In Memoriam: USS COLE (DDG 67)

Ten years ago today, two al-Qaeda terrorists committed a suicide attack against the USS COLE (DDG 67) while the destroyer was conducting refueling operations in the Yemeni port of Aden. It has been labeled as the deadliest attack on a United States naval vessel since the USS STARK incident in 1987.

My thoughts today are with those Sailors who save the USS COLE, and with those seventeen who sacrificed their lives in service to our country.
 

Hull Maintenance Technician Second Class (HT2) Kenneth Eugene Clodfelter
Chief Electronics Technician (ETC) Richard Costelow
Mess Management Specialist Seaman (MSSN) Lakeina Francis
Information Systems Technician Seaman (ITSN) Timothy Gauna
Signalman Seaman (SMSN) Cherone Gunn
Information Systems Technician Seaman (ITSN) James McDaniels
Engineman Second Class (EN2) Marc Nieto
Electronics Warfare Technician Second Class (EW2) Ronald Owens
Seaman (SN) Lakiba Palmer
Engine Fireman (ENFN) Joshua Parlett
Fireman (FN) Patrick Roy
Electronics Warfare Technician First Class (EW1) Kevin Rux
Mess Management Specialist Third Class (MS3) Ronchester Santiago
Operations Specialist Second Class (OS2) Timothy Saunders
Fireman (FN) Gary Swenchonis, Jr.
Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG) Andrew Triplett
Seaman (SN) Craig Wibberley