Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Lance Cpl. Matthew Rolando Rodriguez, 19, of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, was a U.S. Marine serving with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion. He died on December 11, 2013, in Now Zad, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

Petty Officer First Class James Lee Smith, 38, of Spring, Texas, was a U.S. Navy Seabee assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 28. He died on December 11, 2013, from wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

SSG Alex Anthony Viola, an American from Keller, TX, served in the Army's 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (A) and died in Afghanistan on November 17, 2013.

SSG Richard Lee Vazquez, an American soldier from Seguin, TX, died in combat in Lakanai Village, Panjwai, Afghanistan on November 13, 2013, at age 28.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Forrest Warren Robertson, 35, of Westmoreland, Kansas, was killed in action on November 3, 2013, in Pul-e-Alam, Afghanistan. He served with the 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat T

Lance Cpl. Christopher Obryan Grant, 20, of Richwood, Louisiana, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on October 20, 2013.

SSG Lyle Dervin Turnbull, an American soldier from Norfolk, VA, died at 31 in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait during Operation Enduring Freedom on October 18, 2013.

Staff Sgt. Patrick Howard Quinn, 26, of Quarryville, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier. He died in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, on October 13, 2013.

U.S. Army Sergeant Patrick Christopher Hawkins, 25, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was killed by hostile fire on October 6, 2013, in Zhari District, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Captain Jennifer Madai Moreno, 25, from San Diego, California, was killed by an improvised explosive device on October 6, 2013, in Zhari District, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Cody James Patterson, 24, of Philomath, Oregon, was killed in action on October 6, 2013, in Zhari District, Afghanistan, while serving with the 75th Ranger Regiment.

U.S. Army Sergeant Joseph Michael Peters, 24, of Springfield, Missouri, died on October 6, 2013, in Zhari District, Afghanistan, while serving during Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Army Specialist Angel Luis Lopez, 27, of Parma, Ohio, died on October 5, 2013, at Forward Operating Base Apache in Afghanistan.

Lance Cpl. Jeremiah Michael Collins Jr., 19, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was a U.S. Marine killed in action on October 4, 2013, at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan's Helmand province.

Staff Sgt. Thomas Allen Baysore Jr., 31, of Milton, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Army infantryman serving with Company C, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment. He was killed in a Taliban attack on Combat Outpost Wilderness in Afghanistan's Pa

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jonathan Shelby Gibson, 32, of Aurora, Oregon, was a U.S. Navy helicopter pilot assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 6 (HSC-6). He was killed in a helicopter crash in the Red Sea on September 22, 2013.

U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Landon Le Jones, 35, of Lompoc, California, was killed in action on September 22, 2013, while serving with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Six (HSC-6) in Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt. Timothy Raymond McGill, 30, of Ramsey, New Jersey, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier killed in Gardez, Afghanistan, on September 21, 2013.