That time again, another moon quarter gone, soon a bright new crescent moon will rise in the early morning sky.  But long before that….flag draped caskets will have been lowered from jetliners, 21 gun salutes will have sounded, flags will have been put in the arms of weeping women or parents….and all the military personnel below will be gone from us forever.

(As always…a couple definitions may be in order: “non-hostile” listed in cause of death means nothing more than that the enemy did not cause the death—in other words no Iraqi or Afghani fighter was involved.  A “non-combat” cause is likewise unrelated to actual war events, and could be illness, accident or even suicide.  Sites which host pictures of the fallen can be found by hitting the “Links” button on the main page of this site–http:walkofthefallen.com)

U.S. Army Cpl. Brad A. Davis, 21, of Garfield Heights, Ohio, died in Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.

U.S. Marine Cpl. William C. Comstock, 21, of Van Buren, Ark., died  as a result of a non-hostile incident in  Iraq.

Cpt. Trond Petter Kolset, 30, of Norway, died in Afghanistan as a result of a suicide bomber attack.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Ray A. Spencer II, 20, of Ridgecrest, Calif., died  as a result of a non-hostile incident in  Iraq.

U.S. Army PFC Richard A. Dewater, 21, of Topeka, Kan., died of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan.

Maj. Michelle Mendes, 30, of Canada died in Afghanistan in a non-hostile incident.

U.S. Army CSM Benjamin Moore, Jr., 43, of Waycross, Ga., died in  Iraq, of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident.

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