Janelle F. King, Army, Private -- Rest In Peace

Janelle F. King, 23

Army, Private
Based: Ft. Polk, La.
115th Combat Support Hospital
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: August 14, 2008
Baghdad, Iraq
Engaged
Gender: Female
Hometown: Merced
High School: Rancocas Valley Regional High School (Mount Holly NJ)
Burial: Ft. Sill Post Cemetery, Lawton, Okla.

King was serving her first tour of duty after joining the Army in May 2007. She was assigned to the 115th Combat Support Hospital in December, and her unit was deployed to Iraq in May.
The eldest daughter of an Air Force official, King was born in Altus, Okla., and lived in California, Panama and Hawaii before graduating from Rancocas Valley Regional High School in Mt. Holly, N.J., in 2003.
King took to the constant relocation like a "chameleon," making friends easily and getting along with people of vastly different backgrounds, said her father, Brian King, 47, of Severn, Md.

He said his daughter loved being an older stepsister to Alexandra King, 7, and Brian King, 5. "Whenever she came home, she'd tell us, 'Please go out so we can have fun,' " he said. "They would joke around, play, pull out board games -- Chutes and Ladders, Candyland -- and just enjoy each other's company."
Brian King last spoke to his daughter by phone Aug. 13 from the post office where he was preparing to send her a care package. The next day, he got the message that she had died

Baby Girl,
I still remember all the times in the bay me n you would laugh n talk. I miss the crazy things you used to do and the way everyone would get so mad at you when you would come in and be loud and how I would take you back to your bunk and try to bribe you into going to sleep and then we would just laugh. I still can't believe you're gone. You will forever stay in my heart and mind. I Love You!
— Spc. Guerrero
September 18, 2009 at 5:53 a.m.

Visit Army Private Janelle F. King's Guest Book here and read more about Janelle F. King here and here.

Army Private Janelle F. King was previously remembered at Boom3 on Saturday, August 14, 2010.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 2010

Russell J. Proctor, Army, Staff Sergeant -- Rest In Peace

Four days ago.

Russell J. Proctor, 25

Army, Staff Sergeant
Based: Ft. Hood, Texas
4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division
Supporting: Operation New Dawn
Died: June 26, 2011
Diyala province, Iraq
Gender: Male
Hometown: Oroville

Great soldier and a great man, had the honor to go through basic training and serving with him in Iraq, see you on the high ground brother.

— Ernest Ramos
June 28, 2011 at 8:16 p.m.

From the Sanctuary of Mary:

Staff Sgt. Russell J. Proctor, age 25, of Oroville, California, died on June 26, 2011, in Diyala province, Iraq, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.

He was assigned to the 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

Russell was serving his third tour in Iraq. He entered active duty in June 2005.

Russell is the oldest son of Russell Proctor Sr. and his wife Renee, of Oroville, California.

Let us pray to God the Father, Jesus, all of the saints and all of the angels that Russell J. Proctor is in heaven. Let us pray that he is at peace and is with God. Amen.

Read more about Army Staff Sergeant Russell J. Proctor 

at Chron.com, 

in the Mercury News 

and at Freedom Remembered

Also killed was Pfc. Dylan J. Johnson, 20, of Tulsa, Oklahoma

Army Pfc. Dylan J. Johnson

Died June 26, 2011 serving during Operation New Dawn

Dylan J. Johnson, 20, of Tulsa, Okla.; assigned to the 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; died June 26 in Diyala province, Iraq, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Also killed was Staff Sgt. Russell J. Proctor.

Jason R. Hendrix, Army, Staff Sergeant -- Rest In Peace

Jason R. Hendrix, 28

Army, Staff Sergeant
Based: Camp Hovey, South Korea
1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: February 16, 2005
Ramadi, Iraq
Single
Gender: Male
Hometown: Freedom
Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Tulsa, Okla

Sergeant Hendrix was killed when an explosion occurred while he was conducting combat operations in Ramadi, Iraq.

Remembering Jason Hendrix the bodybuilder, the man who loved to hunt, who cared about his family and loved his country, dominated the comments and the images shared at the slain soldier’s funeral service Saturday.

“He was a wonderful, wonderful boy,” said his aunt, Onetta Webster, as she walked from his grave site. “He loved it around here.”

For a few hours at least, Hendrix’s life mattered more than the circumstances after his death. A final resting place for Hendrix, a California native who was killed while serving in Iraq on Feb. 16, caused a family feud to turn into a court battle. The legal spat between divorced parents was resolved last month.

At Rice Funeral Service in Claremore and at the graveside at Calvary Cemetery in Tulsa, family members talked about the man who grew from a towheaded boy to a muscle-bound staff sergeant in the Army.


“He was a young man to be admired,” said Rosetta Jensen, Hendrix’s great-aunt. “He didn’t die for one person, he died for all of us.”


Hendrix, 28, lived most of his life in California. He spent the last two years of high school living with his father in Claremore. After graduating from Claremore Sequoyah, he joined the Army, serving two tours in South Korea during his 11-year career.

“He loved to go hunting with his father,” Webster said. “They would always get a deer.”

In Claremore, friends and relatives filled the chapel to hear Lt. Col. Greg Borden talk about the difference Jason Hendrix made. Borden, a chaplain stationed at Fort Carson, Colo., spoke of memories and the value of Hendrix’s sacrifice.

“His life made a difference, even to people who never knew him,” Hendrix said. “Because of what he did, Iraqis will experience some freedom that they never would have known.”

After a reading of Hendrix’s awards, which included a Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Meritorious Service Medal, 16 soldiers in attendance paid final respects. One by one, soldiers, most clad in dress uniform, stood up, marched before the casket and saluted.


The nearly 40-vehicle procession that followed Hendrix’s remains on the 31-mile drive to the cemetery stopped traffic along the route.


Hendrix received burial with full military honors, including the playing of “Taps” and a 21-gun salute. A group of about a dozen Vietnam veterans looked on as the serviceman was laid to rest.

Read the entire story about Army Staff Sergeant Jason R. Hendrix in Military Times, find more in the LA Times, at Fallen Heroes and visit Sergeant Hendrix's Guest Book.

Janelle F. King, Army, Medic -- Rest In Peace

Janelle F. King, 23

Army, Private
Based: Ft. Polk, La.
115th Combat Support Hospital
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: August 14, 2008
Baghdad, Iraq
Engaged
Gender: Female
Hometown: Merced
High School: Rancocas Valley Regional High School (Mount Holly NJ)
Burial: Ft. Sill Post Cemetery, Lawton, Okla.

King was serving her first tour of duty after joining the Army in May 2007. She was assigned to the 115th Combat Support Hospital in December, and her unit was deployed to Iraq in May.
The eldest daughter of an Air Force official, King was born in Altus, Okla., and lived in California, Panama and Hawaii before graduating from Rancocas Valley Regional High School in Mt. Holly, N.J., in 2003.
King took to the constant relocation like a "chameleon," making friends easily and getting along with people of vastly different backgrounds, said her father, Brian King, 47, of Severn, Md.

He said his daughter loved being an older stepsister to Alexandra King, 7, and Brian King, 5. "Whenever she came home, she'd tell us, 'Please go out so we can have fun,' " he said. "They would joke around, play, pull out board games -- Chutes and Ladders, Candyland -- and just enjoy each other's company."
Brian King last spoke to his daughter by phone Aug. 13 from the post office where he was preparing to send her a care package. The next day, he got the message that she had died

.....

Baby Girl,
I still remember all the times in the bay me n you would laugh n talk. I miss the crazy things you used to do and the way everyone would get so mad at you when you would come in and be loud and how I would take you back to your bunk and try to bribe you into going to sleep and then we would just laugh. I still can't believe you're gone. You will forever stay in my heart and mind. I Love You!
— Spc. Guerrero
September 18, 2009 at 5:53 a.m.

Visit Army Private Janelle F. King's Guest Book here and read more about her here and here.