Seventeen courageous men and women of the USS Cole perished in service to their country on October 12, 2000: Kenneth E. Clodfelter, Richard Costelow, Lakeina M. Francis, Timothy Lee Guana, Cherone Louis Gunn, James R. McDaniels, Marc Ian Nieto, Ronald Scott Owens, Lakiba Nichole Palmer, Joshua L. Parlett, Patrick Howard Roy, Kevin A. Shawn Rux, Timothy L. Saunders, Ronchester Santiago, Gary Swenchonis Jr., Andrew Triplett, and Craig B. Wibberley.