European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 20 2007 stars and stripes Page Schweinfurt honors three fallen gis with memorial by Mark Stclair stars and stripes Schweinfurt Germany the front humvee in an april 6 Convoy through Baghdad was hit by a Roadside bomb taking the lives of capt Anthony Palermo or pc Ryan Scott Michael Dai Lam and pfc Damian Lopez Rodriguez they died As they had lived leading from the front the Mili tary Community in Schweinfurt came together to Honor them in a ceremony thursday at the led Ward Barracks Chapel All three were members of the Road warriors support platoon of 1st battalion 18th infantry regiment known As task Force Van guard in Iraq the task Force Vanguard commander it col George a Glaze Back from Iraq on mid tour leave spoke of their sacrifice at the ceremony being the first vehicle on any Road in Baghdad is not for the faint of heart Glaze said he spoke of How the support platoon As a whole truck Drivers and ammunition handlers by Trade had also received train ing As infantrymen the Convoy mat Palermo 26 Dallam 24 and Rodriguez 19 were leading carried Concrete barriers to be used As Protection against enemy fire at the Forward outposts that task Force members Call Home out on patrol just two weeks be fore the due Date of his first child Palermo was scheduled to Fly to Germany on leave to be with his wife Kristin who serves As an army Captain in Wurzburg Ger Many remembered during the Cere Mony As a soldiers Soldier charismatic Tough and Strong Palermo of Brockton mass was Mark St and stripes a 1st infantry division Honor guard fires a 21gun Salute at a memorial for three 1st battalion 18th infantry regiment soldiers on thursday at the Ledward Barracks Chapel in Schweinfurt Germany capt Anthony Palermo or pc Ryan Scott Michael Dallam and pfc Damian Lopez Rodriguez were the Lead vehicle in a Baghdad Convoy april 6 when a Roadside bomb detonated near their humvee the kind of Man who commanded respect and to whom people would stand for when meeting said it col Robert whittle com Mander of task Force guardian in Schweinfurt a third generation Soldier dal Lam was remembered by Mem Bers of Bis unit As always having a funny Story to Tell someone who would rather his family and friends focus on Happy memories while grieving gave his life to protect All those on the Road who Fol Lowed him that Day said staff sgt Jason r Vickodil during the ceremony Reading the words one of Dallas comrades read during an april 13 ceremony in Baghdad a native of Norman okla dal Lam is survived by his father and Stepmother Scott and Leslie dal Lam of Norman Mother Laura dal Lam of Shotlow Ariz and a younger brother and sister the youngest Soldier in the unit Rodriguez was so proud of serving his country he made sure to travel Home to Pueblo Magnet High school in Tucson Ariz in uniform before deploying he had been with 118 for seven months before heading to Iraq and is sur Vived by Bis Mother Anna b Scott and father Raphael Lopez both of Tucson Rodriguez and three of his Fel Low soldiers formed a group called the Fez riders because their names All ended with the same letters to them hell Al ways be remembered As the toughest Fez rider of them All said staff sgt Donald b Mchattie on thursday also recounting words spoken in Iraq Palermo Dallam and Rodriguezs battalion has lost nine men in combat since deploying As part of 2nd brigade combat team 1st infantry division in a gust and september email Mark St lain Carrier needed for Grafe Woehr Hillesheim and Vilseck f for More information please Contact Tom at 01726707342 Monte and stripes capt Christopher Dawson 37 of Lima Ohio listens to a request for Money from a Haifa Street woman in downtown Baghdad on thursday mending holes to win Trust troops try to build a better life for iraqis on Haifa Street by Monte Morin stars and stripes Baghdad the fighting May be Over along Baghdad notorious Haifa Street but the grousing has just begun at least that s How it looked for capt Christopher Daw son on thursday As the cavalry troop commander reconnoitre a a Section of the Bulle pocked Boule Vard for an upcoming civil affairs Mission the 37yearold Lima Ohio native had just stepped from Bis humvee when local iraqis clustered around him and through an interpreter unloaded on him with a list of complaints and requests you need to pick up this trash one Man told Dawson through an interpreter i need Money said an elderly woman the soldiers at the checkpoint Here Are trouble said a third Resi Dent they Are out Here taking pills smoking hash and drinking they fire off their guns at night for no reason roughly two months after us and iraqi forces began implement ing Baghdad new Security plan violence along this deadly Boule Vard has plummeted the Calm follows a period of heavy fighting Between insurgents and us and iraqi forces ing that saw heavy use of helicopter gunships and left entire blocks scarred by bullets and rocket pro pulled grenades in the Wake of this violence coalition forces Are scrambling to make numerous improvements to the areas infrastructure in Hopes of winning the hearts and minds of its predominantly sunni Muslim population on sunday us and iraqi troops will open a newly refurbished school Here and Dawson unit Hopes to operate a temporary medical clinic in the near future sewer upgrades Are being implemented across the District Dawson who commands troop b of the 4th Squadron 9th cavalry regiment 2nd brigade 1st cavalry division said if All goes Well the residents will not accept insurgents Back into their neighbor Hood there Are two types of terrain Here Urban and human Daw son said were starting to own the human terrain if the enemy comes Back hell think he owns the Urban terrain but the next thing he knows people will be Call ing us in the Middle of the night to give us information on this particular Day however the human terrain was looking a Little rough a Large pile of soldering Gar Bage sat beneath a Cloud of flies some 50 Yards away and residents complained that their local neigh boyhood Council was ignoring their pleas to remove it when they asked Dawson to remove it he told them that it was their local governments responsibility email Monte Morin at