More On The Two Missing Soldiers

On further research of the two missing soldiers, I ran across this Milirary, Terrorism, Iraq Blog. Here is excepts of what I found:

DoD Names Missing Soldiers: Pvt. Kristian Menchaca and Pvt. Thomas Tucker
Monday June 19th 2006 Filed under: Military, Terrorism, Iraq

Pvt. Kristian Menchaca, 23, from Houston, and Pvt. Thomas Tucker, 25, of Madras, Ore., were last seen on Friday during an attack on a roadside checkpoint south of Baghdad.

Another solider, David Babineau, 25, of Springfield, Mass., was killed in the attack.

An Iraqi farmer said he saw seven heavily armed gunmen capture the two soldiers.

The White House is promising to do everything it can to find the men.

Some background on the men is starting to emerge:

“He enjoys being in the military,” Christina Menchaca said of her husband, whom she last heard from by e-mail on Tuesday. “That’s basically what he wants to do.”

Kristian Menchaca’s mother, Maria Vasquez of Brownsville, said soldiers had visited to tell her that her son was missing.

She said she last heard from her son a few weeks ago. Along with asking for some treats from home, like Cheetos and cleaning wipes, the soldier told his mother he was working at a checkpoint.

“I’m a little bit nervous, and I cannot sleep,” she said. “I worry about him.”

Please continue to keep these soldiers and their families in your prayers.