THEY HAVE NAMES

18 U.S. Military Killed in Iraq and Afghanistan Last Week - 1.23.11

US Army SGT Ethan C Hardin, 25, Fayetteville, AR

US Army PFC Ira B Laningham IV, 22, Zapata, TX

US Army PFC Robert J Near, 21, Nampa, ID

US Army SSG Omar Aceves, 30, El Paso, TX

US Army CPL Jarrid L King, 20, Erie, PA

US Army SPC Benjamin G Moore, 23, Robbinsville, NJ

US Army SGT Zainah C Creamer, 28, Texarkana, TX

US Army MAJ Evan J Mooldyk, 47, Rancho Murieta, CA

US Army PFC Zachary S Salmon, 21, Harrison, OH

US Army SPC Jose A Torre Jr, 21, Garden Grove, CA

US Army SGT Michael P Bartley, 23, Barnhill, IL

US Army SPC Martin J "Mickey" LaMar, 43, Sacramento, CA

US Marines Cpl Joseph C Whitehead, 22, Axis, AL

US Army MAJ Michael S Evarts, 41, Concord, OH

US Army SPC Joshua T Lancaster, 22, Millbrook, AL

US Marines Sgt Jason G Amores, 29, Lehigh, PA

US Navy PO Dominique Cruz, 26, Panama City, FL

US Army PFC Amy R Sinkler, 23, Chadbourn, NC

May all who died serving their country rest in peace and rise in glory.

May God give comfort, consolation, and the peace that passes understanding to those who love the departed service members.

Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping all the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad. Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace; strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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THEY HAVE NAMES

9 U.S. Military Killed in Afghanistan Last Week 1.9.11

US Army SGT Michael J Beckerman, 25, Ste Genevieve, MO

US Marines LCpl Maung P Htaik, 20, Hagerstown, MD

US Marines Cpl Jacob A Tate, 21, Columbus, OH

US Army SGT Jose M Cintron Rosado, 38, Vega Alta, PR

US Army SPC Jose A Delgado Arroyo, 41, San Juan, PR

US Army SGT Eric M Nettleson, 26, Wichita, KS

US Marines LCpl Joseph R Giese, 24, Winder, GA

US Army SFC Robert W Pharris, 48, Seymour, MO

US Army SPC Christian J Romig, 24, Kenner, LA

May all who died serving their country rest in peace and rise in glory.

May God give comfort, consolation, and the peace that passes understanding to those who love the departed service members.

Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping all the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad. Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace; strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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"THEY HAVE NAMES"

12 U.S. Military Killed in Afghanistan Last Week
12.19.10

US Army SPC Ethan L Goncalo, 21, Fall River, MA
US Marines SSgt Stacy A Green, 34, Alexander City, AL
US Army CPL Sean M Collins, 25, Ewa Beach, HI
US Army Willie A McLawhorn Jr, 23, Conway, NC
US Army SPC Patrick D Deans, 22, Orlando, FL
US Army SPC Kenneth E Necochea, 21, San Diego, CA
US Army SPC Derek T Simonetta, 21, Redwood City, CA
US Army SPC Jorge E Villacis, 24, Sunrise, FL
US Marines Sgt Justin E Schmalstieg, 28, Pittsburgh, PA
US Marines LCpl Jose A Hernandez, 19, West Palm Beach, FL
US Army SPC Sean R Cutsforth, 22, Radford, VA
US Marines LCpl Jose L Maldonado, 21, Mathis, TX

May all who died serving their country rest in peace and rise in glory.

May God give comfort, consolation, and the peace that passes understanding to those who love the departed service members.

Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping all the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad. Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace; strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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"THEY HAVE NAMES"

SSgt. Salvatore Giunta received the Medal of Honor, America's highest military award for bravery in combat, November 16, 2010 at the White House.

From today's Daily Office.

18 U.S. Military Killed in Afghanistan Last Week
11.21.10

US Air Force SrA Andrew S Bubacz, 23, Dalzell, SC
US Army CPL Shawn D Fannin, 32, Wheelersberg, OH
US Army SGT Edward H Bolen, 25, Chittenango, NY
US Army SPC Shannon Chihuahua, 25, Thomasville, GA
US Army SPC David C Lutes, 28, Frostberg, MD
US Army SSG Juan L Rivadeneira, 27, Davie, FL
US Army CPL Jacob R Carver, 20, Freeman, MO
US Army SPC Jacob C Carroll, 20, Clemmons, NC
US Army SSG Kevin M Pape, 30, Fort Wayne, IN
US Marines SSgt Javier O Ortiz Rivera, 26, Rochester, NY
US Army SPC Shane H Ahmed, 31, Chesterfield, MI
US Army SPC Nathan E Lillard, 26, Knoxville, TN
US Army SPC Scott T Nagorski, 27, Greenfield, WI
US Army SPC Jesse A Snow, 25, Fairborn, OH
US Army PFC Christian M Warriner, 19, Mills River, NC
US Army SSG David P Senft, 27, Grass Valley, CA
US Army PFC Kyle M Holder, 18, Conroe, TX
US Army SPC Justin E Culbreth, 26, Colorado Springs, CO

For those who have died:

O God, who by the glorious resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ destroyed death, and brought life and immortality to light: Grant that your servants, being raised with him, may know the strength of his presence, and rejoice in his eternal glory; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

For those in the Armed Forces of our Country:

Almighty God, we commend to your gracious care and keeping all the men and women of our armed forces at home and abroad. Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace; strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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