RIT Men's Basketball Team Honor Local Veterans and Soldiers Killed In Action

01.18.2012

Men's Basketball

RIT men's basketball will honor soldiers killed in action on Saturday

ROCHESTER, NY -- The RIT men’s basketball team will honor local veterans and soldiers killed in action on Saturday, Jan. 21 in their game versus Vassar College at 4 pm at Clark Gymnasium.

men's basketball will honor soldiers killed in action on Saturday
Stephen Jaynes - Sports Information Director

1/18/2012 3:15:00 PM
ROCHESTER, NY -- The RIT men’s basketball team will honor local veterans and soldiers killed in action on Saturday, Jan. 21 in their game versus Vassar College at 4 pm at Clark Gymnasium.

The Tigers will wear camouflaged warm-up shirts with the names of 17 Rochester area soldiers who were killed in action.

The team will also honor veterans in attendance as well as taking donations for the Veterans Outreach Center of Rochester.

Veterans Outreach Center is an independent community-centered non-profit providing premier supportive services to veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families in the greater Rochester area. They serve by helping them to achieve their goals and realize their full potential.

Below is a list of soldiers from the Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse area who have been killed in action since 2001. We honor their memory:

Army Staff Sgt. Nekl B. Allen – Rochester, NY
Marine Cpl. Reynold Armand – Rochester, NY
Army Sgt. 1st Class Moses E. Armstead – Rochester, NY
Air Force Master Sgt. Steven E. Auchman – Waterloo, NY
Army Spc. Brian K. Baker – West Seneca, NY
Army Staff Sgt. Aram J. Bass – Niagara Falls, NY –
Army Sgt. Daniel J. Beard – Buffalo, NY
Marine Sgt. Jerome C. Bell, Jr. – Auburn, NY
Army Sgt. Edward H. Bolen – Chittenango, NY
Marine Pfc. Tamario D. Burkett – Erie, NY
Army Pfc. Charles E. Bush, Jr. – Buffalo, NY
Army Staff Sgt. Steve Butcher, Jr. – Rochester, NY
Army Pfc. Dwane A. Covert, Jr. – Tonawanda, NY
Army Pfc. Patrick A. Devoe II – Auburn, NY
Army Spc. Alan N. Dikcis – Niagara Falls, NY
Army Staff Sgt. Christopher W. Dill – Tonawanda, NY
Marine Captain Phillip J. Dykeman – Brockport, NY
Army Pvt. 2nd Class David Evans, Jr. – Buffalo, NY
Army Sgt. Steven C. Ganczewski – Niagara Falls, NY
Army Sgt. Cari Ann Gasiewicz – Depew, NY
Army Spc. Kenneth W. Haines – Fulton, NY
Army Cpl. Lorne E. Henry, Jr. – Niagara Falls, NY
Army Staff Sgt. Christopher T. Howick – Hamburg, NY
Navy Elect. Tech 3rd Class Benjamin Johnson – Rochester, NY
Army Spc. Jason M. Johnston – Albion, NY
Army Spc. Matthew A. Koch – West Henrietta, NY
Army Pfc. Travis C. Krege – Cheektowaga, NY
Army Staff Sgt. Michael S. Lammerts – Tonawanda, NY
Marine Gunnery Sgt. Shawn A. Lane – Corning, NY
Army Spc. Jeff LeBrun – Buffalo, NY
Army Sgt. Jonathan E. Lootens – Lyons, NY
Marine Lance Cpl. Howard S. March, Jr. – Buffalo, NY
Army Spc. David McKeever – Buffalo, NY
Army Sgt. Heath A. McMillin – Canandaigua, NY
Army Cpl. Kevin S. Mowl – Pittsford, NY
Marine Lance Cpl. Eric J. Orlowski – Buffalo, NY
Army Spc. Jacob M. Pfister – Buffalo, NY
Army Sgt. Christopher M. Pusateri – Corning, NY
Army Staff Sgt. Steven C. Reynolds – Jordan, NY
Army Pfc. Daniel J. Rivera – Rochester, NY
Marine Staff Sgt. Javier O. Ortiz Rivera – Rochester, NY
Army Spc. David L. Roustum – West Seneca, NY
Marine Lance Cpl. Timothy G. Serwinowski – North Tonawanda
Marine Cpl. Kyle R. Schneider – Phoenix, NY
Marine Lance Cpl. Brian K. Schramm – Rochester, NY
Army Pfc. Benjamin C. Schuster – Williamsville, NY
Army Sgt. Daniel J. Shaw – West Seneca, NY
Army Chief Warrant Officer Eric A. Smith – Rochester, NY
Army Sgt. 1st Class Peter P. Tycz II – Tonawanda, NY
Army Spc. Michael S. Weger – Rochester, NY
Army Spc. Blake D. Whipple – Williamsville, NY
New York Army National Guard Spc. Michael L. Williams – Buffalo, NY
Army Spc. Phillip L. Witkowski – Fredonia, NY
Marine Sgt. Frank J. World – Buffalo, NY