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The names of the fallen can blur together if you stare at them long enough. The carnage seems so relentless, so agonizingly sad.

In the last days of his life, Marine Lance Cpl. Blake A. Magaoay, saw it up close and wondered what it all meant. The young man from Pearl City had seen so much suffering while fighting insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq, that he often asked: Is there a God? Why is this happening?

 The roll that bears Magaoay's name — and 240 others since the spring of 2003 — offers a poignant treatise on sacrifice and a grim reminder that there will be more names to follow.

Here is someone's child, someone's spouse, someone's parent. Here is a cause with chapters still unwritten and rosters far from filled.

Here are the fallen.
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Below are service members with Hawai'i ties who have died since the spring of 2003. To read about them, click on their names. To sort the list by any of the six headers, indicated in capital letters, click on that header. To sort by unit, use the pulldown menu.
 
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[ DATE OF DEATH ] [ BRANCH ] [ NAME ] [ HOMETOWN ] [ STATE ] [ PLACE OF DEATH ]
Aug. 10, 2008  Army  Gibson, Kenneth B. Christiansburg  Va.  Iraq 
July 13, 2008  Army  Brostrom, Jonathan P. 'Aiea  Hawai'i  Afghanistan 
July 8, 2008  Army  McMillan, William L. III Lexington  Ky.  Iraq 
June 26, 2008  Marines  Galeai, Max A. Pago Pago, American Samoa    Iraq 
June 26, 2008  Marines  Dykeman, Philip J. Brockport  N.Y.  Iraq 
June 26, 2008  Marines  Preudhomme, Marcus W. North Miami Beach  Fla.  Iraq 
June 11, 2008  Army  Kanakaole, Eugene D.M. Kihei  Hawai'i  Iraq 
May 15, 2008  Army  Daggett, John K. Phoenix  Ariz.  Iraq 
April 9, 2008  Army  Hughes, Jeremiah C. Jacksonville  Fla.  Iraq 
March 26, 2008  Army  Rundell, Gregory B. Ramsey  Minn.  Iraq 
Feb. 8, 2008  Army  Manibog, Michael T. Alameda  Calif.  Iraq 
Feb. 8, 2008  Army  Martin, Timothy P. Pixley  Calif.  Iraq 
Feb. 8, 2008  Army  Whisenhunt, Jerald A. Orrick  Mo.  Iraq 
Feb. 8, 2008  Army  Willett, Gary D. Alamogordo  N.M.  Iraq 
Jan. 19, 2008  Army  Schoolcraft, Jon M. III Wapakoneta  Ohio  Iraq 
Dec. 31, 2007  Army  Lacerna, Reno S. Waipahu  Hawai'i  Iraq 
Dec. 30, 2007  Navy  Jeffries, Victor W. Honolulu  Hawai'i  Kuwait 
Dec. 17, 2007  Army  McDaniel, Juctin R.P. Andover  N.H.  Iraq 
Nov. 13, 2007  Army  Mason, Casey P. Lake  Mich.  Iraq 
Oct. 2, 2007  Navy  Cannon, Mark R. Lubbock  Texas  Afghanistan 
Sept. 9, 2007  Army  Gagalac, Alexander U. Wahiawa  Hawai'i  Iraq 
Aug. 22, 2007  Army  Hubbard, Nathan C. Clovis  Calif.  Iraq 
Aug. 22, 2007  Army  Dobogai, Derek A. Fond du Lac  Wis.  Iraq 
Aug. 22, 2007  Army  Pollard, Jessy G. Springfield  Mo.  Iraq 
Aug. 22, 2007  Army  Bouffard, Jeremy P. Middlefield  Mass.  Iraq 
Aug. 22, 2007  Army  Harmon, Joshua S. Mentor  Ohio  Iraq 
Aug. 22, 2007  Army  Hook, Michael A. Altoona  Pa.  Iraq 
Aug. 22, 2007  Army  McLead, Garrett I. Rockport  Texas  Iraq 
Aug. 22, 2007  Army  Brodnick, Phillip J. New Lenox  Ill.  Iraq 
Aug. 22, 2007  Army  Paton, Jason L. Poway  Calif.  Iraq 
Aug. 22, 2007  Army  Seideman, Tyler R. Lincoln  Ark.  Iraq 
July 24, 2007  Marines  Lynch, Robert A. Jefferson  Ky.  Iraq 
June 22, 2007  Army  Montpetit, Michael J. Copperas Cove  Texas  Iraq 
June 16, 2007  Army  Walkup, Frank B. Woodbury  Tenn.  Iraq 
June 14, 2007  Army  Borm, Val J. Sidney  Neb.  Iraq 
June 14, 2007  Army  Roberts, Derek Gold River  Calif.  Iraq 
June 14, 2007  Army  Elazzouzi, Farid Paterson  N.J.  Iraq 
June 13, 2007  Army  Carriker, Casey S. Hoquiam  Wash.  Iraq 
June 7, 2007  Air Force  Newman, William N. Middleton  Tenn.  Iraq 
May 29, 2007  Army  Correa, Richard V. Honolulu  Hawai'i  Iraq 
May 28, 2007  Army  Heidtman, Keith N. Norwich  Conn.  Iraq 
May 28, 2007  Army  Church, Theodore U. South Point  Ohio  Iraq 
May 25, 2007  Army  Zylman, Casey P. Coleman  Mich.  Iraq 
April 6, 2007  Army  Cajimat, Jay S. Lahaina  Hawai'i  Iraq 
April 5, 2007  Army  Cauthorn, Forrest D. Midlothian  Va.  Iraq 
March 2, 2007  Navy  Tulang, Morgan C. Hilo  Hawai'i  Kuwait 
Feb. 26, 2007  Marines  Aguirre, Anthony Houston  Texas  Iraq 
Feb. 13, 2007  Army  Tanton, Nickolas A. San Antonio  Texas  Iraq 
Feb. 13, 2007  Marines  Morris, Daniel T. Crimora  Va.  Iraq 
Feb. 1, 2007  Marines  Elliott, Terry J. Middleton  Tenn.  Iraq 
Feb. 1, 2007  Navy  Conte, Matthew G. Mogadore  Ohio  Iraq 
Feb. 1, 2007  Army  Armstrong, David C. Zanesville  Ohio  Iraq 
Feb. 1, 2007  Army  Butler, Kenneth T. East Liverpool  Ohio  Iraq 
Jan. 20, 2007  Army  Olsen, Toby R. Manchester  N.H.  Iraq 
Dec. 25, 2006  Army  Wilkus, Eric R. Hamilton  N.J.  Germany 
Dec. 24, 2006  Marines  Morris, Stephen L. Lake Jackson  Texas  Iraq 
Dec. 21, 2006  Army  Whitehead, James E. Kailua  Hawai'i  Washington state 
Dec. 15, 2006  Army  Kahalewai, Henry K. Jr. Hilo  Hawai'i  Iraq 
Dec. 14, 2006  Marines  Clark, Matthew W. St. Louis  Mo.  Iraq 
Dec. 6, 2006  Army  Madden, Joshua B. Sibley  La.  Iraq 
Dec. 6, 2006  Army  Huffman, Jason I. Conover  N.C.  Iraq 
Dec. 6, 2006  Army  Castro, Jesse J.J. Guam    Iraq 
Dec. 6, 2006  Army  Mokri, Yari Pflugerville  Texas  Iraq 
Dec. 6, 2006  Army  Krege, Travis Cheektowaga  N.Y.  Iraq 
Dec. 6, 2006  Marines  McClung, Megan M.L. Coupeville  Wash.  Iraq 
Dec. 3, 2006  Marines  McCloud, Joseph T. Grosse Pointe Park  Mich.  Iraq 
Dec. 3, 2006  Marines  Sticklen, Joshua C. Virgina Beach  Va.  Iraq 
Dec. 2, 2006  Army  Fiscus, Keith E. Townsend  Del.  Iraq 
Nov. 25, 2006  Marines  West, Jeromy D. Aguanga  Calif.  Iraq 
Nov. 22, 2006  Marines  Alonzo, Joshua C. Dumas  Texas  Iraq 
Nov. 22, 2006  Marines  Warner, Heath Canton  Ohio  Iraq 
Nov. 22, 2006  Marines  Davenport, James R. Danville  Ind.  Iraq 
Nov. 19, 2006  Marines  Scholl, Michael D. Lincoln  Neb.  Iraq 
Nov. 19, 2006  Marines  Gonzalez, Mario D. La Puente  Calif.  Iraq 
Nov. 14, 2006  Marines  Brown, Timothy W. Sacramento  Calif.  Iraq 
Nov. 7, 2006  Army  Doria, Richwell A. San Diego  Calif.  Iraq 
Oct. 25, 2006  Marines  Brown, Donald S. Succassunna  N.J.  Iraq 
Oct. 25, 2006  Marines  Chaires, Daniel B. Tallahassee  Fla.  Iraq 
Oct. 19, 2006  Marines  Lopez, Edwardo J. Aurora  Ill.  Iraq 
Oct. 17, 2006  Marines  Booth, Joshua L. Fiskdale  Mass.  Iraq 
Oct. 15, 2006  Army  Lootens, Jonathan Lyons  N.Y.  Iraq 
Oct. 15, 2006  Army  Deese, Joshua Rowland  N.C.  Iraq 
Oct. 13, 2006  Army  Stanton, Kenny F. Jr. Hemet  Calif.  Iraq 
Oct. 11, 2006  Army  Adcock, Shane T. Mechanicsville  Va.  Iraq 
Oct. 8, 2006  Marines  Jones, Derek W. Salem  Ore.  Iraq 
Oct. 8, 2006  Marines  Sandvick Monroe, Jeremy S. Chinook  Mont.  Iraq 
Oct. 3, 2006  Army  Isshak, Daniel Alta Loma  Calif.  Iraq 
Oct. 2, 2006  Army  Oremus, Michael K. Highland  N.Y.  Iraq 
Sept. 28, 2006  Marines  Chamroeun, James Union City  Ga.  Iraq 
Sept. 26, 2006  Marines  Riviere, Christopher T. Cooper City  Fla.