696 very good reasons why we should lower the drinking age

Written by DJ Spiess

Tuesday, 29 April 2008

You can do many things as an 18-year-old adult in America, except one. You can't buy a beer.

I missed out on the grandfather date for legally drinking 3.2% beer in Colorado by a little over a year. It was weird having friends who could legally buy alcohol who were under 21 years of age. I always felt it was unfair I could not buy alcohol, just because I was a bit younger. You can hunt, vote, marry, live on your own, purchase porn (or even perform), have sex, have abortions, get a credit card, enter into legally binding agreements, hold public office, be executed, get sued, own a business, employ others, and even go to war and die for your country. You just can’t buy a beer.

The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 required every state in America to legislate and enforce 21 years of age as the minimum age to possess and consume alcohol. The Federal Aid Highway Act takes 10% of highway funds from every state which does not set the minimum age at 21. Fair or not, the legal drinking age in the United States is 21.

What's Changed?

These laws have been in effect for more than two decades, but what has the change accomplished? Proponents for the laws will point out alcohol related deaths have decreased since the law went into effect. This is true; however, all alcohol related deaths have decreased for almost all ages. Tougher DUI laws and drunk-driving education, better cars equipped with airbags, and other alcohol awareness programs have reduced the number of alcohol related fatalities in all age categories except in one notable category, 21 to 24. It appears the law just raised the ages of those killed.

Some might argue a lower drinking age will result in higher rates of drinking as an adult. There is no research to demonstrate this. Research actually shows the desire to drink alcohol after 21 wanes with each year.

Research also shows underage drinkers are more likely to desire spirits over beer and wine. This is most likely because spirits give “more bang for the buck”. A bottle of vodka is easier to sneak around or mix with orange juice than a 6-pack of beer. You can get alcohol poisoning from beer, but it is much more difficult. I would rather let them have the beer. Beer becomes the beverage of choice quickly after the age of 21.

Another problem with the higher drinking age is kids go to college and are exposed to the “forbidden fruit” with little to no guidance. Without the education and experience they might have learned from their family, they are more prone to over-indulgence. This puts them at greater risk, because they know drinking is illegal. "They get sick, they get scared and they get into trouble and they can't call because they know it's illegal,” says Vermont Senator Hinda Miller.

Bad choices, not alcohol, are to blame

The real problem is how alcohol is viewed in America. In countries where alcohol abuse is not a problem, alcohol is seen as neutral. Other cultures teach their youth how to drink in the safe environment of the home. In these countries, the legal drinking age is lower than America. Alcohol education needs to come from the family, not a mandate from the government.

So what age do you consider someone an adult? America is a free country where adults are allowed to make their own choices, for better or worse – but not minors. An 18-year-old is considered adult enough to vote for people to lead our country, but not buy a beer. Is an 18-year-old an adult or not?

How old to fire a gun?!?

A 12-year-old can carry a gun and hunt and kill game. Am I the only person who finds this scary? I’m not advocating a 12-year-old be allowed to purchase a beer, but it is strange our country thinks a gun is safer than a beer in the hands of a child. The reality is the child has the gun under adult supervision and is required to take training before the child is granted a license. Why is the same approach not applied to drinking?

Who can better teach a child about alcohol than their parents? The government thinks it is better for people to start from scratch at 21. It is illegal in many states for a parent to provide their child an alcoholic beverage. Personally I think I am a much better choice to teach my child about alcohol. No wonder 21-year-olds do not know how to drink – but with our laws they have nine years of practice with a gun!

No beer, but here hold this gun!

And they are in luck! We have a great job for those who know how to use a gun. I cannot believe we allow young men and women to fight in wars, but we don’t allow them to drink. I cannot describe how offensive I find this contradiction of “adulthood”. When I was a teenager I got into this argument with my father. His response at the time, “we don’t go to war that often”. America went to war in the first Gulf War two years later.

An 18-year-old is old enough to give their life for our country, but not old enough to buy a beer. As of date of writing this article, 696 soldiers have died in Iraq and were not old enough to buy a beer. Here are 696 very good reasons why we should lower the drinking age right now to 18. These men and women did die for our country, but still were never trusted with a beer.

696 reasons to lower the drinking age to 18

Ruben Estrella-Soto	18	Army Private
Andrew Julian Aviles	18	Marine Lance Corporal
David Evans Jr.	18	Army Private
Cory Ryan Geurin	18	Marine Lance Corporal
Daniel R. Parker	18	Army Private 1st Class
Charles M. Sims	18	Army Private 1st Class
Michael G. Mihalakis	18	Army National Guard Specialist
Matthew G. Milczark	18	Marine Private 1st Class
Dustin M. Sekula	18	Marine Private 1st Class
Marcus M. Cherry	18	Marine Lance Corporal
Kyle D. Crowley	18	Marine Lance Corporal
Ryan M. Jerabek	18	Marine Private 1st Class
Anthony P. Roberts	18	Marine Lance Corporal
Bradley G. Kritzer	18	Army Private 1st Class
Leslie D. Jackson	18	Army Private 1st Class
Sam W. Huff	18	Army Private 1st Class
Christopher R. Dixon	18	Marine Reserve Private 1st Class
Jonathan R. Flores	18	Marine Lance Corporal
Christopher R. Kilpatrick	18	Army Private 1st Class
Sergio H. Escobar	18	Marine Lance Corporal
Peter D. Wagler	18	Army Private 1st Class
Stephen P. Snowberger III	18	Army Private 1st Class
Jeremy Z. Long	18	Marine Lance Corporal
Colin Joseph Wolfe	18	Marine Private 1st Class
Jeremy R. Shank	18	Army Private 1st Class
Jason Franco	18	Marine Private 1st Class
Eric R. Sieger	18	Army Specialist
Matthew T. Zeimer	18	Army Private
Steven J. Walberg	18	Army Private 1st Class
Le Ron A. Wilson	18	Army Private 1st Class
Christopher D. Kube	18	Army Private 1st Class
Jeremy S. Bohannon	18	Army Private
Nathan Z. Thacker	18	Army Private
Brandon Scott Tobler	19	Army Reserve Specialist
Brandon Ulysses Sloan	19	Army Private
Nolen Ryan Hutchings	19	Marine Private
Gregory Paul Sanders	19	Army Specialist
Diego Fernando Rincon	19	Army Private 1st Class
Christian Daniel Gurtner	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Devon Demilo Jones	19	Army Private
Gregory Paul Huxley Jr.	19	Army Private 1st Class
Anthony Scott Miller	19	Army Private 1st Class
Alan Dinh Lam	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Jose F. Gonzalez Rodriguez	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Nicholas Brian Kleiboeker	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Kenneth A. Nalley	19	Army Private
Jesse M. Halling	19	Army Private
Ryan R. Cox	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Robert L. Frantz	19	Army Private
Jonathan M. Cheatham	19	Army Reserve Private 1st Class
Duane E. Longstreth	19	Army Private 1st Class
Vorn J. Mack	19	Army Private 1st Class
Pablo Manzano	19	Army Private 1st Class
Benjamin L. Freeman	19	Army Private
Stephen E. Wyatt	19	Army Private 1st Class
Paul J. Bueche	19	Army National Guard Private 1st Class
Steven Acosta	19	Army Private 1st Class
Rachel K. Bosveld	19	Army Private 1st Class
Joey D. Whitener	19	Army Private 1st Class
Jason G. Wright	19	Army Private 1st Class
Jeffrey F. Braun	19	Army Private 1st Class
Nathan W. Nakis	19	Army National Guard Specialist
Luis A. Moreno	19	Army Private 1st Class
Holly J. McGeogh	19	Army Private 1st Class
William C. Ramirez	19	Army Private 1st Class
Bryan N. Spry	19	Army Private
Nichole M. Frye	19	Army Reserve Private 1st Class
Dustin L. Kreider	19	Army Private
William R. Strange	19	Army Private 1st Class
Geoffrey S. Morris	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Shane Lee Goldman	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Moises A. Langhorst	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Christopher R. Cobb	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Travis J. Layfield	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Christopher D. Mabry	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Chance R. Phelps	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Torrey L. Gray	19	Marine Lance Corporal
James E. Marshall	19	Army Specialist
Brian K. Cutter	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Brandon C. Sturdy	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Michael A. Mora	19	Army Private 1st Class
Daniel Paul Unger	19	Army National Guard Private 1st Class
Kyle W. Codner	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Cody S. Calavan	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Bradli N. Coleman	19	Army Private
Sean Horn	19	Marine Private 1st Class
William River Emanuel IV	19	Army Specialist
Harry N. Shondee Jr.	19	Army Private 1st Class
Joseph L. Nice	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Jonathan W. Collins	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Fernando B. Hannon	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Seth Huston	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Charles L. Neeley	19	Army Reserve Specialist
Omead H. Razani	19	Army Specialist
Luis A. Perez	19	Army Reserve Private 1st Class
Nicholas Perez	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Tomas Garces	19	Army National Guard Specialist
David Paul Burridge	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Jason L. Sparks	19	Army Private 1st Class
Dominic C. Brown	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Mathew D. Puckett	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Andrew Halverson	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Aaron J. Rusin	19	Army Private 1st Class
Oscar A. Martinez	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Victor A. Gonzalez	19	Marine Lance Corporal
David L. Waters	19	Army Private
Richard Patrick Slocum	19	Marine Lance Corporal
John Lukac	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Andrew G. Riedel	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Nicholas D. Larson	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Abraham Simpson	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Nathan R. Wood	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Nicholas H. Anderson	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Cole W. Larsen	19	Army Private 1st Class
Justin D. McLeese	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Travis R. Desiato	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Bradley L. Parker	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Phillip G. West	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Jordan D. Winkler	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Joshua E. Lucero	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Joshua A. Ramsey	19	Army Private 1st Class
Oscar Sanchez	19	Army Private 1st Class
Brian P. Parrello	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Gunnar D. Becker	19	Army Private 1st Class
Jesus Fonseca	19	Army Private 1st Class
Jason C. Redifer	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Sean P. Maher	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Richard C. Clifton	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Richard A. Perez Jr.	19	Marine Reserve Lance Corporal
Landon S. Giles	19	Army Private
Samuel S. Lee	19	Army Private 1st Class
Tenzin Dengkhim	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Casey M. LaWare	19	Army Private 1st Class
Charles S. Cooper Jr.	19	Army Private
Stephen P. Baldwyn	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Wesley R. Riggs	19	Army Private 1st Class
Carrie L. French	19	Army National Guard Corporal
Chad B. Maynard	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Adam J. Crumpler	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Lavena L. Johnson	19	Army Private
Ramon A. Villatoro Jr.	19	Army Private 1st Class
Christopher Jenkins Dyer	19	Marine Reserve Lance Corporal
Nils George Thompson	19	Army Private 1st Class
Nathaniel E. "Nate" Detample	19	Army National Guard Private 1st Class
Joshua P. Dingler	19	Army National Guard Specialist
Ramon Romero	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Elijah M. Ortega	19	Marine Private
Oliver J. Brown	19	Army National Guard Private 1st Class
Roberto C. Baez	19	Army Private 1st Class
Andrew D. Bedard	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Shayne M. Cabino	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Jason L. Frye	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Daniel Scott R. Bubb	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Kenneth J. Butler	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Christopher T. Monroe	19	Army Reserve Specialist
Mario A. Reyes	19	Army Private 1st Class
Jeremy P. Tamburello	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Daniel Freeman Swaim	19	Marine Lance Corporal
John A. "JT" Lucente	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Anthony Alexander "Alex" Gaunky	19	Army Private 1st Class
Adam Wade Kaiser	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Andrew G. Patten	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Brian A. Wright	19	Army National Guard Specialist
Jeriad P. Jacobs	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Jonathan Kyle Price	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Javier Chavez Jr.	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Amy A. Duerksen	19	Army Private 1st Class
Angelo A. Zawaydeh	19	Army Private 1st Class
Jeremy W. Ehle	19	Army Private 1st Class
Chase A. Edwards	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Jody W. Missildine	19	Army Private
Ryan G. Winslow	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Michael E. Bouthot	19	Army Private
Travis C. Zimmerman	19	Army Private
Michael L. Ford	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Christopher M. Eckhardt	19	Army Private 1st Class
Leon Deraps	19	Marine Lance Corporal
David N. Crombie	19	Army Private 1st Class
Brent Zoucha	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Devon J. Gibbons	19	Army Private 1st Class
Ryan. J. Clark	19	Army Corporal
Kyle Miller	19	Army National Guard Specialist
Anthony E. Butterfield	19	Marine Lance Corporal
James J. Arellano	19	Army Private 1st Class
Dan Dolan	19	Army Private 1st Class
Nicholas A. Madaras	19	Army Private 1st Class
Philip A. Johnson	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Anthony P. Seig	19	Army Private 1st Class
Ryan A. Miller	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Christopher T. Blaney	19	Army Private 1st Class
Edward M. Garvin	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Shane R. Austin	19	Army Private 1st Class
Stephen Bicknell	19	Army Private 1st Class
Donald S. Brown	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Ryan T. McCaughn	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Kristopher C. Warren	19	Marine Reserve Lance Corporal
Heath Warner	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Reece D. Moreno	19	Army Private
Jesse D. Tillery	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Ross A. McGinnis	19	Army Private
Joe L. Baines	19	Army Private 1st Class
Nick J. Palmer	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Seth M. Stanton	19	Army Private 1st Class
Fernando S. Tamayo	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Andrew H. Nelson	19	Army Private 1st Class
Ryan R. Berg	19	Army Private 1st Class
Collin R. Schockmel	19	Army Specialist
Andrew G. Matus	19	Marine Lance Corporal
David T. Toomalatai	19	Army Private 1st Class
Adam Q. Emul	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Tarryl B. Hill	19	Marine Reserve Private 1st Class
Daniel T. Morris	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Kelly D. Youngblood	19	Army Private
Matthew C. Bowe	19	Army Private 1st Class
Adare W. Cleveland	19	Army Private 1st Class
Louis G. Kim	19	Army Specialist
Cory C. Kosters	19	Army Private 1st Class
Jonathan K. Smith	19	Army Specialist
Raymond J. Holzhauer	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Miguel A. Marcial III	19	Marine Private 1st Class
Daniel A. Fuentes	19	Army Private 1st Class
Damian Lopez Rodriguez	19	Army Private
John G. Borbonus	19	Army Private 1st Class
Richard P. Langenbrunner	19	Army Private 1st Class
Michael J. Slater	19	Army Private
Jeffrey A. Avery	19	Army Private 1st Class
Jerry R. King	19	Army Specialist
Brian A. Botello	19	Army Private 1st Class
Katie M. Soenksen	19	Army Private 1st Class
Michael A. Pursel	19	Army Corporal
Daniel Courneya	19	Army Private 1st Class
Aaron D. Gautier	19	Army Private 1st Class
Joshua G. Romero	19	Army Specialist
Alexander R. Varela	19	Army Private 1st Class
Robert A. Worthington	19	Army Private 1st Class
Clinton C. Blodgett	19	Army Specialist
Anthony D. Hebert	19	Army Private 1st Class
Dustin L. Workman II	19	Army Specialist
James J. Harrelson	19	Army Private 1st Class
Ron J. Joshua Jr.	19	Army Private 1st Class
Zachary Clouser	19	Army Specialist
Daniel A. Leckel	19	Army Specialist
Jaime Rodriguez Jr.	19	Army Specialist
Braden J. Long	19	Army Specialist
Donald M. Young	19	Army Specialist
Travis M. Virgadamo	19	Army Specialist
Dane R. Balcon	19	Army Private 1st Class
Marisol Heredia	19	Army Specialist
Sammie E. Phillips	19	Army National Guard Private 1st Class
Christian M. Neff	19	Army Private 1st Class
Shayna Ann Schnell	19	Navy Seaman Apprentice
Genesia Mattril Gresham	19	Navy Seaman
Cody M. Carver	19	Army Private
Daren A. Smith	19	Army Private
Juctin R. P. McDaniel	19	Army Private 1st Class
Ivan E. Merlo	19	Army Private 1st Class
Duncan Charles Crookston	19	Army Private 1st Class
Jack T. Sweet	19	Army Private 1st Class
Micheal E. Phillips	19	Army Private 1st Class
William D. OÆBrien	19	Army Specialist
Shane D. Penley	19	Army Private 1st Class
Jordan C. Haerter	19	Marine Lance Corporal
Brian Rory Buesing	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Jorge Alonso Gonzalez	20	Marine Corporal
Evan Tyler James	20	Marine Corporal
Patrick Terence O'Day	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Jesus Alberto Suarez del Solar	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Michael Russell Creighton-Weldon	20	Army Private 1st Class
Brandon Jacob Rowe	20	Army Specialist
Donald Samuel Oaks Jr.	20	Army Sergeant
Chad Eric Bales	20	Marine Private 1st Class
Wilfred Davyrussell Bellard	20	Army Private 1st Class
Juan Guadalupe Garza Jr.	20	Marine Private 1st Class
David Edward Owens Jr.	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Joseph Patrick Mayek	20	Army Private 1st Class
Jason David Mileo	20	Marine Corporal
Jason L. Deibler	20	Army Private
Matthew R. Smith	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Kyle A. Griffin	20	Army Specialist
Zachariah W. Long	20	Army Specialist
Branden F. Oberleitner	20	Army Private 1st Class
Gavin L. Neighbor	20	Army Private 1st Class
Corey A. Hubbell	20	Army Specialist
Tomas Sotelo Jr.	20	Army Corporal
Edward J. Herrgott	20	Army Private 1st Class
Corey L. Small	20	Army Private 1st Class
Jason Tetrault	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Christian C. Schultz	20	Army Specialist
Joshua M. Neusche	20	Army Reserve Specialist
Joel L. Bertoldie	20	Army Specialist
Justin W. Hebert	20	Army Specialist
Farao K. Letufuga	20	Army Specialist
Zeferino E. Colunga	20	Army Specialist
Kyle C. Gilbert	20	Army Private
Matthew D. Bush	20	Army Private
Michael S. Adams	20	Army Private 1st Class
Christopher A. Sisson	20	Army Private 1st Class
Richard Arriaga	20	Army Specialist
Dustin K. McGaugh	20	Army Specialist
Spencer Timothy Karol	20	Army Specialist
John D. Hart	20	Army Private 1st Class
Jakia Sheree Cannon	20	Navy Seaman
Joseph R. Guerrera	20	Army Private
Jonathan I. Falaniko	20	Army Private
Anthony D. Dagostino	20	Army Private 1st Class
Karina S. Lau	20	Army Private 1st Class
Frances M. Vega	20	Army Specialist
Rayshawn S. Johnson	20	Army Private 1st Class
Robert T. Benson	20	Army Specialist
David J. Goldberg	20	Army Reserve Sergeant
Arron R. Clark	20	Army Specialist
Ray J. Hutchinson	20	Army Private 1st Class
Todd M. Bates	20	Army National Guard Sergeant
Luke P. Frist	20	Army Reserve Specialist
Larry E. Polley Jr.	20	Army Specialist
James D. Parker	20	Army Private 1st Class
Armando Soriano	20	Army Private 1st Class
Roger G. Ling	20	Army Specialist
Edward W. Brabazon	20	Army Specialist
Doron Chan	20	Army Reserve Specialist
Ricky A. Morris Jr.	20	Marine Private 1st Class
Brandon C. Smith	20	Marine Private 1st Class
Andrew S. Dang	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Jeffrey C. Burgess	20	Marine Lance Corporal
James A. Casper	20	Marine Lance Corporal
William J. Wiscowiche	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Brandon L. Davis	20	Army Private
Cleston C. Raney	20	Army Private 1st Class
John D. Amos II	20	Army Private 1st Class
Benjamin R. Carman	20	Marine Private 1st Class
Isaac Michael Nieves	20	Army Specialist
Levi T. Angell	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Phillip E. Frank	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Michael B. Wafford	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Allen Jeffrey "A.J." Vandayburg	20	Army Specialist
Michelle M. Witmer	20	Army National Guard Specialist
Matthew E. Matula	20	Marine Corporal
Antoine J. Holt	20	Air Force Airman 1st Class
Adolf C. Carballo	20	Army Specialist
Robert Paul Zurheide Jr.	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Richard K. Trevithick	20	Army Specialist
Clayton Welch Henson	20	Army Private 1st Class
Gary F. Van Leuven	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Leroy Harris-Kelly	20	Army Private 1st Class
Shawn C. Edwards	20	Army Private 1st Class
Marquis A. Whitaker	20	Army Private 1st Class
Martin W. Kondor	20	Army Specialist
Ryan E. Reed	20	Army Private 1st Class
Joshua S. Ladd	20	Army National Guard Sergeant
Jeffrey G. Green	20	Marine Corporal
Dustin H. Schrage	20	Marine Corporal
Pedro I. Espaillat Jr.	20	Air Force Senior Airman
Mark Joseph Kasecky	20	Army National Guard Specialist
Michael M. Carey	20	Marine Private 1st Class
Rudy Salas	20	Marine Corporal
Beau R. Beaulieu	20	Army Specialist
Owen D. Witt	20	Army Private 1st Class
Michael J. Wiesemann	20	Army Specialist
Nicholaus E. Zimmer	20	Army Private 1st Class
Markus J. Johnson	20	Army Private 1st Class
Thomas D. Caughman	20	Army Reserve Private 1st Class
Shawn M. Atkins	20	Army Private 1st Class
Daniel A. Desens	20	Army National Guard Specialist
Scott Eugene Dougherty	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Christopher J. Reed	20	Marine Private 1st Class
Jesse J. Martinez	20	Army Private 1st Class
Charles C. "C.C." Persing	20	Army Private 1st Class
Ken W. Leisten	20	Army National Guard Private 1st Class
Anthony J. Dixon	20	Army Specialist
Donald R. McCune	20	Army National Guard Specialist
Kane M. Funke	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Brandon T. Titus	20	Army Specialist
Marco D. Ross	20	Army Specialist
Alexander S. Arredondo	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Nicholas M. Skinner	20	Marine Private 1st Class
Ryan Michael McCauley	20	Army Private 1st Class
Derek L. Gardner	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Lamont N. Wilson	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Yoe M. Aneiros	20	Army Specialist
Lauro G. DeLeon Jr.	20	Army Reserve Specialist
Jason T. Poindexter	20	Marine Private 1st Class
Cesar F. Machado-Olmos	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Drew M. Uhles	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Nathan E. Stahl	20	Army Private 1st Class
Ramon Mateo	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Kenneth L. Sickels	20	Marine Private 1st Class
Joshua K. Titcomb	20	Army Private 1st Class
Morgen N. Jacobs	20	Army Specialist
Anthony W. Monroe	20	Army Private 1st Class
Jeremy D. Bow	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Justin R. Yoemans	20	Army Private
Sean M. Langley	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Thomas J. Zapp	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Aaron C. Pickering	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Thomas K. Doerflinger	20	Army Specialist
Kyle W. Burns	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Justin D. Reppuhn	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Brian A. Medina	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Justin M. Ellsworth	20	Marine Lance Corporal
George J. Payton	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Isaiah R. Hunt	20	Army Private 1st Class
James E. Swain	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Louis W. Qualls	20	Marine Reserve Lance Corporal
Bradley Thomas Arms	20	Marine Reserve Corporal
Joseph T. Welke	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Jeffery Scott Holmes	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Harrison J. Meyer	20	Army Private 1st Class
Bradley M. Faircloth	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Stephen C. Benish	20	Army Private 1st Class
Adam R. Brooks	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Daryl A. Davis	20	Army National Guard Specialist
Blake A. Magaoay	20	Marine Lance Corporal
David P. Mahlenbrock	20	Army Specialist
Binh N. Le	20	Marine Corporal
Christopher S. Adlesperger	20	Marine Private 1st Class
Thomas John Dostie	20	Army National Guard Sergeant
Nicholas C. "Nick" Mason	20	Army National Guard Sergeant
David A. Ruhren	20	Army National Guard Sergeant
Curtis L. Wooten III	20	Army Private 1st Class
Armand L. Frickey	20	Army National Guard Sergeant
Kenneth G. Vonronn	20	Army National Guard Private 1st Class
Dwayne James McFarlane Jr.	20	Army Specialist
Jesus A. Leon-Perez	20	Army Private 1st Class
Fred L. Maciel	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Mourad Ragimov	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Rhonald Dain Rairdan	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Hector Ramos	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Karl R. Linn	20	Marine Reserve Lance Corporal
Christopher J. Ramsey	20	Army National Guard Sergeant
Nazario Serrano	20	Marine Lance Corporal
David J. Brangman	20	Army Private 1st Class
Michael A. Arciola	20	Army Private 1st Class
Seth R. Trahan	20	Army National Guard Sergeant
Chassan S. Henry	20	Army Private 1st Class
Joshua L. Torrence	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Francisco G. Martinez	20	Army Specialist
Kevin S. Smith	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Tyler J. Dickens	20	Army Corporal
Manuel Lopez III	20	Army Corporal
Aaron M. Hudson	20	Army Private
Steven F. Sirko	20	Army Private 1st Class
Kevin S. K. Wessel	20	Army Private 1st Class
Gavin J. Colburn	20	Army Reserve Private 1st Class
Darren A. Deblanc	20	Army Private 1st Class
Nicolas E. Messmer	20	Army Private 1st Class
Marcus Mahdee	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Taylor B. Prazynski	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Wesley G. Davids	20	Marine Reserve Lance Corporal
Jeffrey R. Wallace	20	Army Private 1st Class
Louis E. Niedermeier	20	Army Private 1st Class
Brian M. Romines	20	Army National Guard Sergeant
Daniel Chavez	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Mario Alberto Castillo	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Nathan B. Clemons	20	Marine Private 1st Class
Veashna Muy	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Ramona M. Valdez	20	Marine Corporal
Charles A. Kaufman	20	Army National Guard Specialist
Deyson K. Cariaga	20	Army National Guard Sergeant
Ernesto R. Guerra	20	Army Private
Jason D. Scheuerman	20	Army Private 1st Class
Adam J. Strain	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Nicholas William B. Bloem	20	Marine Reserve Lance Corporal
Seferino J. Reyna	20	Army Private 1st Class
Timothy J. Seamans	20	Army Private 1st Class
Jeffrey A. Williams	20	Army Corporal
Robert N. Martens	20	Navy Hospitalman
David H. Ford IV	20	Army Specialist
Michael J. Wendling	20	Army National Guard Specialist
Lee A. Wiegand	20	Army National Guard Specialist
Jeremiah W. Robinson	20	Army National Guard Corporal
Patrick Brian Kenny	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Daniel M. McVicker	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Carl L. Raines II	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Jeremy M. Hodge	20	Army National Guard Sergeant
Robert W. Tucker	20	Army National Guard Sergeant
Samuel M. Boswell	20	Army National Guard Corporal
Christopher M. Poston	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Jose E. Rosario	20	Army Specialist
Steven W. Szwydek	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Dillon M. Jutras	20	Army Private 1st Class
Dennis J. Ferderer Jr.	20	Army Specialist
Tyler R. MacKenzie	20	Army Private 1st Class
David A. Mendez Ruiz	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Scott A. Zubowski	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Christopher M. McCrackin	20	Marine Reserve Lance Corporal
Dylan R. Paytas	20	Army Private
Joshua J. Ware	20	Marine Corporal
Miguel Terrazas	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Gregory L. Tull	20	Army National Guard Sergeant
Joshua D. Snyder	20	Marine Corporal
John M. Holmason	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Robert Alexander Martinez	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Anthony T. McElveen	20	Marine Corporal
Marcus S. Futrell	20	Army National Guard Sergeant
Thomas C. Siekert	20	Army Private 1st Class
Peter J. Navarro	20	Army Specialist
Samuel Tapia	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Anthony O. Cardinal	20	Army Corporal
Dane O. Carver	20	Army National Guard Specialist
Joshua M. Morberg	20	Army Private
Ryan S. McCurdy	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Robert T. Johnson	20	Army Reserve Specialist
Jason T. Little	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Justin J. Watts	20	Marine Corporal
Brandon Christopher Dewey	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Hugo R. Lopez Lopez	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Sean T. Cardelli	20	Marine Private 1st Class
Matthew Ron Barnes	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Christopher L. Marion	20	Army Private 1st Class
Tina M. Priest	20	Army Private 1st Class
Matthew A. Snyder	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Kristen K. Marino (Figueroa)	20	Marine Lance Corporal
David A. Bass	20	Marine Corporal
Kun Y. Kim	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Scott J. Procopio	20	Marine Corporal
Felipe D. Sandoval-Flores	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Geovani Padilla Aleman	20	Navy Hospitalman
Bryan N. Taylor	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Salem Bachar	20	Marine Corporal
Aaron William Simons	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Benjamin T. Zieske	20	Army Private 1st Class
Stephen R. Bixler	20	Marine Corporal
Jason K. Burnett	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Richard Z. James	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Steven Freund	20	Marine Private 1st Class
Adam Lucas	20	Marine Lance Corporal
J. Adan Garcia	20	Army Corporal
Brett L. Tribble	20	Army Private 1st Class
Luis D. Santos	20	Army Specialist
Michael A. Estrella	20	Marine Corporal
Christopher D. Leon	20	Marine Corporal
Brandon J Webb	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Collin T. Mason	20	Army Private 1st Class
Geofrey R. Cayer	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Derek J. Plowman	20	Army National Guard Private 1st Class
Joshua Ford	20	Army National Guard Sergeant
Ryan D. Jopek	20	Army National Guard Sergeant
Brian J. Kubik	20	Army Private 1st Class
Chadwick Thomas Kenyon	20	Navy Hospitalman
Qixing Lee	20	Army Specialist
Hannah L. Gunterman	20	Army Private 1st Class
Marcus A. Cain	20	Army Corporal
Jared J. Raymond	20	Army Specialist
Eric Kavanagh	20	Army Private
Windell J. Simmons	20	Army Specialist
Howard S. March Jr.	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Rene Martinez	20	Marine Lance Corporal
James Chamroeun	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Luis E. Tejeda	20	Army Corporal
Kampha B. Sourivong	20	Army National Guard Sergeant
Kristofer C. Walker	20	Army Specialist
George R. Obourn Jr.	20	Army Specialist
Benjamin S. Rosales	20	Marine Corporal
John Edward Hale	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Roger Alan Napper Jr	20	Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class
Timothy Fulkerson	20	Army Specialist
Stephen F. Johnson	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Jeremy Scott Sandvick Monroe	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Kenny F. Stanton Jr.	20	Army Private 1st Class
Clifford R. Collinsworth	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Nathan R. Elrod	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Eric W. Herzberg	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Richard A. Buerstetta	20	Marine Reserve Lance Corporal
Daniel B. Chaires	20	Marine Private 1st Class
Kevin J. Ellenburg	20	Army Private 1st Class
Minhee Kim	20	Marine Reserve Lance Corporal
James Brown	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Daniel J. Allman II	20	Army Private 1st Class
Jang H. Kim	20	Army Private 1st Class
James R. Davenport	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Jeromy D. West	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Joshua C. Burrows	20	Army Private
Michael A. Schwarz	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Corey J. Rystad	20	Army National Guard Sergeant
Billy B. Farris	20	Army Corporal
Thomas P. Echols	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Luke C. Yepsen	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Joshua D. Pickard	20	Marine Corporal
Bobby Mejia II	20	Army Private
Clinton T. McCormick	20	Army Private
Nicholas A. Miller	20	Marine Reserve Lance Corporal
William D. Spencer	20	Marine Reserve Lance Corporal
William R. Newgard	20	Army Private 1st Class
Jonathan E. Schiller	20	Army Corporal
Richard A. Smith	20	Army Corporal
Ming Sun	20	Army Private 1st Class
Luis J. Castillo	20	Marine Reserve Lance Corporal
Ryan J. Hill	20	Army Private 1st Class
Jonathan Millican	20	Army Private 1st Class
Emilian D. Sanchez	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Anthony C. Melia	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Alan E. McPeek	20	Army Specialist
Randy J. Matheny	20	Army National Guard Sergeant
Brandon J. Van Parys	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Brian A. Browning	20	Army Private 1st Class
Jennifer M. Parcell	20	Marine Corporal
Dennis L. Sellen Jr.	20	Army National Guard Specialist
Branden C. Cummings	20	Army Private 1st Class
Chad E. Marsh	20	Army Private 1st Class
Blake H. Howey	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Brett Witteveen	20	Marine Reserve Private 1st Class
Anthony Aguirre	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Christopher D. Young	20	Army National Guard Specialist
Ryan D. Russell	20	Army Specialist
Dennis J. Veater	20	Marine Reserve Lance Corporal
Nathanial Dain Windsor	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Steven M. Chavez	20	Marine Lance Corporal
John F. Landry Jr.	20	Army Private 1st Class
Harry H. Timberman	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Dustin Jerome Lee	20	Marine Corporal
Wilfred Flores Jr.	20	Army Specialist
Daniel R. Olsen	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Gabriel J. Figueroa	20	Army Private 1st Class
Walter Freeman Jr.	20	Army Private 1st Class
Derek A. Gibson	20	Army Private 1st Class
Jay S. Cajimat	20	Army Private 1st Class
David N. Simmons	20	Army Private 1st Class
Brian Lee Holden	20	Army Private 1st Class
James T. Lindsey	20	Army Specialist
Daniel R. Scherry	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Jason M. Morales	20	Army Private 1st Class
Michael J. Rodriguez	20	Army Specialist
Michael L. Vaughan	20	Army Sergeant
Dale G. Peterson	20	Marine Lance Corporal
David Austin Kirkpatrick	20	Army Private 1st Class
Zachary R. Gullett	20	Army Private 1st Class
Astor A. Sunsin-Pineda	20	Army Specialist
Kyle A. Little	20	Army Specialist
Walter K. OÆHaire	20	Marine Lance Corporal
William A. Farrar Jr.	20	Army Private 1st Class
Rhys W. Klasno	20	Army National Guard Specialist
Nicholas S. Hartge	20	Army Private 1st Class
Jonathan V. Hamm	20	Army Private 1st Class
David W. Behrle	20	Army Specialist
Ryan D. Collins	20	Army Corporal
Travis F. Haslip	20	Army Private 1st Class
Joseph J. Anzack Jr.	20	Army Private 1st Class
Robert H. Dembowski	20	Army Private 1st Class
David Paul Lindsey	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Michael J. Jaurigue	20	Army Specialist
Junior Cedeno Sanchez	20	Army Private 1st Class
James E. Lundin	20	Army Specialist
Joshua M. Moore	20	Army Private 1st Class
Matthew E. Baylis	20	Army Private 1st Class
Justin A. Verdeja	20	Army Private 1st Class
Eric M. Barnes	20	Air Force Airman 1st Class
Scott A. Miller	20	Army Private
Casey S. Carriker	20	Army Private 1st Class
Jacob T. Tracy	20	Army Private 1st Class
David J. Bentz III	20	Army Private 1st Class
Joseph P. Kenny	20	Army Specialist
Henry G. Byrd III	20	Army Private 1st Class
Derek C. Dixon	20	Marine Corporal
Cory F. Hiltz	20	Army Private 1st Class
Jonathan M. Rossi	20	Army Private 1st Class
William C. Chambers	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Juan M. Garcia Schill	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Jeremy L. Tinnel	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Kory D. Wiens	20	Army Corporal
Shawn V. Starkovich	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Brandon K. Bobb	20	Army Private 1st Class
Bobby L. Twitty	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Camy Florexil	20	Army Specialist
Robert A. Lynch	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Cody C. Grater	20	Army Private 1st Class
Cristian Vasquez	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Kareem R. Khan	20	Army Specialist
Alun R. Howells	20	Army Specialist
Shawn D. Hensel	20	Army Private 1st Class
Kamisha J. Block	20	Army Specialist
Donovan D. Witham	20	Army Private 1st Class
Joshua S. Harmon	20	Army Corporal
Tyler R. Seideman	20	Army Specialist
Omar E. Torres	20	Army Private 1st Class
Rodney J. Johnson	20	Army Specialist
David J. Lane	20	Army Specialist
Thomas L. Hilbert	20	Army Specialist
Steven R. Elrod	20	Army Specialist
Jon T. Hicks Jr.	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Matthew J. Emerson	20	Army Specialist
Frank L. Cady III	20	Army Not reported yet
Micheal D. Brown	20	Army Specialist
Anamarie Sannicolas Camacho	20	Navy Seaman
Dwane A. Covert Jr.	20	Army Private 1st Class
Ashley Sietsema	20	Army Specialist
James D. Gudridge	20	Army Specialist
Phillip J. Pannier	20	Army Private 1st Class
Zachary W. McBride	20	Army Sergeant
James M. Gluff	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Michael R. Sturdivant	20	Army Sergeant
Brandon A. Meyer	20	Army Private 1st Class
Albert Bitton	20	Army Corporal
Drew W. Weaver	20	Marine Lance Corporal
Keith M. Maupin	20	Army Sergeant
Joshua A. Molina	20	Army Specialist
Steven J. Christofferson	20	Army Specialist