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Global War on Terrorism Memorial

Honor and remember the fallen at the National Infantry Museum’s Global War on Terrorism Memorial. Search for loved ones, explore tributes, and learn the stories behind America’s longest war.

GWOT Memorial

To Honor Their Sacrifice

Since the Global War on Terrorism began on September 11, 2001, over 7,000 Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines have given their lives in defense of our nation. To honor their sacrifice, the Global War on Terrorism Memorial was dedicated at the National Infantry Museum October 16, 2017.

The memorial includes granite panels engraved with the names of all service members who have given their lives in the conflict, narrative panels explaining the conflict, and murals with artwork from each service.

It also includes a 13’ steel beam from World Trade Center Tower 1 that was presented to Fort Benning by NYC Firefighters. In the center of the memorial is a five-sided platform paying tribute to those who were killed in the Pentagon.

Atop the platform is a bronze figure of SPC Ross McGinnis, representing the leader of a nine-person Infantry team. Flanking the statue are the other eight members of an Infantry Squad, collectively representing the cornerstone of American military might.

The memorial is rededicated each year – adding names of the recently fallen honoring the sacrifice of the service member and their families.

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Visit our Global War on Terrorism Memorial Rededication Community Event page for more info.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is honored on the memorial?

The joint-service memorial stands in honor of all Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines who have served in the Global War on Terrorism since 9/11 and the families who support them. This includes active duty, veterans and those who’ve made the ultimate sacrifice defending their country.

What are the criteria for names on the memorial?

The 7,048 names etched on the memorial’s black granite panels come from the Defense Casualty Analysis System, an application maintained by the U.S. government’s Defense Manpower Data Center.

The DCAS list includes all service members who died while in the Global War on Terrorism theater of operations, regardless of their cause of death. Service members who later die of wounds inflicted while in the theater are added to the list. If you believe a name has been erroneously omitted or misspelled, please contact DMDC/DEERS Support Office at 800-538-9552.

The list is up to date as of September 6, 2025. Names added to the official list will be added to the memorial once each year.

How do I find a service member on the memorial?

Enter a first or last name in the search box below to search the memorial database. Results will display the service member’s name, rank, branch, date of death, operation, and the memorial panel and row location where their name is inscribed.

If it’s a multi-service memorial, why isn’t the Coast Guard represented?

To date, one member of the Coast Guard has given his life in the Global War on Terrorism.

However, DC3 Nathan Bruckenthal was attached to the Navy aboard USS Firebolt at the time of his death and is therefore listed in Department of Defense casualty records as a Navy casualty. He and six other coalition sailors were attempting to board a small boat when it exploded near the Iraqi Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal.

Bruckenthal was the first Coast Guard member killed in action since the Vietnam War. His name is engraved on Panel 2 of the Global War on Terrorism Memorial.

How was SPC McGinnis selected to represent the Infantry squad?

Ross McGinnis was just 19 years old when he threw himself on a grenade that had been thrown into the Humvee he was riding in. Although he easily could have escaped the vehicle, he chose to absorb the full force of the blast, which killed him instantly but saved the lives of four crew members.

This remarkable act of heroism resulted in the awarding of the country’s highest decoration of valor. McGinnis is the only Infantryman to date to receive the Medal of Honor posthumously in the Global War on Terrorism.

Memorial Name Search

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Name CORNELL, TODD RYAN
Rank SSG
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041109
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 12
Name FAULKENBURG, STEVEN WAYNE
Rank CSM
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041109
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 12
Name JAMES, WILLIAM CLEPPER
Rank SGT
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041109
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 12
Name LARSON, NICHOLAS DAVID
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041109
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 11
Name MOORE, HORST GERHARD
Rank MAJ
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041109
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 11
Name SEGURA, JUAN ESTEVAN
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041109
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 12
Name SIMPSON, ABRAHAM
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041109
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 11
Name SLAY, RUSSELL LEE
Rank SSGT
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041109
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 11
Name TROTTER, JOHN BYRON
Rank SGT
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041109
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 11
Name WELLS, LONNY DION
Rank SGT
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041109
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 11
Name CANNING, WESLEY JOEL
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041110
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 12
Name HODGES, ERICK JAMES
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041110
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 13
Name JIMENEZ, ROMULO JOSE II
Rank SGT
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041110
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 13
Name MALCOM, DAN THOMAS JR.
Rank 1STLT
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041110
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 13
Name MILLER, DENNIS JAMES JR.
Rank PFC
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041110
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 12
Name OTTOLINI, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER
Rank SFC
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041110
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 12
Name PICKERING, AARON CLAYTON
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041110
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 13
Name RAMIREZ, GENE
Rank SSGT
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041110
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 13
Name WOODS, JULIAN AUGUSTUS
Rank PO3
Service NAVY
Date Of Death 20041110
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 13
Name BLECKSMITH, JAMES PATRICK
Rank 2NDLT
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041111
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 14
Name BOWLING, THEODORE ANDREW
Rank CPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041111
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 14
Name BURNS, KYLE WAYNE
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041111
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 14
Name DOERFLINGER, THOMAS KARL
Rank SPC
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041111
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 14
Name GIANNOPOULOS, PETER JOHN
Rank CPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041111
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 14
Name HOLDER, THEODORE SAMUEL II
Rank SSGT
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041111
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 13
Name HUEY, SEAN PATRICK
Rank SSG
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041111
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 13
Name REPPUHN, JUSTIN DANIEL
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041111
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 14
Name ANDERSON, NATHAN RICHARD
Rank CPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041112
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 14
Name ANDERSON, NICHOLAS HALE
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041112
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 15
Name BRANNING, DAVID MICHAEL
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041112
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 15
Name IWAN, EDWARD DONALD
Rank CPT
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041112
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 15
Name MAHER, JARROD LEE
Rank CPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041112
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 15
Name MATTESON, JAMES CHARLES
Rank SGT
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041112
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 15
Name MEDINA, BRIAN ANTHONY
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041112
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 15
Name PRENING, BRIAN ROBERT
Rank CPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041112
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 15
Name SHIELDS, JONATHAN BERNARD
Rank SGT
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041112
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 16
Name STRADER, MORGAN WILLIAM
Rank SGT
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041112
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 15
Name WHITE, RAYMOND LOYA
Rank SPC
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041112
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 16
Name BRYAN, BENJAMIN SAXON
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041113
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 17
Name DEMPSEY, KEVIN JOHN
Rank CPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041113
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 16
Name DIMA, CATALIN DAN
Rank SGT
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041113
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 16
Name ELLSWORTH, JUSTIN MARK
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041113
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 17
Name LARSEN, COLE WILLIAM
Rank PFC
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041113
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 16
Name LU, VICTOR RONALD
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041113
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 16
Name MCLEESE, JUSTIN DANIEL
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041113
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 16
Name NORWOOD, BYRON WAYNE
Rank SGT
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041113
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 17
Name SIMS, SEAN PATRICK
Rank CPT
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041113
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 16
Name VELEZ, JOSE ALFREDO
Rank CPL
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041113
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 16
Name BURGER, DALE ALAN JR.
Rank CPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041114
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 17
Name PAYTON, GEORGE JITENDRA
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041114
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 17
Name PEREZ, ANDRES HILARIO
Rank CPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041114
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 17
Name ZIOLKOWSKI, NICHOLAS LEE
Rank CPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041114
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 17
Name AILES, JERAMY ALAN
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041115
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 19
Name DESIATO, TRAVIS REID
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041115
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 18
Name HUNT, ISAIAH ROBERT
Rank PFC
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041115
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 18
Name KIELION, SHANE EDWARD
Rank CPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041115
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 17
Name MILLER, WILLIAM LEWIS
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041115
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 18
Name PARKER, BRADLEY LEE
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041115
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 19
Name PERALTAGUZMAN, RAFAEL
Rank SGT
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041115
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 18
Name RAPICAULT, PATRICK MARC MANUEL
Rank CAPT
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041115
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 18
Name RYAN, MARC TYLER
Rank CPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041115
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 19
Name SMITH, ANTOINE DEMETRIUS
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041115
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 18
Name SWAIN, JAMES ERIC
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041115
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 19
Name THOMPSON, LANCE MCGREGOR
Rank CPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041115
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 18
Name CADDY, MARSHALL HUGH
Rank SSG
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041116
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 20
Name FLORES-MEJIA, JOSE RICARDO
Rank SPC
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041116
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 20
Name HEFLIN, CHRISTOPHER TODD
Rank SGT
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041116
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 19
Name MCCONNELL, DANIEL JAMES
Rank SPC
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041116
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 19
Name QUALLS, LOUIS WAYNE
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041116
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 19
Name WULLENWABER, LUKE CHARLES
Rank CPT
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041116
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 19
Name HANKS, MICHAEL WAYNE
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041117
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 20
Name FIGUEROA, LUIS ALBERTO
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041118
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 20
Name NOLAN, JOSEPH MICHAEL
Rank SGT
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041118
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 20
Name ARMS, BRADLEY THOMAS
Rank CPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041119
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 21
Name BROWN, DEMARKUS DEMONE
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041119
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 20
Name DOWNEY, MICHAEL ANDREW
Rank CPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041119
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 20
Name GAVRIEL, DIMITRIOS
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041119
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 21
Name WEST, PHILLIP GORDON
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041119
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 20
Name BRYANT, JACK JR.
Rank SGT
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041120
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 21
Name HEREDIA, JOSEPH JAVIER
Rank CPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041120
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 21
Name ROUSTUM, DAVID LAWRENCE
Rank SGT
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041120
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 21
Name WELKE, JOSEPH TYLER
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041120
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 21
Name O'NEILL, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER
Rank SGT
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041121
Operation OEF
Panel 3
Row 21
Name COHEN, MICHAEL RYAN
Rank CPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041122
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 21
Name EBERT, BLAIN MATTHEW
Rank SPC
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041122
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 21
Name EDINGER, BENJAMIN CHARLES
Rank SGT
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041123
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 22
Name DIAZ-VARELA, SERGIO RAFAEL
Rank SPC
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041124
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 22
Name FLEISCHER, JACOB RUDELOFF
Rank CPL
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041124
Operation OEF
Panel 3
Row 22
Name FRACKER, DALE EDWIN JR.
Rank CPL
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041124
Operation OEF
Panel 3
Row 22
Name NOLTE, NICHOLAS SANTO
Rank SGT
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041124
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 22
Name CANTAFIO, RYAN JOSEPH
Rank PFC
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041125
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 22
Name HOLMES, JEFFERY SCOTT
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041125
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 22
Name MARKU, GENTIAN
Rank CPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041125
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 22
Name FAIRCLOTH, BRADLEY MICHAEL
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041126
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 23
Name GRANT, BRIAN KEITH
Rank PV2
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041126
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 23
Name HOUCK, DAVID BURTON
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041126
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 23
Name MEYER, HARRISON JAMES
Rank PFC
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041126
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 23
Name SMITH, MICHAEL ANTONIO
Rank SGT
Service ARMY
Date Of Death 20041126
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 23
Name WINKLER, JORDAN DALE
Rank LCPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041126
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 23
Name BOSSELMANN, KIRK JAY
Rank CPL
Service MARINE CORPS
Date Of Death 20041127
Operation OIF
Panel 3
Row 24