My name is Hardy P. Mills IV.  I was born in Azle TX, March 9th 1984 and raised in Weatherford, TX.  I went into the Marines 12-30-2002.  On June 29th of 2004, I was on base in Falluijah, Iraq and was on top of a gun truck, and me and a fellow marine were struck by a rocket propelled grenade (RPG). I was medevac to Germany and had multiple surgeries.

Corporal Justin Ray Mixon, of Amite, Louisiana enlisted in the Army in May 2005 and trained as an infantryman.  He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment and deployed to Iraq in August 2007.  He was killed in Action on June 1, 2008 on the outskirts of Sadr City, Iraq, when his Stryker armored personnel carrier was hit by a roadside bomb. 

Lance Corporal Casey Lynne Casanova of McComb, Mississippi, assigned to the Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, was killed on May 2, 2008 when an improvised explosive device detonated near her vehicle in Anbar Province, Iraq.  Casey joined the Marine Corps 2 years ago and was deployed to Iraq in January 2008. 

Felicia started her military career on April 9, 2002. She had months of military training and job classification. In the beginning of Oct 2002 she was assigned to Fort Bragg, NC to the 118 M.C. co (ABN). Her unit was deployed to Khandahar Afghanistan on Dec 1, 2002. They were only supposed to be deployed for a 6 month tour, but turned into 10 months.