L. CPL. Luke B. Holler and S. SGT. Jason D. Whitehouse, U.S. Marine Corps

Lance Cpl. Luke B. Holler, 21, of Bulverde, Texas, died Nov. 2 while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, Iraq. He was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve’s 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, San Antonio, Texas.


Luke B. Holler and Jason D. Whitehouse died on Nov. 2, 2006 defending our country. I honor them with all my heart and all my gratitude goes to them and every other service man of our country for protecting us when they could be back home with their families or doing whatever. Instead of doing that they chose to take years of training, and combat, to protect and serve OUR country. The one we call America, yet we criticize and blame the leaders of it because they haven't been doing it exactly the way we want them to. Just because they didn't have a meeting with us before they made every major decision to ask what we thought about it..we criticize them for our negativity. Well, let me ask you this, if your freedom was taken away and you had to live in poverty in another country with no freedom of religion or speech...wouldn't that America you so often blame for every little thing start to look pretty nice?? Let me just remind you that those soldiers don't run on nothing, they need our support to feel like they're fighting for a reason. Like they're fighting for something. Like they're fighting for America. Keep these soldiers families in your prayers and all the other ones who have passed, and the ones who are still out there, defending our freedom. God bless, Katelyn Marie

Marine Staff Sergeant Jason Daniel Whitehouse Marine Staff Sergeant Jason Daniel Whitehouse lost his life on a mission in Iraq on November 2, 2006. Jason was born on July 25, 1979 in Houston, Texas. He is survived by his wife Lindsay and their children Aaron and Haylie, seven and four years of age; his mother and step-father Carol Whitehouse Bruno; his father, Richard Roach; his and step-father Carol Whitehouse Bruno and Robert Bruno; his father, Richard Roach; his brother, Joshua Quick and Step-father Daniel Quick; his sister and brother-in-law Rachael and Rob Michael; his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Tina and Ron Anthony, and his step-brothers Ed and Preston Bruno. Jason and Lindsay were married on July 31, 1999. Jason enlisted in the Marine Corps in December of 2000 and reenlisted in 2004. He was serving his second tour of duty in Iraq when he and two other marines were killed on a ground mission in Al Anbar Province near the Syrian border. when he and two other marines were killed on a ground mission in Al Anbar Province near the Syrian border. Jason was a devoted husband and father who was proud to serve his country.