CNN’s Jake Tapper has devoted his feed to those who lost their lives defending this nation. Here are many of the names, photos and bios:
Remembering Sgt Rafael Peralta who died in the Second Battle of Fallujah in 2004 @jaketapper #MemorialDay2015 pic.twitter.com/44MW7acQgo
— Matthew Bowdish MD ⚕️ (@MatthewBowdish) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper Lance Cpl. Jesse Tillery, 19 of Vesper, WI…12/2/2006 #MemorialDay pic.twitter.com/Lx3RakCgYr
— Gabe Stoltz (@Stoltzy3) May 24, 2015
https://twitter.com/cdzshelby27/status/602315107931131904
My classmate and brother…CPT Chris Kenny KIA 2004 Iraq @jaketapper #MemorialDay2015 pic.twitter.com/7o0ZXJaeT8
— Mike Kepner (@kepner_mike) May 24, 2015
My father SSG Stephen G Martin.
KIA 1 July 2004.
Operation Iraqi Freedom.cc: @jaketapper pic.twitter.com/psZ1ABgk0F
— Seth G Martin (@SethGMartin) May 24, 2015
#MemorialDayWeekend pic.twitter.com/wbJDWuviEr
— Jonathan Reiner (@JReinerMD) May 24, 2015
https://twitter.com/cdzshelby27/status/602315773714034688
https://twitter.com/LilacSundayBlog/status/602318996747067393
https://twitter.com/KatieBootsDC/status/602323808389824512
https://twitter.com/onesarahjones/status/602322451272486912
@jaketapper Please remember Cpl. Victor Paliotti, executed by the Japanese,Mukden POW camp July 31, 1943. Thank you. pic.twitter.com/rcBZG3njjy
— Blind Squirrel (@hopheadblues) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper U.S. Army Pvt. Heinrich "Henry" Christen died Oct. 21, 1918 in Meuse-Argonne Offensive. pic.twitter.com/Cn4qvAup5a
— Andrea Caruso (@AndreaNRuth) May 24, 2015
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene, killed August 5 2014 in Kabul, Afghanistan.#MemorialDayWeekend pic.twitter.com/h0hndayy9G
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 24, 2015
Honoring LCPL Colin Wolfe, son of friend Mark Wolfe & his wife Amy of Manassas VA. #MemorialDayWeekend @jaketapper pic.twitter.com/OrGOIn5cxz
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) May 24, 2015
MSGT Steven Adams. Wore his POW bracelet. POW 1966. Declared KIA 1973. Body never recovered.@jaketapper #MemorialDay pic.twitter.com/SjjWSULvig
— BojiPat (@PatRx) May 24, 2015
Marine Cpl. Mitchell Red Cloud Jr., killed in Chonghyon, Korea, 5 November 1950.#MemorialDayWeekend pic.twitter.com/OQQCDF6bqk
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 24, 2015
https://twitter.com/Global_Bearings/status/602501823669252100
My Grandpa, Curtis R. Davis Jr. Bronze Star in Vietnam; died of cancer 2007. (AgentOrange) #MemorialDay @jaketapper pic.twitter.com/eLFNZxdEh2
— Heather?? (@Maven_History) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper Remembering Col. Lewis Wright III, Korea,Vietnam, 101st Airborne, Bronze Star, Dist.Flying Cross pic.twitter.com/4JlL1bui3N
— do us a favor though (@msonemic) May 24, 2015
Brooklyn Marine was only 15 when he was killed in Vietnamhttp://t.co/YgctpEHOV1#MemorialDayWeekend pic.twitter.com/2dj1darKO3
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper My great uncle. Bombardier in a B-17. Shot down in France. 19 years old. pic.twitter.com/neENZibgu5
— David Eades (@dvdleades) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper My Grandfather. UNC Class of '34. US Army. KIA Nancy, France 10/1944. Day after Dad's 1st birthday. pic.twitter.com/SCkLeUoTzb
— James Brown Please #BeatThetechNerds (@Zee_DubuC) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper Remembering PFC Henry Lee'Trey'Prather, III born 1947. Preceded Terry Bradshaw (WHS) died 1968 Quang Nam. pic.twitter.com/3oSYgsvAdU
— Jerie Black ?? ?? (@jerieblack) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper Please remember a friend KIA in Somalia. RIP Bobby. #MemorialDay2015 pic.twitter.com/aNFVjXMPZs
— ChuckyCheezer (@realconservativ) May 24, 2015
.@jaketapper My Uncle, Army SGT Richard Alan Bowers, KIA Kham Duc, Vietnam 5/12/68. He was 21. #MemorialDay pic.twitter.com/ldlTr0Q14F
— Whatever (@DRussell76) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper @USMC Marine LCpl. Trevor D. Aston
Died February 22, 2005 During Operation Iraqi Freedom #MemorialDay pic.twitter.com/6yPZgR2O19— MK G (@GrahamLive) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper Please remember U.S. Army Spc. Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan, killed in Iraq in 2007. #MemorialDay pic.twitter.com/zQPpgiq9mQ
— Jon Perr (@Perrspectives) May 24, 2015
"As we express gratitude we must never forget the sacrifices made for our freedom."
My dad, WWII Warrior!@jaketapper pic.twitter.com/nvKIsbdIC0— Al Colvin (@algcolvin) May 24, 2015
2LT James Calhoun, Tuskegee Airman, shot down Sept. 8, 1944 in mission over Yugoslavia#MemorialDayWeekend pic.twitter.com/255vHcgscW
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 24, 2015
https://twitter.com/HomefrontHugs/status/602554668959539200
@jaketapper My Grandfather. pic.twitter.com/OFTqMxs1LZ
— DanStlMo (@DanStlMo) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper US Army LtColonel Tom Wren
Killed 5 Nov 2005
Best friend you could ever ask for pic.twitter.com/ZiuRsQoo7H— ?? Coco Pazzo ?? (@CocoPazzo) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper Army 1Lt Carl L. Radtke killed by night mortar attack, Kien Hoa, Vietnam 03-02-1969 pic.twitter.com/8q55OZq0yK
— ??Marie!!!?? (@AnnaTeague2015) May 24, 2015
Capt. Scott Speicher, my high school classmate & first US casualty of the Persian Gulf War, KIA 1/17/91 @jaketapper pic.twitter.com/IxWQVl4GKY
— Margot Fosnes (@margotfos) May 24, 2015
My uncle Lee was in the Navy & served in Vietnam. #MemorialDay @jaketapper pic.twitter.com/bdgWEYUUrd
— BBJ ? (@BobbiJoHancock) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper My great uncle Donnie Dillard, KIA in Korea. pic.twitter.com/aAp7zx99yg
— Randy Cox (@randythepastor) May 24, 2015
https://twitter.com/swbaker324/status/602562913287729152
Mr. C… WWII pilot and Mrs. C… 1944 National Champ cc: @jaketapper pic.twitter.com/QE816dU5AY
— Sally Canfield (@TheLifeofSally) May 24, 2015
.@jaketapper My grandfather who fought in Germany, France, and Belgium during #WWII #MemorialDay #realhero pic.twitter.com/WoItwAGtl3
— Lisa Renze (@LisaRenze) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper #MemorialDay God bless my uncle, Larry Powers, a hero of the #WWII #greatestgeneration who has passed. pic.twitter.com/WuZzWAAUty
— Lawrence Powers (@LarryPowersEsq) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper my grandfather, Lawrence Pfingsten served in Army in WWII and a farmer from IL. Lost him in 2013 at 97. pic.twitter.com/r3Dhqdu3gp
— Patrick Pfingsten (@pfingsten1) May 24, 2015
My grandfather Harry Schumann fought in World War Two @jaketapper pic.twitter.com/rNeP7iz4j4
— James (@jtschumann) May 24, 2015
My Battle Buddy at Ordnance Officer Basic Course, Class 1-2000. A great friend, taken too soon…. @jaketapper pic.twitter.com/F9gbcTZ7XI
— Taxes You Pay (@TaxesYouPay) May 24, 2015
@jaketapper ..Pvt. Joseph N Davi..Classmate 64' Vietnam..DC Memorial pic.twitter.com/qhjv9y8Iys
— John LaCross (@jlax_13) May 24, 2015
So many names. So humbling. Thank you to all who gave everything.