Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Major Charles Anthony Ransom, 31, of Midlothian, Virginia, was a U.S. Air Force officer assigned to the 83d Network Operations Squadron. He was killed in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2011.

On April 27, 2011, the ARMY lost PFC Villanueva, Jonathan Michael of JACKSONVILLE, FL in COP CARWILE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 19. Cause: HOSTILE.

Staff Sergeant David Pirie Day, 26, of Gaylord, Michigan, was a U.S. Marine killed in Badghis Province, Afghanistan, on April 24, 2011.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Bradley Scott Hughes, 41, of Newark, Ohio, was killed in action on April 24, 2011, at Camp Brown in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Lance Cpl. Joe Michael Jackson, 22, of White Swan, Washington, was a U.S. Marine killed on April 24, 2011, in Bastion, Afghanistan.

Master Sergeant Benjamin Franklin Bitner, 37, of Greencastle, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier. He died on April 23, 2011, at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, from hostile fire.

Sgt. Sean Timothy Callahan, 23, of Warrenton, Virginia, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 23, 2011.

Lance Cpl. Dominic John Ciaramitaro, 19, of South Lyon, Michigan, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 23, 2011.

Staff Sgt. James Alan Justice, 32, of Manning, Iowa, was a soldier with the Iowa Army National Guard. He was killed in a hostile incident in Sadiqan Village, Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on April 23, 2011.

CW2 Varnadore, Terry Lee Ii, age 29, of ARDEN, NC ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 10TH AVN REGT, 10TH COMBAT AVN BDE, FORT DRUM, NY, ? died on April 23, 2011 in ALASAY VALLEY, KAPISA. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Private First Class Antonio Guiseppi Stiggins, 25, of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, died on April 22, 2011, in Al Kut, Iraq, during Operation New Dawn.

First Lieutenant Omar Justine Vazquez, 25, of Hamilton, New Jersey, was a U.S. Army officer killed in Al Kut, Iraq, on April 22, 2011.

U.S. Army Sergeant John Paul Castro, 25, of Andrews, Texas, died on April 22, 2011, at Forward Operating Base Sharana in Afghanistan's Paktika province.

U.S. Army Captain Joshua Michael McClimans, 30, of Jamestown, Ohio, was killed by hostile fire on April 22, 2011, at Forward Operating Base Salerno in Afghanistan.

Petty Officer Third Class Micah Aaron Hill, 27, of Ralston, Nebraska, was a U.S. Navy sailor assigned to the USS Enterprise (CVN 65). He died in Iraq on April 19, 2011, during Operation New Dawn.

U.S. Army Private First Class John Francis Kihm, 19, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was killed in action on April 19, 2011, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Sonny Jade Moses, 22, of Koror, Palau, died on April 18, 2011, in Landstuhl, Germany, from wounds sustained in a hostile incident in Afghanistan.

Sgt. Paul Jed Atim, 27, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, served with the U.S. Army's 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment. He was killed in action on April 17, 2011, in Ahmid-Khan, Afghanistan.