Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Sgt. Matthew Lee Ingram, 25, of Pearl, Mississippi, was a U.S. Army infantryman serving with the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. He died on August 21, 2009, in the Chapa Dara district of Afghanistan's Kunar province.

U.S. Army Specialist Justin Reid Pellerin, 21, of Boscawen, New Hampshire, was killed in action on August 20, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Shank in Afghanistan.

PFC Brian Michael Wolverton, an American soldier from Oak Park, CA, died at age 21 in Asadabad, Afghanistan, on August 20, 2009, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Army Sergeant Paul Edmond Dumont Jr., 23, of Williamsburg, Virginia, died on August 19, 2009, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

SGT Tom, Troy Orion, an American soldier from Shiprock, NM, was killed in hostile action in Arghandab, Afghanistan, on August 19, 2009, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

COMPANY B, 172D SUPPORT BATTALION, SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY, ARMY ? SPC Vanosdol, William Zachary (PINSON, AL), age 23, ? died in AD DIWANIYAH, IRAQ on August 19, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

Adam Frank Benjamin, 34, was a U.S. Marine Corps Master Sergeant from Garfield, Ohio. He was killed in a hostile incident in the vicinity of Combat Outpost Payne, Afghanistan, on August 18, 2009.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Clayton Patrick Bowen, 29, of San Antonio, Texas, was killed in a roadside bomb attack in Dila District, Afghanistan, on August 18, 2009.

First Sergeant Jose San Crisostomo, 59, of Inarajan, Guam, was a U.S. Army soldier killed in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 18, 2009.

PFC Morris Lewis Walker, 23, from Chapel Hill, NC, was an active-duty soldier in the US Army, serving in Afghanistan with HHC, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry.

Jonathan Christopher Yanney, an American soldier from Litchfield, MN, died aged 20 on August 18, 2009, in Jelewar, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Corporal Leopold Fred Damas, 26, of Floral Park, New York, was a U.S. Marine killed in Garmsir, Afghanistan, on August 17, 2009.

SPC Hastings, Matthew Dishongh, 23, a native of CLAREMORE, OK, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, 582ND MEDICAL LOGISTICS COMPANY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on August 17, 2009.

Corporal Nicholas Ryan Roush, 22, of Middleville, Michigan, served with the U.S. Army's Company B, 1st Psychological Operations Battalion, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He died in Herat, Afghanistan, on August 16, 2009, during Operat

William Brian Woods Jr., an American soldier, died on August 16, 2009, at age 31 in Landstuhl, Germany, while serving in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Lance Cpl. Joshua Matthew Bernard, 21, of New Portland, Maine, was a U.S. Marine killed in a hostile incident in Bastion, Afghanistan, on August 14, 2009.

William John Cahir was a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve sergeant and former journalist. He was killed by enemy fire on August 13, 2009, during combat operations in Afghanistan's Nawa District.

CPT John Tinsley, 28, from Tallahassee, FL, served in the U.S. Army with the 7th Special Forces Group and died in hostile action in Afghanistan on August 12, 2009.