AGE:  25

HOMETOWN:  Chewelah, Wash.

UNIT:  1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team,

10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry)

DUTY STATION:  Fort Drum, N.Y.

DIED:  June 16, 2006

LOCATION OF INCIDENT:  Pech River Valley, Afghanistan

CAUSE:  his all-terrain vehicle struck an improvised explosive device during combat operations

BURIED:  7/7/06 with full honors Arlington National Cemetery

MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS:  1st Lt. Forrest P. Ewens Scholarship Fund, c/c Sheri Fitzhum, Gonzaga University, 502 E. Boone Ave., Spokane, Washington 99258-0098