Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Sergeant Joshua Mitchell Hardt, 24, of Applegate, California, was killed in action on October 3, 2009, during the Battle of Kamdesh at Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Joshua John Kirk, 30, of South Portland, Maine, was killed in hostile action on October 3, 2009, in Kamdesh, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Stephan Lee Mace, 21, of Lovettsville, Virginia, died on October 3, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Bostick, Afghanistan, from wounds sustained in combat.

Staff Sergeant Vernon William Martin, 25, of Savannah, Georgia, was a U.S. Army soldier killed in a complex enemy attack on Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan on October 3, 2009.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Thomas Duane Rabjohn, 39, of Avondale, Arizona, was killed in a hostile incident in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, on October 3, 2009.

U.S. Army Sergeant Michael Patrick Scusa, 22, of Villas, New Jersey, was killed in action on October 3, 2009, in Kamdesh, Afghanistan. He served with Troop B, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Carso

PFC Thomson, Kevin Christopher, 22, a native of RENO, NV, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP B, 3D SQUADRON, 61ST CAVALRY, 4 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO, during Operation Enduring Freedom on October 3, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Ryan Christopher Adams, 26, of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, died on October 2, 2009, in Logar Province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Private First Class Alan Howard Newton Jr., 26, of Asheboro, North Carolina, died on October 2, 2009, at the Role 3 hospital at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Brandon Andre Owens, 21, of Memphis, Tennessee, died on October 2, 2009, from hostile action at Forward Operating Base Shank in Logar Province, Afghanistan.

Captain Benjamin A. Sklaver, 32, of Medford, Massachusetts, was a civil affairs officer serving with the U.S. Army's 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion, attached to Task Force Stryker in Afghanistan.

Sgt. Aaron Michael Smith, 25, of Manhattan, Kansas, was a U.S. Army infantryman serving with Task Force Spartan in Afghanistan. He died on October 2, 2009, in Wardak province.

U.S. Army Specialist Russell Shane Hercules Jr., 22, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, died on October 1, 2009, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, from hostile enemy fire.

Sgt. Roberto Daniel Sanchez, 24, of Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, was a U.S. Army Ranger assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. He was killed in action in the Zharay District of Afghanistan on October 1, 2009.

From DOWOGIAC, MI, SPC Andersen, Paul Eugene served with the ARMY, 855TH QUARTERMASTER COMPANY, SOUTH BEND, IN, and died on October 1, 2009 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 49. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Alex Iv French, 31, of Milledgeville, Georgia, was killed in a hostile incident on September 30, 2009, in KWHOST, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Jack Mayfield Martin III, 26, of Bethany, Oklahoma, was killed in a hostile incident on Jolo Island, Philippines, on September 29, 2009.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Christopher Donnell Shaw, 37, of Markham, Illinois, was a Special Forces soldier assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, based at Fort Lewis, Washington.