Run for the Fallen 2008: Final Day Event
Run for the Fallen finished its apolitical memorial run at Arlington National Cemetery on Sunday, August 24, 2008. From a quick glance, there were more than 250 runs organized across the globe, all running with one purpose in mind: to Run for the Fallen. While we are still tallying the total miles of remembrance runs, we have determined the mileage for roughly 85% of the runs (well, those who emailed us anyway). Spanning ten different countries (France, Brazil, England, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, S. Korea, Indonesia, China and Tanzania) and over 43 U.S. states, there were 9,145 participants who collectively ran 35,725 miles for the fallen. There were also six miles climbed vertically for the fallen.
Here is a small list of some of those that participated in the August 24th, 2008, Run for the Fallen. Click on a state below to view runs from that particular state.
AL, AK, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VI, WA, WV, WI, WY, NO LOCATION
Ten countries: Indonesia, China, Brazil, Tanzania, England, Iraq, Kuwait, S. Korea, Afghanistan and France.
*Jim Grant - Jakarta, Phillipines - Hiked 19.8 kilometers and climbed 2 kilometers for the run, 13.6 miles.
*Danielle Adams - ENGLAND - Service member stationed in England, will run on the Final Day.
*Mary Pomfret - Lancaster, England - Have a “Family Challange” going, who can run/walk on the 24th. Family in WY, NJ, DE and IL
*Navy Senior Chief Mark E. Shafer - Celebrating his retirement by running a USMC marathon, dedicating at least 10 miles to fallen service members. Hoping to encourage people in Tanzania to participate on the 24th.
*Greg Abbe - Brazil - Gathering friends to run a mile with him for our Final Day.
*Major Kevin Polosky - Afghanistan - Will run 10 miles, honoring and remembering Sgt. Raymond Sevaaetasi 4-11-2007
ALABAMA
*Elizabeth Medaris - Florence, AL - Will run 8 miles in Florence, AL. It will be to honor the memory of her son’s best friend, Cpl Jamie LIndsey, KIA Baghdad, 2007, as well as in honor of all troops, those fallen, those wounded, and those still serving. Currently has two sons serving with the Army in Iraq. Note from Elizabeth: If anyone would like to join me at Deibert Park on August 24, contact me at rubymed@comcast.net.
*Major Marty J. Eaton (West Point ‘80) - Huntsville, AL - Is planning a Final Day Event, “North Alabama Run for the Fallen”. He’s hoping to have local running groups, JROTC join in. Run ‘bibs’ will be available, encouraging people to run for a particular service member. Currently stationed at Restone Arsenal, AL. Looking for other Point grads to run for all West Pointers who have fallen. Donations will go to Wounded Warrior Project.
ALASKA
*Matt Catterson - Yakutat, AK - Will run three miles each day for one month beginning June 14 for service members killed who were stationed in Alaska. Matt will run 17 miles on August 24 for fallen soldiers who were from Alaska.
*Anchorage, AK - Star Martin at Chilkoot Charlie’s will be spreading the word about the run and Aug. 24th event.
*Gretchen Shoemaker - Working with Army 3/509th PIR at Ft. Richardson, AK for a run on Aug. 24th. Families and Friends of 3/509th PIR will be running, walking and cheering Run for the Fallen runners through August.
*Spc . John Tully - Ft. Richardson, AK - On Aug 23rd he will run along the Eagle River, starting at 8 a.m. at Ft. Richardson’s gates, along the bike trail. He runs to honor his brother Sgt. 1st Class Michael Tully, 8-23-07
ARIZONA
*Tammy McClain - Tucson, AZ - Wishes to honor her nephew Spc Daniel A. Desens, Jr. killed on June 24, 2004 in Iraq.
CALIFORNIA
*Erik Van Houten - San Luis Osbipo, CA - Runs in memory of all fallen Marines and Corpsmen in 1st Battallion 4th Marines. His pledge 14 miles
*Petriece Culbertson (MSG Ret) - Ft. Irwin, CA - has run/biked 211 miles so far, her 279 by Aug. 24th.
*Mary Wilson - Irvine, CA - To honor Lance Cpl Daniel Santee, she is organizing a run in Northwood Park. Starting place will be the small memorial, erected to soldiers killed in Afghanistan & Iraq.
*Anna - Boron, CA - Pledges 1 mile for the Final Day
*Shawn Pryor - Arroyo Grande, CA - Running one mile a week, emphasizing the 24th of Aug.
*May Vukotich - San Diego, CA - Her family pledges 6 miles on Aug. 24th, Steph 3 miles, May 2 miles, 6 yr.old Natalia 1 mile, baby Iliana in the stroller for the entire 6 miles!
*Crystal Craft - Merced, CA - Running a mile for fallen soldiers on the 24th
*Ralph Womack - Stockton, CA - Dedicating his miles during the Sundance Running Club’s regular run on the 24th to Pvt. Robbie Mariano, 1-05-06.
*PFC Mike Esperanza - Loma Linda, CA - Along with 20+ friends they will run for the fallen.
Mike runs for his best friend and brother-in-law Sgt. Clayton G. Dunn II, 5-26-2007
COLORADO
*US Army Capt. Christopher S. Zeman - Fort Carson, CO - Will run 6 miles on our last day, each mile to represent a year of military service. Capt. Zeman runs for his fellow soldiers, including SSG Frank J. Gasper of Merced California, who was killed by an IED one day before Memorial Day, 2008.
*Faye Benally - CO - Looking for interested runners near CO stateline to Mancos, CO also Bluff, UT area. Her e-mail is: mom81321@yahoo.com
*Lorna Garner - Cortez, CO - Ran 2 miles for her daughter AE Samantha Garner USN/Norfolk,her nephew Cpl Maurice Martinez USMC/Iraq and TSGT Michelle Charlie USAF/Iraq.
*Kristen Hullum - CO - Ran on July 4th to honor her brother, Sgt. Bryon Norwood, Nov. 13, 2004
*Kelly Middleton - N.CO - Is showing her support by running miles
*Nancy Parsons - Ft.Carsons, Colorado Springs, CO - Honors Cpl. Kyle Powell 11-04-06 she’ll run/walk the 24th of Aug.
CONNECTICUT
*Bekkie Wright/Silk City Striders - Manchester, CT - Running in Connecticut for service members.Rich Frank/Marble Valley Runners - Marble Valley, VT - Running in Vermont for service members.
*Maggie Downie - Glastonbury, CT - Has designated Glastonbury High School track, 2 p.m. on the 24th for her final day event. Her goal is 50 runners, e-mail: personaleuphoria@cox.net
*Deborah Looters - Greenwich, CT - Will run on the Final Day to honor & remember her son, Sgt. Jonathan Looters.
FLORIDA
*Debbie Wenstrom - Sarasota, FL - Organizing a half marathon for service members. 30 participants either relaying or running the entire 13 miles.
*Jackie & Jim Kenny, Cocoa Beach, FL - have walked 5 miles to remember their son Capt. Christopher Kenny. On Aug 24th they will walk 5 miles.
*Danielle Oldham - Edgewater, FL - Gathering her community for a 1 mile run/walk on Aug. 24th. It begins at 9 a.m., look for the fliers around town.
*Kym Sardinas - Tampa, FL - 100 runners will be lead by OIF Veteran Lance Cpl Adam Sardinas, who run to honor is best friends, Cpl Scott J. Procopio 4-02-2006 and Lance Cpl Kun Young 4-02-2006. Held at local Veterans Memorial Park, joined by Gold Star, Silver Star and Blue Star Families.
GEORGIA
*John Thorneberry - Loganville, GA - Will use Loganville VFW as the start of an Aug.24th, run one mile event to Monroe, GA. He will honor fallen Walton County soldiers. Placing flags along the way, anyone interested his e-mail is: thunderhead1200@comcast.net
*Alex Villasana - Norcross, GA - On the 24th, he pledges 10 miles to honor; Cpl. Jose A. Paniagua, Spc. Orlando A. Perez, Sgt. Conrad Alvarez, Cpl. Miguel A. Baez, Spc. Vincent A. Madero, Sgt. Eric J. Hernandez, Pvt. Issac T. Cortez, Sgt. Alfred G. Paredez Jr., Pfc. Marius L. Ferrero
*Jim Hite -Millen, GA - Millen Milers & More will hold an event on the 24th, it begins/ends at the court house steps. Starting time is 7:30 a.m. winding through town, Taps will be played at the conclusion of the run.
*Miles Bondurant - College Park, GA - Meet at Woodward Academy, inside the front gates at the war memorial on Rugby for a 1 mile loop. e-mail: miles.bondurant@travelport.com
HAWAII
*Leigh Fitzgerald - Kapalua, HI - Ran on June 14 for service members and will again on August 24.
*Jennifer Cales - Maui, HI - Did a “walk for the fallen” with 4 friends, her 4 month old daughter & 9 year old stepson in Kapalua, Maui.
ILLINOIS
*Ethan Garrett - Has been running since June 14 and will continue to run until Aug. 24th. His miles are dedicated to Army National Guardsman Sgt. Kenneth L. Ridgley of Olney, IL
*Annie Capell - IL - Pledged to run/bike 2-5 miles everyday. So far 70.2 miles running, 73 miles by bike.
*Michael - Edwardsville, IL - Looking for people running in the greater St. Louis area, mkotty@gmail.com
*Becca Eisenhauer-Anderson - Pickneyville, IL - Encouraging her small Illinois town to participate in a Final Day Event: beccasocwrk@hotmail.com
*Mt. Zion School - Mt. Pulaski, IL - The children & staff of Mt. Zion School will be walking a mile, joined by American Legion Post 447. They honor James P. “J.P.” White, 8/11/06 Operation Enduring Freedom
INDIANA
*Knight Strider running club - IN - Running in memory of Sfc Collin Bowen, 3-14-2008, Operation Enduring Freedom. Members in AL & MN will also be running.
KENTUCKY
*Darin Powell - Boone County KY - Is organizing a 5k fun run and a 1 mile family run/walk for Aug. 24th. The county, YMCA, local officials and TV have offered their assistance. Pledge update, he’s running 3.5 miles 3x a week, swimming 800 meters and biking 9 miles 4x a week. Pledge 48.5 miles a week
*Peggy Lewis - KY - Running 30 miles between Aug 4-23 to remember Pfc Joshua Moore, Russellville, KY On Aug 24th she will run 3 miles to honor all service men and women who made the supreme sacrifice.
LOUISIANA
*Elizabeth Cassano/Groovy Girls Triathlon - Alexandria, LA - Participants will dedicate their first mile of their run to a fallen service member.
*Chris Beall - Baton Rouge, LA - At 7 a.m. on Aug. 24th Chris is organizing a 4 mile loop run/walk event. Meet at LSU Lakes, BREC parking lot, corner of Dalrymple & May. Contact Chris at: cbeall1@lsu.edu
MAINE
*John Mixon - Organizing a run, one mile for every service killed who is from ME.
MARYLAND
*Steve Anderson (Retired US Army) - Hampstead, MD - Running in Hampstead, MD on August 24 for a hometown fallen Hero, Cpl. Joshua D. Snyder. Josh’s Unit: 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division.
*Lori & John Clark - MD - On behalf of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the US Navy & Naval Reserves will run from June 19-Aug 24.
*Gloria Makosy - Mt. Airy, MD - Pledges to run 14 miles on the 24th of August.
MASSACHUSETTS
*Mark Vital/Highland City Striders - Massachusetts - Organizing a 64 mile run for the 64 service members killed from Massachusetts. The run will begin from the border of New Hampshire and end at the border of Rhode Island.
*Tom Lynch - Sandwich, MA - On Aug 24th he’s gathering people to run, bike & walk a 7 mile ‘leg’ of the Cape Cod Canal
MICHIGAN
*Skyler Snider (age 11) - MI - will be running a mile in Michigan on Day 35 of our run, July 19th, in memory of his mom’s former bosses stepson Master Sgt. Anthony R. C. Yost. He will also run a mile on August 24th in MI, in memory of all of our fallen Soldiers.
*SFC David Rye - MI - To honor the memory of SFC James Priestap, SGT Thomas Wright, and SPC Brandon Stout from his Company, the 46th MP Company, out of Cheboygan, MI.
*Bonnie Fritz - MI - Will honor her son currently serving in Afghanistan, by running 2 miles.
*Jamie T - Marquette, MI - Will be running in Marquette, MI anyone interested contact him at: getmuscles2002@yahoo.com
*Jody Bergeon - Escanaba, MI - Plans on running 7 miles for the 7 soldiers from the Upper Penninsula of MI. Join her at Ludington Park in Escanaba. If interested in joining her: mojoes49829_99@yahoo.com
*Jamie Rose - UP of MI - He & friends have run 857 miles in five weeks! More people joining every week.
*Angela Johnson - Niles, MI - Will run 8 miles on Aug. 24th
MINNESOTA
*Caroline North - St. Cloud, MN - A veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and current student at College of St. Benedict/St. John Univ. is organizing a Final Day run around campus. She will run for Sgt. Manny Horendo and Spc. Dennis Ferderer
MISSISSIPPI
*Dawn Brooks - Clinton, MS - Her area will show their support with a 5k event on Aug 24th. Dawn is with the 114th Military Police Company - Family Readiness Chairperson.
MISSOURI
*Frank H. Simmons Jr. (Retired US Army) - Malden, MO - Organizing a run in the state of Missouri for those servicemembers lost, and were assigned to any military base in MO state.
*Fort Leonard Wood - Fort Leonard Wood, MO - Run on post for all fallen service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
*Carolyn Erickson - Ft. Leonard Wood - Will run a 5k for Danny Daniels OIF and Shane Koele OEF on Aug. 24thShirley Snyder - Is running for Spc.Bradley N. Shilling 11-18-06 and all who gave their lives.
*Kaitlin - St. Louis, MO - Organizing a run in St. Louis. Looking for others who will be running on the 24th. (see comments below).
NEVADA
*Brenda - NV - Wants to organize a run in the Las Vegas, Boulder City, Henderson, NV area. 1 to 5 mile run. Her husband is a Naval Veteran, and her 16 yr.old son is involved with the Devil Pups. (Marines). Pinnkky1@hotmail.com
NEW HAMPSHIRE
*Erin Flanagan - NH - Mike Cleary’s sister is running 1 mile everyday. Her pledge 69 miles
*Jim Flanagan - NH - (Mike Cleary’s brother-in-law) Already has a route for his event, Portsmouth, NH to Salisbury, NH Interested runners contact Jim at: jflanaga@anselm.edu
NEW JERSEY
*Jessica - Hudson County, NJ - Running 3 miles onthe 24th, others who want to join her, put last run in the subject line, her e-mail address: misguidedroses1@msn.com
*Cody Banks - Gloucester, NJ - Has a 2 mile, 50 people run planned for the 24th, starting at the Veterans Memorial along Broadway. He is honoring & remembering CPL Marc Ryan. The run will be done in military formation complete with cadence.
*Efren Cazales - South Jersey - Camden-Rutgers area, interested runners on the 24th, contact Efren: pepe207mit@yahoo.com. He will be running for Lt William Edens 4-28-05, Sgt. Eric Morris 4-28-06 and Sgt. Stephen Sherman 2-08
NEW MEXICO
*Peg - NM - Looking for people in New Mexico who will be running on the final day, pspencer@unm.edu
NEW YORK
*Phyllis McElligott - Rochester, NY - 23 year old nephew Spc. Christopher Simpson was killed by a road side bomb. In his memory she will get a team together and run with Run for the Fallen on Aug 24 in Rochester New York.
*Tim Lukenbill -Rochester, NY - Is running on Aug. 24th in memory of his cousin Sgt. Christopher Simpson.
*Liz Abbott and Nick Sarro-Waite - NY, NY - (Hamilton ‘03) Will participate in a run with other Hamilton Alumni on Aug. 24th. On the 24th meet at 10:30 a.m. on 42nd & West Side Highway, under the Circle Line Boat Tour sign. A 5 mile jog along the river ending at Pier Cafe on 70th St. eao2103@gamil.com OR nicholas.sarrowaite@gmail.com
*Carol Wojdyla - Rome, NY - Getting a team together for Sgt. Christopher Simpson.
*Kristina Sestokas - New York, NY - Will run 2 miles every Thursday for 10 weeks in memory of William Bradley Faulks 2nd Marine Division. She’s also organizing a 5k on Aug. 24th in Lavallette, NJ, running along Bay Blvd. beginning at 9.am. The township will be closing the road, interested people are welcome!!
*Mark Lukenbill - Fairport, NY - Hopes to get the high school cross country team running miles on Aug. 24th His cousin is Spc. Christopher Simpson, killed March 17, 2008
*Jeannie Olney - Westernville, NY- Holding a run on Aug 24th at Griffiths Air Base. People interested in running/walking start time is 9 a.m. at the B-52 on Perimeter Rd. Will be honoring Oneida County’s six fallen service members: Pfc Gregory Huxley Jr., Capt. John Wood, Sgt. Michael Uvanni, Sgt. Elisha R. Parker, Spc. John Sigsbee, Sgt. Christopher Simmons.
*Jen Harting - Is doing the West Point Triathlon Aug. 24th, in memory of her husband Capt. Jay Harting, April 29, 2005
*Grace Crowley - Staten Island, NY - Will run on July 18 for Lance Cpl Matthew Snyder
*Rachel - Sag Harbor, NY - Dedicating her 10k Sound to Bay run in Jamesport, NY to honor Lance Cpl. Jordon Haerter. JoAnn Lyle, Jordan’s mother, will honor and remember her son by walking a mile on the 24th.
NORTH CAROLINA
*Mary Hahn Ward - North Carolina - Organizing a run for service members. All proceeds will benefit the Wounded Warrior Project.
*Laurie Kwolek - Fort Bragg, NC - Womak Army Medicial Center, “Willing for the Wounded” plans to have as many participants as possible, running from intersection of Long & Reilly Rd. to Long & Grueber.
*Kathy Moore - Ft. Bragg, NC - Organizing an event for Aug 23 & 24th to honor the 98 service members from North Carolina, kmkathy1957@yahoo.comA Gold Star Mother -Cpl. Ryan Russell March 5, 2006. Her run will support Give2thetroops
*Makenzie Lang, AIC - Seymour Johnson AF Base, NC - Organizing a 2 mile run on Aug. 24th for interested Air Force personnel.
*Michael Mineer - Chapelhill, NC - Is running 8 miles for his fallen brothers and sisters.
OHIO
*Ben Collar - Upper Arlington, OH - Will run 2 miles for service members.
*Matt Bilger - Gahanna, OH - Running during our final week, 25 miles for those fallen from Ohio.
*Justin Schultz - OH - Wonders if anyone is running in Ohioshultz.58@osu.edu
*Becki Thwaits & Kathy Springer - Celina, OH - Organizing a 1 one mile event. Becki runs for Staff Sgt Matt Maupin 3-29-2008. Also running is daughter Caroline, she heads to Ft. Leonard Wood in Sept. for AIT.
OKLAHOMA
*Heather Reynolds - OK - The cross-country team from Southwest Christian School ran 80 miles in memory of Cpl. Jeremy Allbaugh 7-05-2007
OREGON
*Celia L. Perkins/Hood to Coast - Portland, OR - Supporting runs in Oregon for service members. Posted on the ORRC calendar.
*Linda Gibson - Eugene/Springfield OR - Will honor the memory of her son Sgt.Brennan Gibson, 12-10-06, by organizing a run/walk on Aug. 24th Already has 20 people ready to go!
PENNSYLVANIA
*Jimmy Brown -Dallas, PA - Mike Cleary’s hometown - Planning a run for local service members from North Eastern Pennsylvania as part of his senior project. Dallas Senior High School
*Fletcher Malcom - Philadelphia, PA - Hamilton ‘03 (1st Lt. Mike Cleary’s classmate) hopes to locate other Hamilton Alumni in the Philly area to run together on Aug. 24th.
*Jennifer Calhoun - Lehigh Valley area of PA - Gathering a group of runners to run & remember. Her brother is a Marine currently serving in Iraq.
*Neil J. Thompson - PA - Will be running at Shickshinny Lake for Mikey Cleary on the 24th!
*Kathy Lunardi - State College, PA - Is planning a 5k on our Final Day.
RHODE ISLAND
*Karlton Bontrager - Providence, RI - Organizing a run for all fallen service members from Rhode Island.
TENNESSEE
*Connie Holle - Austin, TX - Has pledged to run 2 miles for her daughter and fiancé, both active duty Marines. Her pledge 2 miles
*CRC and R3 - Clarksville, TN - Two road running clubs organizing a run for fallen service members in Clarksville, TN.
*Amilia Craft - Ft. Campbell - Will walk 5 miles on our Final Day, pushing her 9 month old in a stroller, she walks for high school friend, Lance Cpl Thomas Echolas, 12-04-2006. Husband Mike will run for all his friends lost in Iraq.
*Bernie - House Hunters Team in remembrance of Lance Cpl William Koprince Jr. is donating 10% of their commission to East TN Helping Hearts, a non-profit org. helping soldiers and their families.
*Dana Jackson - Chattanooga, TN - A 14 mile run/walk is planned beginning with a 1 p.m. registration at TN Riverwalk, use Robinson Bridge Entrance, 2 p.m. start & end at Naval/Marine Corp Reserve Center. (DJackson@Absentys.com)
TEXAS
*Brigid - San Antonio, TX - Is planning a run for the 24th.
*Brigid Kleber - San Antonio, TX - Put together a run the morning of Aug. 24th, through downtown S.A. to Travis Park Meet at Vet Memorial at 7:30, run begins at 8. RSVP - runforthefallensa@satx.rr.com
*Stacey Baker - Corpus Christi, TX - Is running on Aug. 24th to honor her brother-in-law, SSG Shane R. Becker, stationed at Ft. Richardson, AK Anyone else running in Corpus Christi that day? staceylaraine@hotmail.com
*Alexandra Stallworth - San Antonio, TX To honor and remember her son Spc. Tracy C. Stallworth 8/26/07, she will be running on the 24th, hoping friends and family will join her.
VERMONT
*Lynn Grieger - Batten Kill Valley, VT - Runners in SW Vermont, nearby NY and MA, Batten Kill Valley Runners Club has an Final Day 1-12 mile run planned along the scenic Battenkill River. 9 a.m. at the Grange in West Arlington, next to the covered bridge off Rt. 313 contact www.bkvr.org
VIRGINIA
*Lt. Robert Kurkjian SC, USN - OIF Vet - Washington, D.C. - Pledges 8 miles on Aug. 24th.
*Kevin Drury - Alexandria, VA - Running one mile every day of our 71 day run for a service member and with us on our last day in Arlington VA.
*Nathan Blue - Reston, VA - Pledges to run 4 miles for fallen soldiers, Talbert, DeForest L and Crumpler, Adam J. from his hometown of Charleston, WV.
*S.K. Ahn - Arlington, VA - Organizing a run in Arlington, VA. Wonders of there are runners in his area who will run to remember & honor those from 4-227 (or other Apache units). He lives across from Arlington National Cemetary/Ft. Myer. (see comments below).
*Bobby Kelland - Richmond, VA - Looking for interested people in his area to run with on the Final Day.
*Jessica Davidson - Lynchburg, VA - Will run for Petty Officer 2nd Class (SEAL) Michael Monsoor on Aug. 24th.
*Barbara Olejarz - Pledges to run 5 miles for Sgt. Scott Kirkpatrick, Reston, VA 8-11-2007
WASHINGTON
*Luis Osorio - Ft. Lewis, WA - Will run 5 miles for service members. SFC (Ret.) Luis Osorio served in Iraq with the 3rd Stryker Bde from 2006-2007. A note from Luis: Any interested in joining me in Washington state, I live near FT.LEWIS, WA? I have started a group in Yahoo.docholliday08@yahoogroups.com or just email me at almacigo87@yahoo.com.
WEST VIRGINIA
*Ron Wenger - Martinsburg, WV - Getting friends together around WV to transit the Eastern Panhandle of WV in thier antique cars.
*G. Davis Musser - Lewisburg, WV - On Aug. 24th he is putting together arun: kahalaguy44@yahoo.com
WISCONSIN
*Cheryl Lee Patrick - Landysmith, WI - Organizing the American Legion Auxillary (Moor-Long Unit 64) for a mile walk Aug. 24th at the high school track.They walk for SSG Nathan J. Vacco- Iraq 5/6/06, SSG Patrick L. Lybert - Afghanistan 6/21/06 and Lance Cpl Andrew G. Maus - Iraq 1/21/07
*Bobbie Samme - Milwaukee, WI - Will honor her son Cpl Eric A. Palmisano KIA Arpil 2, 2006 by running 5 miles on the Final Day.
*Judith Singer - WI - Several Gold Star Families will be running on the 24th of August. They will run to honor all the Fallen.
*Joanne Marfechuk - WI - Will honor and remember her son Pfc Eric Clark on our final day, family and friends are joining her walk.
*Diane Maida - Milwaukee, WI - Remembers and honors her son Sgt. Mark Maida 5-26-05, on our Final Day.
MISCELLANEOUS
*Katie Crowley - Will run for Andrew T. Engstrom on August 24.
*Jessica Allen - Veteran - Will walk one mile for her Army Brother, Pfc Douglas E. Kashmer.
*Nicole Bisacchi - Iraqi Veteran - Wishes to honor CPT Douglas Dicenzo, CPT Dennis Pintor & PFC Damian Hiedelberg on Aug. 24th
*Maria Sutherland - Will run 1 mile on July 18 for her husband who was killed in Iraq almost 3 years ago.
*Debbie - Is running 1 mile on Aug 24th to honor & remember her son Spc. Matthew M. Murchison, killed Aug. 4, 2007. She stated she runs for her loved one as well as yours.
*Sgt. Athena Nix - Will run 15 miles to honor & remember Lt. Christopher Rutherford, 19th Engineer Battalion and for all deceased soldiers in 84th Engineer Battalion
*R. Kohler - Korean War Vet - Is running a 10k on Agu. 24th, his miles are pledged to the run.
*Krystle Perkins - Running 1 mile everyday to honor her boy friend CW2 Joseph Henry and her cousin Spc. Alex Boswell. Both are currently serving in Iraq.
*Mary Brooks - New the sport of running she’ll run on the 24th to honor Sgt. Gabriel G. DeRoo.
*Steve Gerken - Running 1 mile July 30 for Spc Timothy Fulkerson, 2 miles July 31 to honor CW4 John Priestner and CW3 Miles Henderson (nephew) On Aug. 24th he’ll run 3 miles for all serving heroes.
*Alan Sallee - A 70 year-old Veteran, pledges 1 mile on Aug. 24th.
*Jack and Marilyn Tully - Will be walking on the 23rd for their son Sfc Michael Tully and his good friend Sfc Adrian Elizadale. Family members in FL & Ak are also participating.
*Kristina Weimer - Aug. 24th she will honor & remember her friend Sgt. Mark Allen Maida by running 5 miles.
*Bernice Koprince - Is remembering her son Lance Cpl William Koprince Jr, 12-27-06 by running on our Final Day Aug. 24th.
*Tammy Pena - Running one mile on Aug. 24th
*Fran Wiedenhoeft, Major, USAR - running 1 mile for Spc. Rachel Lacy, 1 mile for Sgt. Nathan Vacho and 1 mile to honor every soldier she cared for in Iraqi and Afghanistan.
August 24th 1 mile for our men in serving this country.
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