European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 stars and stripes june 2007 Denis Marine corps Lance Justin Sharratt carries binders of documents monday As he arrives for his article 32 hearing at Camp Pendleton Marine corps base in san article 32 set for Marine named in Laditha Case by Thomas Watkins the associated press san Diego by his own a Marine Lance Justin Sharratt shot several iraqi men in the head on inside a House in the Village of a those gunshots unlike thou Sands of rounds Sharratt fired in Iraq have now led to criminal charges and a military courtroom at Camp Pendleton in what has become the biggest criminal Case against troops in the War in military prosecutors claim 24 iraqi women and Chil Dren were killed that Day As a group of following the death of a went on a on the 22yearold was slated to attend an article 32 preliminary to deter mine whether he should be court articled on three counts of unpremeditated murder in the shooting deaths of Brothers Kaftan and Jamal Aiad there is very Little disagree ment about the fact that these men were shot by said Gary his our position has always been that whatever he did was Sharratt is one of three enlisted men accused in the shootings along with other cases such As the Abu Gharib prisoner abuse scandal and the rape Mur Der of a teenage iraqi girl and the slaying of her have stoked resentment Over the pres ence in murder charges have been dropped against a fourth enlisted who will be required to testify about his squad mates Timothy Vimoto Jacob Lowell Vicenza remembers pair killed during Afghanistan Mission by Kent Harris stars and stripes Italy americans and italians gathered by the hundreds at Caserma Ederle on Mon Day to remember two soldiers killed in the first Days of the 173rd airborne brigades mis Sion to in the Chapel was filled to beyond As peo ple paid their respects to Jacob Lowell and Timothy some people had to stand outside the while hundreds More stood in the at least 500 know that we Praise these men As As heroes to their said Ste Van the brigade rear detachments who hailed from Illi was killed june 2 when his Convoy was ambushed near born in a died june 5 while on a foot patrol in the Korengel both soldiers were killed by Small arms both have been nominated for Bronze Star med als with valor for their assigned to the 1st Bat 503rd infantry was praised by two soldiers from his battalion Joshua Geis and 1st Alexander Geis recalled that Lowell was one of Only three soldiers in his platoon to earn his expert infantry badge in testing before the battalion he made it on his first Lowell had that kind of motivation and Suc Cess in his military to be a team Leader at the rank of is quite an a com he Lowell was posthumously promoted to Spe he said Lowell showed gallantry in the ambush when he was in spite of being specialist Lowell continued firing on enemy positions until he was fatally Geis Many people dont under stand the sacrifice that specialist Lowell said the battalions rear detachment com we we will Lowell is survived by his Par Raymond and Bernardine Jennifer and to assigned to the 2nd 503rd infantry regi was remembered by Andy Short and Matthew Short remembered assigning Vimoto a simple task shortly after he arrived on the task want As simple As it first a but Vimoto accomplished it and did so quickly and no matter what Vimoto was he had a smile on his Short Vimoto was the oldest son of the brigades top enlisted command isaia Vimo his father attended the ser vice along with his mis Imus Sabrina and Ariel and isaia and throughout his he watched his father deploy redeploy and develop into one of the strongest leaders in the said the Battal ions rear detachment command Short said a fellow noncommissioned officer saw Vimoto Progress in Only a few weeks Dur ing the he saw the transformation from being a son to being a sol he More than soldiers from the based in Bamberg and Schweinfurt in Germany As Well As Are serving for More than a year in email Kent Harris at  2 Schweinfurt battalions join for memorial services by Mark stars and stripes two battalions in came together to re member their fallen at the led Ward Barracks Chapel soldiers from 1st 7th Field artillery regiment remembered staff Virgil Chance killed May 6 in Bagh dad from explosives troops from 1st 18th infantry regiment remembered Clin ton Coy who was killed in Baghdad on May 26 by a Roadside both battalions Are part of 2nd Dagger brigade combat 1st infantry which deployed to Iraq in August and sep the brigade is scheduled to return Home in one of Martinez Best Alexander spoke at a memorial service in Baghdad on May Derrick Salas read Morales remarks i can recall a conversation we had at our favorite he mentioned that the Way that he and i were together reminded him of a Best Friend he had Many years i like to think that from that at least for i considered him my Best Morales i know he Felt 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