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The Opening Of Our Veteran Website Is Dedicated to Our Local Men Who Have Lost Their Lives in The Iraqi War...

Sgt. Brett T.Christian:	Master Sgt. Robert M. Dowdy:	Corporal Timothy Knight:	Private. Brandon U. Sloan
Sgt. Brett T. Christian 27, of North Royalton, Ohio, and stationed at Fort Campbell, was killed early on July 23, 2003 when his convoy came under attack by rocket-propelled grenades.	Master Sgt. Robert J. Dowdy, 38, of Cleveland, the 507th company's first sergeant, was killed in action March 23, 2003. He was mechanical maintenance supervisor.	• United States Marine • October 26, 1982 • January 26, 2005 • On Monday, February 7, 2005, Cpl. Timothy A. Knight, USMC, was laid to rest. He was killed in a tragic helicopter crash while serving in Iraq. He was 22 years old and leaves behind his wife and daughter. Tim's sister Melanie Foster is a valued employee of the Recorders Office.	• Pvt. Brandon U. Sloan, 19, of Bedford Heights, Ohio, was killed in action March 23, 2003. • He was an automated logistics specialist.

Lance Cpl. Thomas Keeling

Cpl. Brad Squires

Spc. Joseph M. Gamback Jr.

Marine Cpl. Jeffrey A. Boskovitch

Keeling had been in Iraq since February, and was assigned to a mobile strike force seeking insurgents in the Anbar province near the Syrian border. Keeling told him that he was proud of
the job U.S. troops were doing in Iraq.
He said he could see things improving, he could see the changes," Berry said. "He wasn't glad to be there, but he was going to do his job while he was over there

Brad Squires graduated from Berea High School in 1997. His aunt, Donna
Dirk, of Middleburg Heights, said Squires got married last December, just before being deployed to Iraq. She described him as "fun-loving,
very family-oriented, really a nice kid." He is survived by his wife, Julie, parents Donna
and Bruce Squires, a brother, Chad Squires, and sister, Jodie Bogdan.

Joseph M. Garmback Jr. was a family man who wanted to follow in the steps of his paratrooper father. "He was a good son. He was a good brother. He had a lot of fun," said his mother, Marlyon Garmback. Garmback Jr., 24, of Cleveland, was killed July 8, 2004. One of five soldiers killed when the Iraqi National Guard headquarters was attacked in Baghdad. Garmback is survived by his parents, Joseph Sr. and Marlyon.

Marine Cpl. Jeffrey A. Boskovitch 25, of Seven Hills, Ohio; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Brook Park, Ohio; attached to Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); killed Aug. 1 by small-arms fire while conducting dismounted operations outside Haditha, Iraq.

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The Cuyahoga County Recorder’s Office Veterans Data and Information Web Site is designed to provide you with veteran information, support and burial sites for veterans whose graves are situated in Cuyahoga County. Also included on this site are links to various Veteran’s Administration Web Sites and Services, as well as specialized links to specific services provided to veterans of Cuyahoga County.

The Ohio Revised Code, Section 317.25, designates the County Recorder’s Office as the depository for information relating to the locations of all veteran’s gravesites within the county. Every effort has been made to make this list as inclusive as possible.

We believe that this is the first time that any Recorders’ Office in the country has attempted to provide this type of database to the public via the internet. Our records contain over 100,000 Cuyahoga County gravesites but it is possible that there are many more that we are not aware of.

Our information is provided by the Ohio Department of Health, Vital Statistics Unit, and our database is therefore dependant upon the materials supplied to us by that office. If you believe that your loved one, or someone you know, was a member of the armed forces and is buried in a grave located in Cuyahoga County which is not found on our list, please provide us with whatever information you may have (a DD-214 and any other service related forms would be helpful) and we will investigate your inquiry and attempt to confirm the information provided. All confirmed burials will be updated on our data base with the information obtained through our inquiry.

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Marine Lance Cpl. Brian P. Montgomery

Sgt. Bryan W. Large

Marine Lance Cpl. Robert F. Eckfield Jr.

Marine Lance Cpl. David A. Mendez Ruiz

Marine Lance Cpl. Brian P. Montgomery 26, of Willoughby, Ohio; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Brook Park, Ohio; attached to Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); killed Aug. 1 by enemy small-arms fire while conducting dismounted operations outside Haditha, Iraq.

Sgt. Bryan W. Large an Army sergeant from Cuyahoga Falls and two fellow paratroopers were killed Monday in Iraq when a bomb exploded near their Humvee.
An improvised explosive killed Army Sgt. Bryan W. Large, 31, of the Falls, during combat in Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq, at about 10 p.m. local time, said Army spokesman Lt. Col. John Robinson. Large was among about 2,500 U.S. troops paired Monday with Iraqi forces in an air assault on Haditha, Haqlaniyah and Parwana, about 140 miles northwest of Baghdad.

Marine Lance Cpl. Robert F. Eckfield an Ohio Marine in his third tour of duty in Iraq made his mother promise to bury him in Arlington National Cemetery if he was killed. Lance Cpl. Robert F. Eckfield Jr. of Cleveland died Thursday from injuries sustained in an explosion, the military said late Friday. They said he was killed when something, a shell or something, went through the building he was in.

Marine Lance Cpl. David A. Mendez Ruiz 20, of Cleveland;

assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); killed Nov. 12 by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Amiriyah, Iraq.

Marine Sgt. Michael M. Kashkoush

Army Master Sgt.

Joseph J. Andres, Jr.

Lance CPL. Andrew W. Nowacki

Army Staff Sgt. Michael J. Wiggins

24, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio; assigned to 3rd Intelligence Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan; died Jan. 23 from wounds received while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.

Army Master Sgt. Joseph J. Andres, Jr. 34, of Seven Hills, Ohio; assigned to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Dec. 24 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries sustained earlier that day when he was attacked by enemy forces during combat operations in Baqubah, Iraq.

Andy Nowacki, 24, died Saturday while serving as a gunner on a Humvee that was protecting a truck convoy south of Baghdad. Nowacki was a police officer in Grand River, about 25 miles northeast of Cleveland

26, of Cleveland, Ohio; assigned to the 79th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; died Jan. 23 in Balad, Iraq, of a non-combat related injury.

Marine Sgt. Justin T. Walsh	Army Sgt. James R. Worster	Airforce Senior Airman Alecia S. Good	Marine Lance Cpl. Daniel R. Scherry
24, of Cuyahoga Falls,Ohio; assigned to the 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Oct. 11 at National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, Md., from wounds sustained Oct. 5 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.	24, of Broadview Heights, Ohio; assigned to the 10th Combat Support Hospital, 43rd Area Support Group, Fort Carson, Colo.; died Sept. 18 from a non-combat related incident in Baghdad.	23, of Broadview Heights, Ohio; assigned to the 92nd Communications Squadron, Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash.; deployed to Djibouti as part of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa; killed Feb. 17 when two CH-53 helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden in the vicinity of Ras Siyyan, northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area.	20, of Rocky River, Ohio; assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died April 16 from a nonhostile accident in Anbar province.
	Army Maj. Michael L. Green
	36, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio; assigned to Headquarters, V Corps, Heidelberg, Germany; died January 7, 2008 in Laghar Juy, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device. Also killed was Sgt. James K. Healy.