Alex Jimenez's, of Lawrence, Mass. remains and another soldier's, Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, of Waterford, Mich., had been identified in Iraq on July 9 2008.

Alex, 25, and Byron, 19, were kidnapped along with a third member of the 2nd Brigade of the Fort Drum, N.Y.-based 10th Mountain Division during an insurgents' ambush on 12 May 2007 in the volatile area 20 miles south of Baghdad known as the ''triangle of death.'' The body of the third seized soldier, Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr. of Torrance, Calif., was found in the Euphrates River a year later.
An Iraqi soldier and four other Americans from the same unit were killed in the attack.

The soldiers were from Company D, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment -- nicknamed the ''Polar Bears.''

Our prayers stay with these three young brave soldiers and our condolences go to the families. We will never forget you.