Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Active Duty, ARMY, 797TH ORDNANCE COMPANY, 79TH ORDNANCE BATTALION, FORT HOOD, TX, SSG Lo, Edmond Lam of SALEM, NH, 23, died in SAMARRA CITY, IRAQ on June 13, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ricky Linn Richardson Jr., 33, of Franklin, Missouri, was a U.S. Marine assigned to the 9th Engineer Support Battalion. He died in a hostile incident in Delaram, Afghanistan, on June 10, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Eduardo Sosa Silva, 25, of Greenfield, California, was killed in action on June 9, 2009, in Bagram, Afghanistan. He served with Task Force Thunder, 563rd Aviation Support Battalion.

2D BN, 3D MAR, (GCE, SPMAGTF - AFGHANISTAN), 3D MAR DIV, KANEOHE BAY, HI, MARINE CORPS ? LCPL Whittle, Joshua Ray (DOWNEY, CA), age 20, ? died in NOW ZAD, AFGHANISTAN on June 6, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

On June 5, 2009, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Ulmer, Robert Douglas of LANDISVILLE, PA in AL TAQADDUM, IRAQ. He was 22.

Major Rocco Martin Barnes, 51, of Los Angeles, California, was a California Army National Guard officer killed in action in Bagram, Afghanistan, on June 4, 2009.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class John Curtis Beale, 39, of Riverdale, Georgia, died on June 4, 2009, in Kakar, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Major Kevin Michael Jenrette, 37, of Lula, Georgia, was a U.S. Army National Guard officer assigned to HHT, 1-108th Cavalry. He died on June 4, 2009, in Kakar, Afghanistan, from hostile enemy action.

Sgt. Jeffrey William Jordan, 21, of Rome, Georgia, served with the Georgia Army National Guard. He died on June 4, 2009, in Kakar, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

In KIRKUK, IRAQ on June 4, 2009, the ARMY lost SGT Kurth, Christopher Milton of ALAMOGORDO, NM, 23, serving with COMPANY G, 3D BATTALION, 82D FIELD ARTILLERY, 2 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, 55TH ENGINEER CO, 5TH ENGINEER BN, 555TH ENGINEER BDE, FORT LEONARD WOOD, MO, SPC Parrish, Charles Dustin of JASPER, AL, 23, died in BALAD, IRAQ on June 4, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Jarrett Pearson Griemel, 20, of La Porte, Texas, was killed in action on June 3, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Gardez, Afghanistan.

Specialist Roberto Antonio Hernandez II, 21, of Far Rockaway, New York, was killed in Paktya Province, Afghanistan, on June 2, 2009, while serving with the 549th Military Police Company.

SGT Duffy, Justin Joseph, age 31, of COZAD, NE ? Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 3D BATTALION, 82D AIRBORNE, FORT BRAGG, NC, ? died on June 2, 2009 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Jeffrey Alan Hall, 28, of Huntsville, Alabama, was killed by hostile fire on June 1, 2009, in Nerkh, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Jasper Kid Obakrairur, 26, of Hilo, Hawaii, was killed in action on June 1, 2009, in Nerkh, Afghanistan.

Private First Class Matthew Dwight Ogden, 33, of Corpus Christi, Texas, was a U.S. Army infantryman assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. He was killed in a hostile incident in Nerkh, Afghanistan, o

At 19, PFC Wilson, Matthew Willard of LAWRENCE, MO was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 87TH INFANTRY, 3 BCT, FORT DRUM, NY, when he died in NERKH, AFGHANISTAN on June 1, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.