Psychological Operations Wall of Honor
Honoring Those Fallen in Psyop Service
   
                                         




Sgt. Charles B. Kitowski, III, , 31, of Farmers Branch, Texas, was one of three soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan on August 12, 2007.

He was a member of the 345th Psychological Operations Company, 2nd Psychological Operations Group, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command.

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SPC Joseph A. Jeffries, 21, of Beaverton, Oregon, died 29 May 2004, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, when his vehicle hit a land mine. He and three Special forces soldiers died in the explosion.

PFC Jeffries was assigned to the Army Reserve's 320th Psychological Operations Company, Portland, Oregon.


                           

 


SP4 Adam Kinser, 21, a reservist serving with the the 304th Psychological Operations Co. (Sacramento, CA) was one of six soldiers killed Thursday, January 29, 2004, when a weapons cache exploded 90 miles outside Ghanzi, Afghanistan. More




                                         



Army Sergeant Thomas Edward Vandling, Jr., lost his life in Iraq on January 1, 2007, during his service to our country in Operation.

Vandling served with the 1113th Tactical Psychological Operations Team, 1110th Tactical Psychological Operations Detachment, 303rd Tactical Psychological Operations Company.

Sgt. Vandling was on his second tour of duty.

He was killed on New Year's Day while on combat patrol when an improvised explosive devise detonated near his vehicle near Babil Province in southwestern Baghdad.

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Sgt. Adam L. Knox, 21, died in Baghdad Tuesday, 17 September, 2006 when his patrol encountered enemy forces using small arms fire during combat operations, according to a news release issued by the Pentagon.

He was assigned to the Army Reserve 346th Psychological Operations Company based in Columbus, OH.



                                   
 
Staff Sgt. Michael Anthony Dickinson II, 26, of Battle Creek, Michigan, died July 17, 2006, from wounds sustained while engaging enemies of the United States in Ar Ramadi, Iraq.

SSG Dickinson was a psychological operations specialist assigned to 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, 4th Psychological Operations Group, here. He deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in December 2005.    More



                                   
 


Six weeks into his deployment, Army CPL George Anthony Lutz, II, of Chesapeake, VA, was killed by sniper fire in Iraq on 29 December 2005.

Lutz, 25, was killed Thursday when his patrol was attacked by small arms fire in Fallujah. He was assigned to the Army's 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, 4th Psychological Operations Group, at Fort Bragg, N.C.

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  SSG Michael G. Owen



  Cpl. Jonathan J. Santos


Staff Sgt. Michael G. Owen, 31, of Fayetteville, N.C., and Cpl. Jonathan J. Santos, 22, of Bellingham, Wash., were fatally wounded on 15 October 2004 while conducting vehicle-mounted loudspeaker operations with the 1st Marine Division in Karabilah, Iraq.

Both men were psychological operations specialists assigned to the 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, N.C.

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LTC Charles H. "Chad" Buehring, killed Sunday, 26 Oct 2003, in a rocket attack on the Al Rasheed Hotel, Baghdad, Iraq.

Buehring was assigned to the U.S. Army's Central Command as the senior psychological-operations officer in Iraq.

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CPL Joseph Clement Ratti, 1st Loudspeaker and Leaflet Co. was listed as MIA 30 April 1951. He was presumed dead 31 December 1953. (The Field Service Document # 0182A)

  PFC David R. Cooper, 1st Loudspeaker and Leaflet Co., was killed 16 July, 1952.1 He was 24 yars old and from Decatur, GA.
 


PVT Anthony Edward Arezzo, 1st Loudspeaker and Leaflet Co., was killed in South Korea on 15 June 1953. Pvt. Arezzo was 20 years old, from Auburn, New York. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal.
  PFC Bernard Almeida, 1st Loudspeaker and Leaflet Co., was MIA, then declared dead on July, 1953.15 June 1953. He was 21 yars old and from Bristol, Rhode Island. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal.
                                         

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Thomas Edison Baumgardner, Jr.
6th Bn., 4th Gp., 101st Airborne Div.
15 Jan 15 1971
John Blanco's Wall Rubbing John Alexander Blanco
B Co., 7th Bn.,
4th Psyop Gp.
17 December 68
Pedro Cruz Wall Rubbing Pedro A. Cruz
19th Co., 6th Psyop Bn.
22 May 1967
Bill Gearing align=left William Carl Gearing, Jr.
7th Bn., 4th Gp.
19 May 1969
Alan Harriman Wall Rubbing Alan Bates Harriman
Broadcast/Visual Activities - 1st Sp. Forces
15 August 1964
Jeremiah June's Wall Rubbing Jeremiah June
7th Bn., 4th Group
19 May 1969
John Lynch Wall Rubbing John Edward Lynch
6th Bn.,
4th Psyop Gp.
15 June 1969
John Martin's Wall Rubbing John Sanford Martin
244th Co.,
6th Psyop Bn.
8 October 1967
Michal Merkel Wall Rubbing Michal Alvin Merkel
B Co., 8th Bn.,
4th Psyop Gp.
24 March 68
John Miller Rubbing John Edward Miller
6th Bn., 4th Gp.
24 August 1968
Jim Pastore Wall Rubbing James Joseph Pastore, Jr.
3rd Det., 7th Bn., 4th Gp.
10 April 1970
Sills Rubbing Daryl Lee Sills
246th Co.,
6th Psyop Bn.
13 October 1966
Arnold Dean Syrovatka
244th Psyop Co.,
6th Psyop Bn.,
4th Psyop Gp.
15 Oct 1967
Gary Lee Taylor
3rd Det., 7th Bn.,
4th Psyop Gp.
13 August 1969
Terwiliger Rubbing Roger Edson Terwilliger
6th Bn., 4th Gp.
13 October 1966

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