From: USCMike1@aol.com
Subject: SNET: 3 American POWs - personal info - and e-mail addresses
Date: 8 Apr 1999 05:38:43 -0400
To: DEANN21647@aol.com, TNdrMtnWmn@aol.com, xdave43@injersey.com
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Dear Citizens, Patriots, Veterans, et al.:
Please read about the three American ground recognizance soldier spies
that got apprehended and captured. Here is some personal background
information about each of them and e-mail addresses to contact them.
USCMike1
Thanks to Deanna , tndrmtnwmn@aol.com, and
xdave43@injersey.com for forwarding this important post.
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Date: 4/7/99 7:59:36 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From: DEANN21647
To: USCMike1
Near the bottom is an email address for the 3 POW's........never heard of
POW's having an email address?!
God bless,
Deanna
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(#1999-28) - Topics This Issue:
1) POW STONE, CHRISTOPHER JAMES
2) POW RAMIREZ, ANDREW A.
3) POW GONZALES, STEVEN M.
4) E-mail for Captured Soldiers
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Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 19:33:28 -0800
Subject: POW STONE, CHRISTOPHER JAMES
From: xdave43@injersey.com
Subject: POW STONE, CHRISTOPHER JAMES
Name: Christopher James Stone
Branch/Rank: United States Army/Staff Sgt
Unit: B Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry of the 1st Infantry Division,
stationed in Schweinfurt, Germany.
Date of Birth: 1972 25 yrs old
Home City of Record: Smiths Creek MI
Date of Loss: 31 March 1999
Country of Loss: Macedonia/Serbia Yugoslavia
Loss Coordinates: last reported on a civilian road in Kumanovo, about 10
miles (16 km) from Skopje, the capital of Macedonia, and less than 3
miles (5 km) from the Kosovo border.
Status: DETAINEE -- changed to POW 04/01/99
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Humvee/Ground
Missions:
NOTE: Joined the service in August 1991, Married, wife Tricia, one son,
Ryan.
Other Personnel in Incident: Staff Sgt. Andrew A. Ramirez; Spec. Steven
M. Gonzales
Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following:
raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews. Compiled from news clips; AP,
UPI, London Times, New York Post, ABC in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C.
Section 107.
SYNOPSIS: Serb TV early today showed pictures of three American
soldiers it said its forces captured near the Macedonian border.
The men were identified as Sergeants James Stone and Andrew Ramirez and
Specialist Steven Gonzales.
The patrol, a unit from the U.S. Army's 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry
Regiment, was part of a NATO force put in place to secure Macedonia's
border with Kosovo, a province of Serbia, Yugoslavia's dominant
republic.
[All three soldiers were assigned to B Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th
Cavalry of the 1st Infantry Division, stationed in Schweinfurt,
Germany.]
The soldiers were named on television are thought to be held in the
Kosovo capital, Pristina.
The vice-president of Yugolslavia, Vuk Draskovic, said: "Nothing wrong
will happen to them. We are respecting the enemy.
We will be sticking to the terms of the Geneva Convention. You can be
sure of that." However, he then warned: "They are going to face Serb
justice."
Pentagon and NATO officials said alliance forces and Macedonian police
mounted an urgent air and ground search for the soldiers, who were last
reported on a civilian road in Kumanovo, about 10 miles (16 km) from
Skopje, the capital of Macedonia, and less than 3 miles (5 km) from the
Kosovo border.
The last words heard from them were "help, help, SOS."
Serbia claims they will hold a military trial for all 3 men.
------------------------------------
Abducted soldier called 'a tough kid'
CAPAC, Mich., April 1 (UPI) A Michigan farm town is praying for the
safety of a local man who is one of three U.S. soldiers captured and
held prisoner by Yugoslavian forces.
Concerned supporters of 25-year-old Staff Sgt. Christopher Stone
include his former Capac (KAY-pak) High School cross country coach, Ken
Marzka, who calls him "a great young man" and "a tough kid."
The soldier's father James Stone lives in the area and received a
call from the Pentagon early today notifying him of the capture in
Macedonia near the Yugoslavian border.
Sgt. Stone is a native of the Smiths Creek area, east of Capac, in
Michigan's Thumb. His wife and young child reportedly live in the San
Antonio, Texas, area.
Speaking with reporters today outside the high school, Marzka called
the 1991 graduate "a great young man, and I sure hope he gets out of
this mess as soon as he can."
Marzka adds, "I can't imagine him giving anything to those guys (his
captors). Nothing."
School counselor Kathy Kish, who knew Stone as a member of a Students
Against Drunk Driving group, said "we are concerned about his safety as
well as the other two hostages."
Stone is a calvary scout. He's been serving with a peacekeeping force
in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and was abducted while on
patrol.
After their capture Stone along with 24-year-old Staff Sgt. Andrew A.
Ramirez of Los Angeles and 24-year-old Spec. Steven M. Gonzales of
Huntsville, Texas, were shown on Yugoslavian television.
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Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 19:34:19 -0800
Subject: POW RAMIREZ, ANDREW A.
From: xdave43@injersey.com
Subject: POW RAMIREZ, ANDREW A.
Name: Andrew A. Ramirez
Branch/Rank: United States Army/Staff Sgt.
Unit: B Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry of the 1st Infantry Division,
stationed in Schweinfurt, Germany.
Date of Birth: 1973 24 yrs old
Home City of Record: Los Angeles CA
Date of Loss: 31 March 1999
Country of Loss: Macedonia/Serbia Yugoslavia
Loss Coordinates: last reported on a civilian road in Kumanovo, about 10
miles (16 km) from Skopje, the capital of Macedonia, and less than 3
miles (5 km) from the Kosovo border.
Status: DETAINEE -- changed to POW 04/01/99
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Humvee/Ground
Missions:
NOTE: Joined the service in July 1992
Other Personnel in Incident: Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Stone; Spec
Steven Gonzales
Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following:
raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews. Compiled from news clips; AP,
UPI, London Times, New York Post, ABC in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C.
Section 107.
SYNOPSIS: Serb TV early today showed pictures of three American
soldiers it said its forces captured near the Macedonian border.
The men were identified as Sergeants James Stone and Andrew Ramirez and
Specialist Steven Gonzales.
The patrol, a unit from the U.S. Army's 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry
Regiment, was part of a NATO force put in place to secure Macedonia's
border with Kosovo, a province of Serbia, Yugoslavia's dominant
republic.
[All three soldiers were assigned to B Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th
Cavalry of the 1st Infantry Division, stationed in Schweinfurt,
Germany.]
The soldiers were named on television are thought to be held in the
Kosovo capital, Pristina.
The vice-president of Yugolslavia, Vuk Draskovic, said: "Nothing wrong
will happen to them. We are respecting the enemy.
We will be sticking to the terms of the Geneva Convention. You can be
sure of that." However, he then warned: "They are going to face Serb
justice."
Pentagon and NATO officials said alliance forces and Macedonian police
mounted an urgent air and ground search for the soldiers, who were last
reported on a civilian road in Kumanovo, about 10 miles (16 km) from
Skopje, the capital of Macedonia, and less than 3 miles (5 km) from the
Kosovo border.
The last words heard from them were "help, help, SOS."
Serbia claims they will hold a military trial for all 3 men.
------------------------------
==============================
Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 19:35:26 -0800
Subject: POW GONZALES, STEVEN M.
From: xdave43@injersey.com
Subject: POW GONZALES, STEVEN M.
Name: Steven M. Gonzales
Branch/Rank: United States Army/Specialist
Unit: B Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry of the 1st Infantry Division,
stationed in Schweinfurt, Germany.
Date of Birth: 1978 21 yrs old
Home City of Record: Huntsville TX
Date of Loss: 31 March 1999
Country of Loss: Macedonia/Serbia Yugoslavia
Loss Coordinates: last reported on a civilian road in Kumanovo, about 10
miles (16 km) from Skopje, the capital of Macedonia, and less than 3
miles (5 km) from the Kosovo border.
Status: DETAINEE -- changed to POW 04/01/99
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Humvee/Ground
Missions:
NOTE: Joined the service in Sept 1996
Other Personnel in Incident: Staff Sgt. Andrew A. Ramirez; Staff Sgt.
Christopher J. Stone
Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following:
raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews. Compiled from news clips; AP,
UPI, London Times, New York Post, ABC in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C.
Section 107.
SYNOPSIS: Serb TV early today showed pictures of three American
soldiers it said its forces captured near the Macedonian border.
The men were identified as Sergeants James Stone and Andrew Ramirez and
Specialist Steven Gonzales.
The patrol, a unit from the U.S. Army's 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry
Regiment, was part of a NATO force put in place to secure Macedonia's
border with Kosovo, a province of Serbia, Yugoslavia's dominant
republic.
[All three soldiers were assigned to B Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th
Cavalry of the 1st Infantry Division, stationed in Schweinfurt,
Germany.]
The soldiers were named on television are thought to be held in the
Kosovo capital, Pristina.
The vice-president of Yugolslavia, Vuk Draskovic, said: "Nothing wrong
will happen to them. We are respecting the enemy.
We will be sticking to the terms of the Geneva Convention. You can be
sure of that." However, he then warned: "They are going to face Serb
justice."
Pentagon and NATO officials said alliance forces and Macedonian police
mounted an urgent air and ground search for the soldiers, who were last
reported on a civilian road in Kumanovo, about 10 miles (16 km) from
Skopje, the capital of Macedonia, and less than 3 miles (5 km) from the
Kosovo border.
The last words heard from them were "help, help, SOS."
Serbia claims they will hold a military trial for all 3 men.
------------------------------
==============================
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 11:47:47 -0700
Subject: E-mail for Captured Soldiers
E-mail for Captured Soldiers
http://www.wfaa.com/links/
Southwestern Bell has set up three electronic mail accounts to accept
messages which will be forwarded to the three American soldiers now being
held prisoner by Yugoslavia.
Steven Gonzales: tsoldier@swbell.net
Christopher Stone: ssoldier@swbell.net
Andrew Ramirez: casoldier@pacbell.net
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End powmia Digest (04/04/1999 18:00)
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