Fouty

The trail of Spc. Alex Jimenez and Pvt. Byron Fouty is getting colder by the day, leaving their platoon-mates with only faint hope that they are still alive.

Byron W. Fouty 2007

In addition to not having his son around, Mick Fouty is saddened that his Byron Fouty is the only child who would carry on the family name.

Byron W. Fouty 2007

The trail of Spc. Alex Jimenez and Pvt. Byron Fouty is getting colder by the day, leaving their platoon-mates with only faint hope that they are still alive.

Alex Ramon Jimenez 2007

Pfc. Byron J. Fouty, 19 at the time of his capture, of Waterford,

Gulf War II 2008

The bodies of Fouty and Army Sgt. Alex Jimenez, missing in Iraq for more than a year have been found, their families said Thursday night.

Bodies of 2 missing soldiers found in Iraq 2008

Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, 19, of Waterford, Mich., of Delta Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment is seen in Quarghuli village near Youssifiyah, 12 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq.

Bodies of 2 missing soldiers found in Iraq 2008

Then military officials delivered the grim news that the bodies of Fouty and another soldier captured in an ambush south of Baghdad had been found.

Bodies of 2 missing soldiers found in Iraq 2008

Jimenez and Fouty were part of a patrol that was ambushed by enemy forces south of Baghdad on May 12, 2007.

Gulf War II 2008

(AP) For more than a year, Gordon Dibler held out hope that his stepson, Army Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, would return home from Iraq.

Bodies of 2 missing soldiers found in Iraq 2008

Fouty, 19, of Waterford, and Army Sgt. Alex Jimenez, 25, of Lawrence, Mass., were kidnapped May 12, 2007, in the volatile area south of Baghdad known as the "triangle of death."

Bodies of 2 missing soldiers found in Iraq 2008