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York, who died on December 21, 2004, in service to 
the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1471) Congress honors the memory of Ser-
geant Major Robert D. ODell, 38, of Manassas, Vir-
ginia, who died on December 21, 2004, in service to 
the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1472) Congress honors the memory of Lance 
Corporal Neil D. Petsche, 21, of Lena, Illinois, who 
died on December 21, 2004, in service to the United 
States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1473) Congress honors the memory of Ser-
geant Lynn Robert Poulin Sr., 47, of Freedom, 
Maine, who died on December 21, 2004, in service 
to the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1474) Congress honors the memory of Ser-
geant David A. Ruhren, 20, of North Stafford, Vir-
ginia, who died on December 21, 2004, in service to 
the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1475) Congress honors the memory of Staff 
Sergeant Darren D. VanKomen, 33, of Bluefield, 
West Virginia, who died on December 21, 2004, in 
service to the United States in Operation Iraqi Free-
dom; 
(1476) Congress honors the memory of First 
Lieutenant Christopher W. Barnett, 32, of Baton
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Rouge, Louisiana, who died on December 23, 2004, 
in service to the United States in Operation Iraqi 
Freedom; 
(1477) Congress honors the memory of Lance 
Corporal Eric Hillenburg, 21, of Indianapolis, Indi-
ana, who died on December 23, 2004, in service to 
the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1478) Congress honors the memory of Lance 
Corporal James R. Phillips, 21, of Hillsboro, Flor-
ida, who died on December 23, 2004, in service to 
the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1479) Congress honors the memory of Cor-
poral Raleigh C. Smith, 21, of Troy [Lincoln Co.], 
Montana, who died on December 23, 2004, in serv-
ice to the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1480) Congress honors the memory of Staff 
Sergeant Todd D. Olson, 36, of Loyal, Wisconsin, 
who died on December 27, 2004, in service to the 
United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1481) Congress honors the memory of Spe-
cialist Jose A. Rivera-Serrano, 26, of Mayaguez, 
Puerto Rico, who died on December 27, 2004, in 
service to the United States in Operation Iraqi Free-
dom;
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(1482) Congress honors the memory of Seaman 
Pablito Pena Briones Jr., 22, of Anaheim, Cali-
fornia, who died on December 28, 2004, in service 
to the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1483) Congress honors the memory of Staff 
Sergeant Jason A. Lehto, 31, of Mount Clemens, 
Michigan, who died on December 28, 2004, in serv-
ice to the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1484) Congress honors the memory of Staff 
Sergeant Nathaniel J. Nyren, 31, of Reston, Vir-
ginia, who died on December 28, 2004, in service to 
the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1485) Congress honors the memory of Spe-
cialist Craig L. Nelson, 21, of Bossier City, Lou-
isiana, who died on December 29, 2004, in service 
to the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1486) Congress honors the memory of Private 
First Class Oscar Sanchez, 19, of Modesto, Cali-
fornia, who died on December 29, 2004, in service 
to the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1487) Congress honors the memory of Ser-
geant Damien T. Ficek, 26, of Pullman, Wash-
ington, who died on December 30, 2004, in service 
to the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom;
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(1488) Congress honors the memory of Lance 
Corporal Jason E. Smith, 21, of Phoenix, Arizona, 
who died on December 31, 2004, in service to the 
United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1489) Congress honors the memory of Spe-
cialist Jeff LeBrun, 21, of Buffalo, New York, who 
died on January 1, 2005, in service to the United 
States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1490) Congress honors the memory of Lance 
Corporal Brian P. Parrello, 19, of West Milford, 
New Jersey, who died on January 1, 2005, in serv-
ice to the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1491) Congress honors the memory of Ser-
geant First Class Pedro A. Munoz, 47, of Aquada, 
Puerto Rico, who died on January 2, 2005, in serv-
ice to the United States in Operation Enduring 
Freedom; 
(1492) Congress honors the memory of Ser-
geant Thomas E. Houser, 22, of Council Bluffs, 
Iowa, who died on January 3, 2005, in service to the 
United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1493) Congress honors the memory of Ser-
geant Jeremy R. Wright, 31, of Shelbyville, Indiana, 
who died on January 3, 2005, in service to the 
United States in Operation Enduring Freedom;
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(1494) Congress honors the memory of Spe-
cialist Jimmy D. Buie, 44, of Floral, Arkansas, who 
died on January 4, 2005, in service to the United 
States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1495) Congress honors the memory of Private 
Cory R. Depew, 21, of Beech Grove, Indiana, who 
died on January 4, 2005, in service to the United 
States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1496) Congress honors the memory of Spe-
cialist Joshua S. Marcum, 33, of Evening Shade, 
Arkansas, who died on January 4, 2005, in service 
to the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1497) Congress honors the memory of Spe-
cialist Jeremy W. McHalffey, 28, of Mabelvale, Ar-
kansas, who died on January 4, 2005, in service to 
the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1498) Congress honors the memory of Ser-
geant Bennie J. Washington, 25, of Atlanta, Geor-
gia, who died on January 4, 2005, in service to the 
United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1499) Congress honors the memory of Private 
First Class Curtis L. Wooten III, 20, of Spanaway, 
Washington, who died on January 4, 2005, in serv-
ice to the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom;
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(1500) Congress honors the memory of Ser-
geant Christopher J. Babin, 27, of Houma, Lou-
isiana, who died on January 6, 2005, in service to 
the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1501) Congress honors the memory of Spe-
cialist Bradley J. Bergeron, 25, of Houma, Lou-
isiana, who died on January 6, 2005, in service to 
the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1502) Congress honors the memory of Lance 
Corporal Julio C. Cisneros-Alvarez, 22, of Pharr, 
Texas, who died on January 6, 2005, in service to 
the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1503) Congress honors the memory of Ser-
geant First Class Kurt J. Comeaux, 34, of 
Raceland, Louisiana, who died on January 6, 2005, 
in service to the United States in Operation Iraqi 
Freedom; 
(1504) Congress honors the memory of Ser-
geant Zachariah Scott Davis, 25, of Spiro, Okla-
homa, who died on January 6, 2005, in service to 
the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1505) Congress honors the memory of Spe-
cialist Huey P. L. Fassbender, 24, of LaPlace, Lou-
isiana, who died on January 6, 2005, in service to 
the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom;
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(1506) Congress honors the memory of Spe-
cialist Armand L. Frickey, 20, of Houma, Lou-
isiana, who died on January 6, 2005, in service to 
the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1507) Congress honors the memory of Spe-
cialist Warren A. Murphy, 29, of Marrero, Lou-
isiana, who died on January 6, 2005, in service to 
the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1508) Congress honors the memory of Private 
First 
Class 
Kenneth 
G. 
Vonronn, 
20, 
of 
Bloomingburg, New York, who died on January 6, 
2005, in service to the United States in Operation 
Iraqi Freedom; 
(1509) Congress honors the memory of Private 
First Class Daniel F. Guastaferro, 27, of Las Vegas, 
Nevada, who died on January 7, 2005, in service to 
the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1510) Congress honors the memory of Cor-
poral Joseph E. Fite, 23, of Round Rock, Texas, 
who died on January 9, 2005, in service to the 
United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1511) Congress honors the memory of Spe-
cialist Dwayne James McFarlane Jr., 20, of Cass 
Lake, Minnesota, who died on January 9, 2005, in
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service to the United States in Operation Iraqi Free-
dom; 
(1512) Congress honors the memory of Staff 
Sergeant William F. Manuel, 34, of Kinder, Lou-
isiana, who died on January 10, 2005, in service to 
the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1513) Congress honors the memory of Ser-
geant Robert Wesley Sweeney III, 22, of Pineville, 
Louisiana, who died on January 10, 2005, in service 
to the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1514) Congress honors the memory of Spe-
cialist Michael J. Smith, 24, of Media, Pennsylvania, 
who died on January 11, 2005, in service to the 
United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1515) Congress honors the memory of Private 
First Class Gunnar D. Becker, 19, of Forestburg, 
South Dakota, who died on January 13, 2005, in 
service to the United States in Operation Iraqi Free-
dom; 
(1516) Congress honors the memory of Lance 
Corporal Matthew W. Holloway, 21, of Fulton, 
Texas, who died on January 13, 2005, in service to 
the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1517) Congress honors the memory of Ser-
geant First Class Brian A. Mack, 36, of Phoenix,
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Arizona, who died on January 13, 2005, in service 
to the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1518) Congress honors the memory of Lance 
Corporal Juan Rodrigo Rodriguez Velasco, 23, of 
Laredo/El Cenizo, Texas, who died on January 13, 
2005, in service to the United States in Operation 
Iraqi Freedom; 
(1519) Congress honors the memory of Cor-
poral Paul C. Holter III, 21, of Corpus Christi, 
Texas, who died on January 14, 2005, in service to 
the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1520) Congress honors the memory of Ser-
geant Jayton D. Patterson, 26, of Wakefield/Sedley, 
Virginia, who died on January 15, 2005, in service 
to the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1521) Congress honors the memory of Ser-
geant Nathaniel T. Swindell, 24, of Bronx, New 
York, who died on January 15, 2005, in service to 
the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1522) Congress honors the memory of Spe-
cialist Alain L. Kamolvathin, 21, of Blairstown, New 
Jersey, who died on January 16, 2005, in service to 
the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1523) Congress honors the memory of Private 
First Class Jesus Fonseca, 19, of Marietta, Georgia,
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who died on January 17, 2005, in service to the 
United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1524) Congress honors the memory of Private 
First Class George R. Geer, 27, of Cortez, Colorado, 
who died on January 17, 2005, in service to the 
United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1525) Congress honors the memory of Private 
First Class Francis C. Obaji, 21, of Queens Village, 
New York, who died on January 17, 2005, in service 
to the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1526) Congress honors the memory of Staff 
Sergeant Thomas E. Vitagliano, 33, of New Haven, 
Connecticut, who died on January 17, 2005, in serv-
ice to the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1527) Congress honors the memory of Captain 
Christopher J. Sullivan, 29, of Princeton, Massachu-
setts, who died on January 18, 2005, in service to 
the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1528) Congress honors the memory of Ser-
geant Kyle William Childress, 29, of Terre Haute, 
Indiana, who died on January 21, 2005, in service 
to the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom; 
(1529) Congress honors the memory of Captain 
Joe Fenton Lusk II, 25, of Reedley, California, who