GSFP Founding Members
- Cindy and Patrick Sheehan - parents of Army Spc. Casey Sheehan, KIA in Sadr City, Baghdad on April 4, 2004)
- Jane and Jim Bright - mother and stepfather of Army Sgt. Evan Ashcraft, KIA in Mosul, Iraq on July 24, 2003
- Bill Mitchell - father of Army Sgt. Michael Mitchell, KIA in Sadr City Baghdad on April 4, 2004
- Celeste Zappala - mother of Army Sgt. Sherwood Baker, KIA in Baghdad on April 26, 2004
- Lila Lipscomb - mother of Army Sgt. Michael Pederson, KIA on April 2, 2003 in Karbala, Iraq. (Lipscomb had been a featured subject in the 2004 documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, both before and after her son was killed.)
- Sue Niederer - mother of Lt. Seth J. Dvorin, KIA on 02/03/04)
- Dede Miller - aunt of Army Spc. Casey Sheehan (above)
As of 2005 Gold Star Families for Peace included 65 family members of soldiers killed in Iraq.
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