Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Staff Sergeant Marc Joseph Small, 29, of Collegeville, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group. He died in a hostile incident in Faramuz, Afghanistan, on February 1

U.S. Army Corporal Peter John Courcy, 22, of Frisco, Texas, was killed in a hostile incident in Salerno, Afghanistan, on February 10, 2009.

PFC Jason Ryan Watson, an American soldier from Many, LA, died at age 19 during Operation Enduring Freedom in Salerno, Afghanistan, on February 10, 2009.

In MOSUL, IRAQ on February 9, 2009, the ARMY lost LTC Derby, Garnet Robert of MISSOULA, MT, 44, serving with HHT, 3D BATTALION, 8TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, 3 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX. Cause: HOSTILE.

In MOSUL, IRAQ on February 9, 2009, the ARMY lost SPC Jex, Albert Ronald of PHOENIX, AZ, 23, serving with HHT, 3D BATTALION, 8TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, FORT HOOD, TX. Cause: HOSTILE.

In MOSUL, IRAQ on February 9, 2009, the ARMY lost PFC Roberge, Jonathan Richard of LEOMINISTER, MA, 22, serving with HHT, 3D BATTALION, 8TH CAVALRY, 3 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Joshua Allen Ward, 30, of Scottsville, Kentucky, was killed in Mosul, Iraq, on February 9, 2009, while serving with the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment.

Staff Sgt. Jason Evan Burkholder, 27, of Elida, Ohio, was a U.S. Army soldier who died in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 8, 2009.

First Lieutenant Jared William Southworth, 26, of Oakland, Illinois, was a U.S. Army National Guard officer serving with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment. He died on February 8, 2009, in Helmand

SGT Dorsey, James Michael, 23, a native of BEARDSTOWN, IL, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 66TH ARMOR, 3 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on February 8, 2009.

Lance Cpl. Kevin Thomas Preach, 21, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, was a U.S. Marine killed in a hostile incident on February 7, 2009. He died in San Antonio, Texas, while serving in Operation Enduring Freedom.

On February 6, 2009, the ARMY lost SPC Sweet, Christopher Perry of KAHULUI, HI in FOB CALDWELL, IRAQ. He was 28.

Theophilus Kwaku Ansong was an American sailor from Centreville, VA, killed in action at age 34 on February 4, 2009, in the Alboran Sea during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

COMPANY F, 1ST BATTALION, 67TH ARMORED REGIMENT, FORT CARSON, CO, ARMY ? SGT Fernandez, Darrell Lamar (TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, NM), age 25, ? died in KIRKUK, IRAQ on January 31, 2009.

CW4 Milton Eric Suggs, a 51-year-old from Lockport, LA, served in the National Guard, Army, 38th Detachment, Operational Support Airlift, and died on January 30, 2009, in Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.

Sergeant Trevor Jerimiah Johnson, 23, of Forsyth, Montana, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on January 27, 2009.

Sgt. David William Wallace III, an American Marine from Sharpsville, PA, served with the 2D CEB, 2D MAR DIV and died in Helmand Province, Afghanistan on January 27, 2009.

From CAMERON, MO, CW2 Kelley, Matthew Gene served with the ARMY, TROOP B, 6TH SQUADRON, 6TH CAVALRY, FORT DRUM, NY, and died on January 26, 2009 in KIRKUK, IRAQ. He was 30. Cause: HOSTILE.