Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Specialist Kevin Cardoza, 19, of Mercedes, Texas, died on May 4, 2013, in Maiwand District, Afghanistan.

Staff Sergeant Eric Damon Christian, 39, of Warwick, New York, was a U.S. Marine assigned to an intelligence battalion supporting special operations. He was killed in a hostile incident in Afghanistan's Farah province on May 4, 2013.

U.S. Army First Lieutenant Brandon James Landrum, 26, of Lawton, Oklahoma, was killed in a hostile incident in Maiwand, Afghanistan, on May 4, 2013.

U.S. Army Specialist Thomas Paige Murach, 22, of Meridian, Idaho, was killed in a hostile incident in Maiwand, Afghanistan, on May 4, 2013.

Staff Sergeant Francis Gene Phillips IV, 28, of Meridan, New York, was a U.S. Army soldier killed in Maiwand, Afghanistan, on May 4, 2013.

U.S. Army Specialist Brandon Joseph Prescott, 24, of Bend, Oregon, died on May 4, 2013, in Maiwand, Afghanistan, from hostile action during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Corporal David Michael Sonka, 23, of Parker, Colorado, was a U.S. Marine serving with the 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion. He died on May 4, 2013, in Farah Province, Afghanistan.

Technical Sergeant Herman Mackey III, 30, of Bakersfield, California, was a U.S. Air Force airman assigned to the 93d Air Refueling Squadron. He was killed in a vehicle accident near Chon-Aryk, Kyrgyzstan, on May 3, 2013.

Captain Victoria Ann Pinckney, 27, of Palmdale, California, was a U.S. Air Force officer with the 93d Air Refueling Squadron. She was killed in action on May 3, 2013, near Chon-Aryk, Kyrgyzstan.

At 27, CAPT Voss, Mark Tyler of BOERNE, TX was serving with the AIR FORCE, 93D AIR REFUELING SQUADRON, FAIRCHILD AFB, WA, when he died in NEAR CHON-ARYK, KYRGYZSTAN on May 3, 2013.

U.S. Army Specialist Charles Patrick McClure, 21, of Stratford, Oklahoma, was killed on May 2, 2013, at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.

Specialist Trinidad Santiago Jr., 25, of San Diego, California, was a field artillery soldier assigned to Battery A, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Carson, Colorado.

Staff Sgt. Michael Harrison Simpson, 30, of San Antonio, Texas, served with Company C, 4th Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) during Operation Enduring Freedom. He died on May 1, 2013, in Landstuhl, Germany, from wounds sustaine

Capt. Brandon Lee Cyr, 28, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was a U.S. Air Force officer assigned to the 906th Air Refueling Squadron. He died on April 27, 2013, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt. Richard Andrew Dickson, 24, of Rancho Cordova, California, was an active-duty U.S. Air Force intelligence analyst. He died on April 27, 2013, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Daniel Neil Fannin, 30, of Morehead, Kentucky, was killed in action on April 27, 2013, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Captain Reid Kijiro Nishizuka, a 30-year-old U.S. Air Force officer from South Bend, Indiana, was killed in action on April 27, 2013, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Captain Aaron Roy Blanchard, 32, of Selah, Washington, was a U.S. Army officer who died in a hostile incident in Pul-e-Alam, Afghanistan, on April 23, 2013.