Jesse Dietrich
Colby Lee Richmond
Devin Daniels
Brandon Mullins
Andrew Tobin
Timothy Steele
Travis Nelson
Douglas Cordo
Joshua Seals
Dennis Jensen
Damon Leehan
Joseph VanDreumel
Matthew Harmon
Joe Cunningham
Charles Price III
Riley Gallinger-Long
Edward Frank II
Jordan Morris
Jameel Freeman
Rueben Lopez
Patrick Lay II
Nicholas Ott
Alessando Plutino
Joshua Robinson
Adan Gonzales Jr.
Daniel Patron
Aaron Vaughn
Michael Strange
John Brown
Stephen Mills
Kevin Houston
Thomas Ratzlaff
Robert Reeves
John Faas
Brian Bill
Jason Workman
Jon Tumilson
Nicholas Spehar
Byran Nicholas
Matthew Mason
Louis Langlais
Christopher Campbell
Johnny Douangdara
Darrick Benson
Heath Robinson
Jesse Pittman
Jared Day
Kraig Vickers
Patrick Hamburger
Spencer Duncan
Daniel Zerbe
Alexander Bennett
David Carter
Andrew Harvell
Nicholas Null
Jonas Kelsall
Mark Downer
Jinsu Lee
Daniel Gurr
Anthony Peterson
Waid Ramsey
Barun Rai
Cody Baker
Gil Morales del Valle
Kirk Owen
Leon Lucas Jr.
September 2011
Brandon S. Mullins
Devin James Daniels
Colby Lee Richmond
Jesse W. Dietrich
Michael C. Roberts
Douglas J. Green
Alberto L. Obod, Jr.
Douglas Jeffries Jr.
Koran Contreras
James "Will" Coker
Christopher Scott
Mycal Prince
Michael Dutcher
Rodolfo Rodriguez Jr.
Danial Adams
Keith Rudd
Daniel Quintana
Brett Wood
Bret Isenhower
Christopher Horton
Brian Lundy
Estevan Altamirano
Terry Wright
Robert Dyas
Jakob Roelli
Timothy Sayne
Chazray Clark
Ryan Cook
Michael Hosey
Garrick Eppinger Jr.
Adrian Mills
Andy Morales
John Cagle
Ryan Lannelli
Ivan Lechowich
Steven Gutowski
David Drake
Franklin Watson
Garrett Fant
Andres Zermeno
Francisco Briseno-Alvarez Jr.
Tyler Holtz
Rafael Baez
Carlos Aparicio
October 2011
James B. Wilke
Ricardo Cerros, Jr.
Joshua S. Lawrence
Drew E. Russell
Nathan L. Wyrick
Michael R. Tatham
Scott D. Harper
Robert B. Cowdrey
James Leep Jr.
Jorge Oliveira
Raymond Border
Michael Elm
Jeremiah Sancho
Robert Cowdrey
Houston Taylor
David Robinson
Charles Shawn
Steven Shapiro
John Dunning
John Lyons
Jason Barfield
Edward Grace
Jordan Bastean
Christopher Horns
Kristoffer Domeij
Ashley White
Paul Rivera
November 2011
Christopher Gailey
Sarina Butcher
Ari Cullers
David Cabrera
Christopher Newman
James Darrough
Carlo Eugenio
Stephen Dunning
Cody Norris
Nickolas Daniels
Christopher Gailey
David Hickman
James Burnett Jr.
Matthew Colin
Sean Walsh
Jonathan McCain
Calvin Pereda
Theodore Rushing
Jackie Diener
Zachary Reiff
Adam Dobereiner
Joshua Corral
December 2011
Vincent Bell
Adam Buyes
Dennis Murray
Clark Corley Jr.
Ryan Lumley
Thomas Mayberry
Samuel Griffith
Jalfred Vaquerano
Ronald Wildrick Jr.
Christopher Muniz
Christopher Levy
Justin Whitmire
Kurt Kern
Noah Korte
Mikayla Bragg
Stacy Johnson
January 2012
Matthew Seidler
Bryan Bell
Matthew Schwartz
Chad Regelin
Pernell Herrera
Neil Turner
Michael Pyron
Dustin Napier
Jonathan Metzger
Brian Leonhardt
Robert Tauteris Jr.
Christopher Patterson
Travis Riddick
Phillip McGeath
Keith Benson
Benjamin Wise
Kenneth Cochran
Jon-Luke Bateman
David Johnson
Joshua Pairsh
Christopher Singer
Kevin Reinhard
Daniel Bartle
Jesse Stites
Nathan McHone
Joseph Logan
February 2012
Edward Dycus
William Stacey
Billy Sutton
Terence Hidner
Kyler Estrada
Osbrany Montes de Oca
Allen McKenna Jr.
Julian Scholten
Justin Wilkins
Nicholas Whitlock
Ryan Hall
Paris Pough
Jerry Reed II
March 2012
Robert Marchanti II
John Loftis
Joshua Born
Timothy Conrad Jr.
Cesar Cortez (in Iraq)
Conner Lowry
Jordan Bear
Payton Jones
Daquane Rivers
Jesse Grindey
Daniel Wilford
Daniel Wade
Edward Acosta
For the 16 villagers killed in Afghanistan, and for the soldier who is accused of these killings
Dennis Weichel Jr.
Jamie Jarboe
Ray Clovis
Francis Imlay
Joseph D'Augustine
William Wilson III
Daniel Brown
Aaron Istre
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Thank you for helping us remember not to forget.
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