Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Master Sergeant Jerome David Hatfield, a 36-year-old U.S. Marine from Axton, Virginia, was killed in hostile action in Khan Neshin, Afghanistan, on July 11, 2009.

Cpl. Matthew Ryan Lembke, 22, of Tualatin, Oregon, was a U.S. Marine who died on July 10, 2009, at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, from wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Joshua Ray Farris, 22, of Warda, Texas, was killed on July 9, 2009, in Wardak province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Gregory James Missman, 36, of Batavia, Ohio, died on July 9, 2009, in Bagram, Afghanistan, from hostile action during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Lance Corporal Roger Gary Michael Hager, a 20-year-old U.S. Marine from Gibsonville, North Carolina, was killed in action on July 8, 2009, near Forward Operating Base Fiddlers Green in Afghanistan.

Master Sergeant John Eric Hayes, 36, of Middleburg, Florida, was a U.S. Marine killed in a hostile incident in Afghanistan on July 8, 2009.

Sgt. Michael Currie Roy, 25, of North Fort Myers, Florida, was a U.S. Marine serving with the 3rd Marine Special Operations Battalion in Afghanistan. He died on July 8, 2009, in Khash, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

Darren Ethan Tate, a 21-year-old American sailor from Canyon, TX, was killed in action in Bagram, Afghanistan on July 8, 2009.

Lucas Montana Bregg, an American soldier from Wright City, MO, died in action in Baghdad, Iraq on July 8, 2009 at age 19.

Christopher Maxwell Talbert, an American soldier from Galesburg, IL, died at age 24 in Shindad, Afghanistan on July 7, 2009, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Sgt. Brock Henry Chavers, 25, of Bulloch, Georgia, was a U.S. Army National Guard soldier killed in hostile action in Khanabad, Afghanistan, on July 6, 2009.

Captain Mark Andess Garner, 30, of Surry, North Carolina, was a U.S. Army officer killed in a hostile incident in Afghanistan's Arghandab District on July 6, 2009.

U.S. Army Private First Class Nicolas Hugh Joseph Gideon, 20, of Murrieta, California, was killed in a hostile incident at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, on July 6, 2009.

Sgt. Chester Wayne Hosford, 35, of Hastings, Minnesota, was a U.S. Army National Guard soldier who died on July 6, 2009, in Khanabad, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Isaac Lee Johnson Jr., 24, of Columbus, Georgia, died on July 6, 2009, in Khanabad, Afghanistan, from hostile enemy fire.

Petty Officer Second Class Tony Michael Randolph, 22, of Henryetta, Oklahoma, was a U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal technician. He died in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, on July 6, 2009.

1LT Derwin Isaac Williams, 41, from Chicago, IL, served with the Army's Company A, 33rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, Marseilles, IL, and died in Khanabad, Afghanistan on July 6, 2009.

U.S. Army Private First Class Justin Aaron Casillas, 19, of Dunnigan, California, died on July 4, 2009, at Combat Outpost Zerok, Afghanistan, from hostile enemy action.