The names of the 10 U.S. service members from North Dakota or serving with North Dakota military units who have been killed while on duty in Iraq were read aloud during Monday's Memorial Day service at Riverside Cemetery. They are:
- Spc. Jon Fettig, 30, of Dickinson. Killed July 22, 2003, in an attack on a convoy near Ar Ramadi. Assigned to the North Dakota National Guard's 957th Multi-Role Bridge Company.
- Pfc. Sheldon Hawk Eagle, 21, of Grand Forks. Among 17 Americans killed Nov. 15, 2003, when two helicopters crashed in Mosul. Assigned to the Army's 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery, 101st Airborne Division.
- Spc. Thomas Sweet II, 23, of Bismarck. Died Nov. 27, 2003, in Junction City from a noncombat-related gunshot wound. Assigned to the Army's 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division.
- Staff Sgt. Ken Hendrickson, 41, of Bismarck. Killed Jan. 24, 2004, when a bomb struck a four-vehicle convoy north of Fallujah. Assigned to the North Dakota National Guard's 957th Multi-Role Bridge Company.
- Sgt. Keith Smette, 25, of Makoti. Killed Jan. 24, 2004, when a bomb exploded in a convoy near Fallujah. Assigned to the North Dakota National Guard's 957th Multi-Role Bridge Company.
- Spc. Philip Brown, 21, of Jamestown. Died May 8, 2004, after being wounded by an explosive while on foot patrol. Assigned to the North Dakota National Guard's 141st Engineer Combat Battalion.
- Spc. James Holmes, 28, of East Grand Forks, Minn. Died May 8, 2004, in Landstuhl, Germany, from wounds suffered May 3 when a roadside bomb exploded while he was on vehicle patrol. Assigned to the North Dakota National Guard's 141st Engineer Combat Battalion.
- Staff Sgt. Lance Koenig, 33, of Fargo. Killed Sept. 22 near Tikrit, when a roadside bomb exploded while he was on vehicle patrol. Assigned to the North Dakota National Guard's 141st Engineer Combat Battalion.
- Pfc. Anthony Monroe, 20, of Bismarck. Killed Oct. 11 when rockets hit his camp in Baghdad. He was a vehicle mechanic with the 1st Cavalry Division, based in Fort Hood, Texas.
- Spc. Cody Wentz, 21, of Williston. Killed Nov. 4 in an attack on a Humvee near Balad. Assigned to the North Dakota National Guard's 141st Engineer Combat Battalion.
