Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Nickolas Shane Welch, an American soldier from Mill City, OR, died at 26 in Bethesda, US on August 6, 2013, while serving in Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Army Specialist Nicholas Brian Burley, 22, of Red Bluff, California, was killed in a hostile incident in Pul-e-Alam, Afghanistan, on July 30, 2013.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Stephen Michael New, 29, of Bartlett, Tennessee, died on July 28, 2013, in Sarobi District, Afghanistan, from hostile enemy action.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Eric Timothy Lawson Sr., 30, of Griffin, Georgia, died on July 27, 2013, in Ghazni, Afghanistan, from hostile action while serving with the 359th Inland Cargo Transfer Company.

U.S. Army Sergeant Caryn Elaine Nouv, 29, of Newport News, Virginia, was killed in a hostile incident in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on July 27, 2013.

U.S. Army Specialist Rob Lee Nichols, 24, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, died on July 23, 2013, in Soltan Kheyl, Afghanistan, from hostile enemy action.

First Lieutenant Jonam Josue Russell, 25, of Cornville, Arizona, was an infantry officer serving with the 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. He died on July 23, 2013, in Soltan Kheyl, Afghanistan, from

U.S. Army Sergeant Stefan Marc Smith, 24, of Glennville, Georgia, was assigned to Company B, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Fort Stewart. He died on July 23, 2013, in Soltan Kheyl, Afghanistan, of w

Sgt. Anthony Ranel Maddox, 22, of Port Arthur, Texas, died on July 22, 2013, in Landstuhl, Germany, from wounds sustained in Afghanistan while serving with the U.S. Army's 10th Brigade Support Battalion.

SSG Sonny Christopher Zimmerman from Waynesfield, Ohio, served with Company A, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, and died in Mushaka, Afghanistan on July 16, 2013.

Lance Corporal Benjamin Wayne Tuttle, 19, from Gentry, Arkansas, served in the U.S. Marine Corps and died in Landstuhl, Germany on July 14, 2013.

U.S. Army Private First Class Errol Duran Aster Milliard, 18, of Birmingham, Alabama, died on July 4, 2013, in Farah province, Afghanistan.

1SG Tracy Lane Stapley, an American from Clearfield, UT, served in the 308th Medical Company and died at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar on July 3, 2013.

U.S. Army Specialist Hilda Ivelis Clayton, 22, of Augusta, Georgia, was killed in action on July 2, 2013, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, while serving with the 55th Signal Company.

Sgt. Justin Richard Rogers, 25, of Barton, New York, was an active-duty U.S. Army soldier serving with Operations Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

U.S. Army Sergeant Corey Edwin Garver, 26, of Topsham, Maine, died on June 23, 2013, in Zormat, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Army Sergeant Javier Sanchez Jr., 28, of Greenfield, California, died on June 23, 2013, in Sharan, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th M

U.S. Army Specialist Ember Marie Alt, 21, of Beech Island, South Carolina, was killed on June 18, 2013, in Bagram, Afghanistan, while serving with the 32nd Transportation Company.