1. Our War Heroes
It seems like every news story, television show or movie concentrates on showing the most negative stereotypes of our race. Be it violent criminals or rappers degrading themselves and our women; we are bombarded daily with these images of non-achieving people who contribute nothing to our once proud legacy. This is a false image, an image that threatens all that is precious to our history in this country.
But today I want to share with you some of the names and faces of those who have given their lives in the line of fire. There are over 100 dead African -American Soldier, Sailors, Airmen and Marines that have fallen since the war on terror began. This presentation does not contain all of their faces, I apologize for this and hope that I will someday be able to find them all. These people have largely gone unnoticed in the news media, but they should be in all of our hearts. I know they’re in mine and my condolences go out to the families of these people. May God rest their souls.
So, turn on your speakers, double click your mouse and take a moment to feel their lives, sacrifice and their sorrow.
Clyde D. Dowell II
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2. Cmd Sgt. Major Jerry Wilson, 45
1st. Sgt. Edward Smith , 38
Pfc. Vorn Mack, 19
Spc. Tyanna Avery-Felder, 22
Spc. Simeon Hunte, 23
Capt. Gussie Jones, 41
Corpsman Michael Johnson Jr. 25
Cpl. Henry Brown, 22
Jonathan Cheatham, 19
Lance Cpl. William White, 24
Cpl. Bernard Gooden , 22
Lance Cpl. Marcus Cherry, 18

3. Pfc. Brandon Ramsey, 21
Pfc. Howard Johnson II, 21
Pfc. Tamario Burkett, 21
Pfc. Anthony Roberts, 18
Pfc. Charles Sims, 18
Pfc. Wilfred Bellard, 20
Pvt Leroy Harris-Kelly, 20
Pvt. Algernon Adams, 36
Ssgt Kenneth Bradley 39
Pvt. David Evans Jr. 18
Pvt. Devon Jones, 19
Sgt. Edmond Randle, 26

4. Sgt. Keman Mitchell, 24
Sgt. Gladimir Philippe 37
Sgt. Jeffery Walker, 33
Sgt. Keicia Hines 27
Sgt. Michael Acklin, 25
Sgt. Michael Crockett, 27
Sgt. Nicolas Hodson, 22
Sgt. Roderic Solomon, 32
Ssgt. Stevon Booker, 34
Sgt. Taft Williams, 29
Sgt. Wilbert Davis, 40
Spc Darius Jennings, 22

5. Spc Jamaal Addison, 22
Spc. Artimus Brassfield, 22
Spc. Cedric Lennon, 32
Spc. Ervin Caradine Jr. 33
Spc. James Lambert III, 22
Spc. James Marshall, 19
Spc. Joseph Suell 24
Pfc. Leslie Jackson, 18
Spc. Orenthial Smith ,21
Spc. Larry Polley Jr. 20
Spc. Mark Bibby, 25
Spc. Rian Ferguson, 22

6. Pfc Marlin Rockhold, 23
Spc.Lunsford Brown II, 27
Pfc Jason Ford, 21
Spc. Narson Sullivan 21
Spc. Nathaniel Johnson, 22
Spc. Rian Ferguson, 22
Ssgt. Esau Patterson, 25
Ssgt. Kendall Waters-Bey 29
Ssgt Morgan Kennon, 23
SSgt Joe Wilson 30
Sgt. Eugene Williams 24.
Sgt. George Buggs 31

7. Ssgt Hesley Box Jr. 24
Ssgt. Nathan Bailey, 46
TechSgt Bruce Brown, 32
Pfc. Charles Bush Jr. 43
Spc. Ahmed Cason, 24
Pfc. Jonathan Cheatham, 19
Pfc. Norman Darling, 29
SSgt. Craig Davis, 37
Spc. Jason C. Ford, 21
Spc. Raphael Davis, 24
Pfc. David Evans Jr. 18
Capt. Arthur L. Felder, 36

8. Command Sgt. Maj. Cornell W. Gilmore, 45 SSgt. Barry Sanford Sr., 46
Pfc. Damian Heidelberg, 20
Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, 22
Sgt. 1st Class John Marshall, 50
SSgt. Terry Hemingway, 39
Pfc. Bruce Miller Jr. 23
A1C Antoine J. Holt, 20
Lance Cpl. Anthony Roberts, 18
Sgt. 1st Class Marvin L. Miller, 38
Sgt. Keelan Moss, 23
Sgt. Ivory L. Phipps, 44

9. Command Sgt. Maj. Edward C. Barnhill, 50 MSgt. Timothy Toney, 37
Pfc. William Strange, 19
Sgt. Leonard Simmons, 33
Pfc. Brandon Sloan, 19
Sgt. AnthonyThompson, 26
Sgt. Aubrey D. Bell, 33
Command Sgt. Maj. Edward C. Barnhill, 50
MSgt. Timothy Toney, 37
Spc. Larry K. Brown, 22
Spc. Ervin Caradine Jr. 33.
Lance Cpl. Brian Anderson, 26

11. Never Forget
Black servicemen and women have served this country proudly since the Revolutionary war. We have served when we were still slaves, we have served when we didn’t have the right to vote and we serve unquestionably now in a war whose result may or may not benefit us. Let us never forget these faces, these proud descendants of African slaves who gave their lives so that we may prosper in ours.
There are currently over 800 servicemen and women who have lost their lives in the war on terror .
“You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.”
Noam Chomsky