One Hundred Hats
One Hundred Hats 
I began the project by knitting hats for friends and family. As the war progressed through its first year, I realized that events in Iraq were having a significant impact on friends and families all over the world. For me, these hats are a reminder of the physicality of war, and the hats give people an opportunity to communicate with those who have lost loved ones. I'm asking people to wear these hat, keep their own heads warm, and be a walking memorial to a fellow human being who died in Iraq.
The One Hundred Hats and the Keepers of the Hats:
One: Lisa Jarnot, Queens, New York Kenneth Waters-Bey with a photo of his father Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Waters-Bey Dedicated to Kendall Damon Waters-Bey who died in a helicopter crash during the first day of fighting in Iraq, March 21, 2003. Waters-Bey was 29 years old and he was from Baltimore, Maryland. He was married and has a teenaged son.
Two: Mary Jane Jarnot, West Valley, New York Dedicated to Kimberly A. Voelz
a 27-year-old from Carlisle, Pennsylvania who was killed by an explosive device on December 14, 2003 in Iskandariyah, Iraq. She is survived by her husband Max who is also serving in Iraq.
Three: Matthew Burgess, Brooklyn, New York Dedicated to Jose Gutierrez who died on March 21, 2003 at the age of 22. One of the first American soldiers to die in the conflict, Gutierrez was a permanent resident of the United States, born in Guatemala City. There is now a documentary film about him called The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez.
Four: Greg, Queens, New York Dedicated to Scott
Helvenston, 38. He died in March of 2004. A former Navy Seal, he went to Iraq as a civilian contractor and was murdered in an ambush. His body was burned in the street.
Five: Anonymous, New York, NY Dedicated to an unidentified Iraqi child. Dedicated to an unidentified Iraqi man.
Seven: Garett Graubins, Carbondale, Colorado Dedicated to Ryan Beaupre, age 30, Bloomington, Illinois. One of the first casualties of the war, he died in a helicopter crash in Kuwait on March 20, 2003.
Eight : Daniel Kane, Norwich, England and New York, NY Dedicated to Ms. Sena Hassad, 36 years of age, killed by American bombs in the Mansour District of Baghdad, along with her daughters Rana, 10, and seven-year-old Maria, on April 7 2003.
Dedicated to Chase Whitham. He was 21 when he died on May 8, 2004 and he was from Eugene, Oregon.
Ten: Sherry Mason, New York, NY
Eleven: Jeremy, Queens, NY Dedicated to Private First Class Francis C. Obaji, 21, of Queens Village, New York, who died January 17, 2005, in the 86th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, after he was involved in a motor vehicle accident January 16, 2005, in Baghdad, Iraq.
Twelve: Bruce Kurland, Buffalo, NY Dedicated to Army Staff Sgt. Ernesto Guadalupe Cimarrusti, 25, who was killed in Iraq on March 10, 2008. He was from Douglas, Arizona, and has a wife and six-year-old daughter.
Thirteen: Rob Baumann, Milwaukee, WI Dedicated to Jesse M. Lhotka who died in Baghdad on February 21, 2005 at the age of 24
Fourteen: Jenn Jarnot, Boulder, CO Dedicated to Sgt. 1st Class David J.Salie, 34, of Columbus, Ga., died February 14 in
Ba'qubah, Iraq, when his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device. Salie was assigned to the Army's 2d Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3d
Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Ga.
Fifteen: Debra Steckler, Brooklyn, NY Dedicated to a Salvadoran soldier who died in Iraq, Natividad de Jesús Méndez Ramos, on April 4, 2004. "Tivito" died in Najaf when his 16-member squad ran out of ammunition while fighting Iraqi insurgents. His mother and 5 siblings survive him. Read more about Tivito here: World Press
Sixteen: Paul Klinger
Seventeen: Timothy Martin Dedicated to Manadel al-Jamadi, killed in Abu Ghraib prison, 2004.
Eighteen: Benjamin Davidson, Oakland, CA
Nineteen: Deirdre Kovac
Twenty: Sophia Ludavicius Dedicated to 18-year-old paratrooper,
Andrew Kelly, who died in a shooting accident in Basra
21: Jacob Davidson, Oakland, CA
22: Paul McCormick Dedicated to Andres Perez of Santa Cruz died in Al Anbar province on
Sunday, November 14, 2004 according to the Department of Defense.
He was a members of 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine
Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force.
23: Hannah's hat
24: Joe Keenan, Buffalo, NY
25: Jeff Chester Dedicated to Kristian Menchaca, 23, of Houston, Texas. He died on June 16, 2006 in an ambush.
26: Daniel B, Chicago, IL
27: Evan Kennedy, Brooklyn, NY Dedicated to William Meeuwsen of Kingwood, Texas who was killed on November 23, 2005.
28: Andrew Mister, San Francisco, CA:
29: Evie Shockley Dedicated to Abeer Qasim Hamza, a fifteen-year-old Iraqi girl who was raped and murdered by U.S. soldiers in March 2006.
30: Lisa Heggum, Toronto, Canada
31: Mark Truscott, Toronto, Canada
32. Laynie Browne, Oakland, CA
33: Jeff Chang
34: Dexter Day: Blue
35: Julian Day: White
36: Janet Holmes, Boise, ID
37: Kelly Daly, Eden, NY
38: Peter O'Leary: Chicago, IL Dedicated to First Lieutenant Brian Slavenas from DeKalb, Illinois. His chinook helicopter was shot down in Iraq on Nov. 2, 2003. His mother, a war protester, said "George Bush killed my son," and "All the kindness has gone out of the world."
39: Kaia Sand, Walla Walla, WA: Walla Walla Wear
40: Thomas Evans, London, England and Sunnyside, Queens Dedicated to Gordon Gentle of Glasgow, Scotland, UK, who died in a roadside bombing in Basra, Iraq on June 24, 2004
41: Devin Johnston, St. Louis, Missouri Dedicated to Monta Ruth of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was killed while on a security patrol in Iraq on August 31, 2005, at the age of 26.
42: Stacy's Dog Deer Mubarak Dedicated to Lori Piestewa of Tuba City, Arizona. She died on March 23, 2003 at the age of 23.
43: Stella's Night Sky Hat, Switzerland
44: Daron's Midnight Blue Night Sky Hat, Boulder, Colorado Dedicated to Iraq.
45: Sophia’s Light Blue Snowflake Hat. Brooklyn, New York
46: Jennifer T's Field Theory Hat. Providence, Rhode Island
47: Kathleen's Pleiades Night Sky Hat: Minnesota.
48: Jake's Chupacabra Deluxe. Long Beach, California. Forest green, light blue, and yellow with chupacabras Dedicated to Jason Dunham who died on 22 April 2004 after sustaining shrapnel wounds in Karbala, Iraq. Jason and his mom.
49: Alathea B. Connearn's baby hat. London, England Purple with maroon and gold.
50: Lisa's Extra Cool Checkered Cap,
51: Juliana's Hot Red Night Sky Hat. Oakland, California. Dedicated to Aaron H. Reed, 21, Lance Cpl., Marine Forces Reserve; Chillicothe,
Ohio; Fourth Marine Division.
Red with navy blue/blue trim and yellow night sky stars. "Dedicated to Lynndie R.
England, victim of capitalist patriarchy"
53: Deb Gordon's violet burgandy striped happy red star hat. Brooklyn, NY.
54: Heather's Rabbit Hat
55: Dave Perry’s Chupacabra Especiallo: dark green with gold stripe and dark green chupacabras.
56:Tristan’s sherpa. Brown and Red.
57: Jamie's Bunny Sheepinator Dedicated to Pfc. Nathaniel DeTample, criminal-justice major at Shippensburg University
of Pennsylvania before being deployed to Iraq with his National Guard unit.
DeTample died on Aug. 9, 2005, in Bayji, Iraq, where a mine exploded and
enemy forces attacked using small arms fire.
His picture:
Photo Here
58: Norma’s San Francisco Hills Hat:
59: Rae's red hairless hat
60:The Tim Lane Special: the William Blake Sheepinator
61: Angelo's spider man hat.
62: Dave's Zig-zag ear warmer hat
63: Nowak's red star Dedicated to Hadi Saleh who died on January 4, 2005. UK Guardian Obituary
64: Cori’s cat in the hat hat
65: Jon Link’s O New England hat
66: Michael Smoler’s fire and smoke hat
67: Nancy Parisi's Hat Dedicated to Kerar Sadiq who died on 6 October 2006 at the age of three in Khan Bani Saad village, outside Baquoba, Iraq. Photo by Mohammed Adnan
68:Cat’s Mets (or Yankees?) hat
69: Dara’s Steinlike hat
70: Chris Luna’s Sheepinator
71: Brandon's Man in Black Hat
72: Lisa Robertson's French Countryside Hat
73: Tara's Hat
74: Thomas’s dad’s Welsh Sheepinator hat
75:Kaisa's Cap Dedicated to Mark Maida, from Madison, WI. He died on May 26, 2005.
76: Liam's Hat chupacabra blue/yellow/purple. Dedicated to Aidan Delgado, conscientious objector. See an interview with Aidan Delgado at Alternet Interview
77: Helen's Hat
78: Norma's Jack's Hat
79: Allison's Minnesota Hat, Brooklyn, NY
80: Tom D's brown fish-style hat, Arcade, NY
81: Thalia, Jamie, and Benjamin's hat
82: Eleni's Eva Hat Dedicated to Timothy Creager.
83: cris cheek's hat
84: Chris Pine's hat
85: Jordan's Hat hat
86: Lizzie's sheepinator
87: Rob's hat
88: Little Heggum-Truscott Hat
89: Jocki's hat
90: Jane's Mom's Chupacabra Deluxe 91: Rachel Z's bunny chupacabra bright green with one yellow stripe and the animals about the stripe hat
92: Juliet's basic hipster hat Dedicated to three Minnesota National Guard soldiers killed by a roadside bomb on February 22, 2005: Staff Sgt. David Day, 1st Lt. Jason Timmerman, and Sgt. Jesse Lhotka.
93: Michael N's lovely smoke-gray sort of deeleybob, Oakland, CA
94: Miranda's hat, New York, NY The rose colored hat.
95: Ken Rumble's hat Dedicated to
Marine Lance Corporal David B. Houck who died on November 26, 2004.
96: Tashi's hat
with a tibetan endless knot Dedicated to
Lance Cpl. Tenzin Dengkhim, 19, of Falls Church, Virginia.
97: Craig's Night Sky Hat: black and gray winter night sky with white and blue-gray stars. Dedicated to Tariq Ayoub, Al-Jazeera reporter killed 4/8/2003 when US planes attacked the Al-Jazeera office in Baghdad.
Kay and Craig and Hats 97 and 98
98: Kay's Chupacabra Deluxe: dark green with yellow stripe and blue-gray chupacabras Dedicated to Chad Simon, US soldier from Monona, Wi, who was wounded by a roadside bomb 11/8/2004 and died 8/4/2005.
99: Thomas's Christmas Viking Hat: gray with black stripes.
100: Marla Melito's Hat, Niskayuna, NY.
101: Reed Family Hat, Ohio, for Aaron.
102: Reed Family Hat, Ohio. These hats, number 103 through 105, were made for three kids in the south who lost their dad in Iraq:
103: D.S. Family Hat
104: D.S. Family Hat
105: D.S. Family Hat
106: Ricardo Galindo's Hat. Dedicated to Milton Monzon: "to an individual
worth remembering, Milton, you were worth remembering.
All of your friends will always remember you."
email me at ljarnot@gmail.com
Welcome to the One Hundred Hat Memorial Site. Since the autumn of 2003, I've been knitting hats in memory of soldiers and civilians who have died in the conflict in Iraq.
Red w/ Yellow Stripe
Light Blue w/ White Stripe
Bright Light Blue w/ Yellow Zag 
Heather Blue and Black Hat
Red/Green/Yellow w/ White Stripes 
Six: Anonymous, New York, NY
Navy Blue w/ Two Yellow Stripes 
Yellow and Gray Alternating Stripes
Forest Green w/ Black Stripe
Nine: Miles Champion, Brooklyn, NY
Red and Black Stripes/Gold 
Camoflage w/ black Stripe
Tan, Maroon w/ Yellow Stripe 
Camoflage w/ Black Fish 
Red, Yellow and Blue Primaries 
Green and Red and White, "SNOW" lettering
Safety Orange w/Yellow/Tan Band 
Crazy Cap: Purple, Green and Blue stripes
The Mubarak: Maroon and Tan Stripe/Arabic Red Letters
The Sherpa Cap: Brown w/ White Horiz & Vert Stripes 
Bright Green w/ Yellow Stripe
Multi-Blue, Yellow, Red, White, Gray 
Royal Purple with Gold Trim 
Navy Blue w/ Red Stripe Dog Deer 
Chupacabra Deluxe: Green/Yellow/Purple
Chupacabra Deluxe: Green/Yellow/Purple
Night Sky/Field Theory: Blue, Black, Gold w/ Winter Constellations
Blue, Navy, White Crazy Cap
The Pinstripe: Black and White
Mister's Brown Hipster
Green/Purple/Black Bright Guy 
Gold Dog Deer
Navy/Maroon/Gold Dog Deer
Rose Colored Hat
Another Basic Hipster: Black w/ Lime Stripe 
Field Theory: Night Sky Hat
Dark Green w/ Black Stripe
Dedicated to Nainoa Hoe of Portland, Oregon.He grew up in Kailua, Hawaii, and was 27 when he died in Mosul, Iraq.
Sherpa Cap: Gray and Forest Green
Dedicated to
Analaura Esparza Gutierrez who was in the army and was from Houston, Texas and was 21 years old and who died on October 1, 2003.
Persian Rug Hat: Turquoise, Black, Brown and Gray Weave. 
Dog Deer: Forest Green with Yellow and Brown stripes
Sunnyside, Queens.
Light yellow-gold and heather blue checkerboard pattern
52: Chris D’s Seafood Deluxe: black w/blue stripe and green fish. 
royal blue w/ a touch of orange and yellow.
Hull, Massachusetts.
Kansas City, Kansas.
dark blue with gray stripes and gray and white bunnies and sheep.
the chupacabra dog-deer, green with a yellow stripe and blue-gray dog deer
black with white stripes and oatmeal colored sheep 
yellow with red stripe and navy blue trim.
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Queens, New York. 
