Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Lt. Col. Mario Delosangeles Carazo, 41, of Springfield, Ohio, was a U.S. Marine with Marine Aircraft Group 39. He was killed in hostile action on July 22, 2010, in Trek Nawa, Afghanistan.

MAJ Weis, James Matthew, age 37, of TOMS RIVER, NJ ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, MAG 39, (I MEF FWD), 3D MAW, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, ? died on July 22, 2010 in TREK NAWA, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

COMPANY B, 52ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, 2ND STRYKER BCT, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI, ARMY ? 1LT Runyan, Michael Louis (ASHLAND, OH), age 24, ? died in BALAD, IRAQ on July 21, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

CPL Vargas, Julio, 23, a native of SYLMAR, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 3D AA BN, (RCT-7, I MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, during Operation Enduring Freedom on July 20, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

Corporal Paul James Miller, a 22-year-old U.S. Marine from Traverse City, Michigan, was killed in hostile action in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on July 19, 2010.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Brian Francis Piercy, 27, of Clovis, California, died on July 19, 2010, in the Arghandab River Valley, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Justin Bradley Allen, 23, of Coal Grove, Ohio, was killed in action on July 18, 2010, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army First Lieutenant Robert N. Bennedsen, 25, of Vashon, Washington, was killed by enemy small-arms fire in Qalat, Afghanistan, on July 18, 2010.

Gunnery Sergeant Christopher Lucas Eastman, 28, of Moose Pass, Alaska, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on July 18, 2010.

Sergeant Anibal Jr Santiago, 37, of Belvidere, Illinois, served with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment (Airborne). He died in Bagram, Afghanistan, on July 18, 2010.

On July 18, 2010, the MARINE CORPS lost SGT Wrightsman, Joe Lee of JONESBORO, LA in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 23.

SSG Weikert, Matthew Ward, age 29, of JACKSONVILLE, IL ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY D, 1ST BATTALION, 187TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 3RD BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, ? died on July 17, 2010 in FOB ORGUN-E, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

Staff Sergeant Justus Steven Joe Bartelt, 27, of Polo, Illinois, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on July 16, 2010.

Corporal Dave Michael Maliksi Santos, 21, of Rota, MP, was a U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, based at Camp Lejeune, NC. He was killed in action in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on July 16, 2010.

In LANDSTUHL, GERMANY on July 16, 2010, the ARMY lost SGT Tilton, Jesse Richard of DECATUR, IL, 23, serving with HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 508TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class John Haskell Jarrell, 32, of Brunson, South Carolina, was killed in hostile action on July 15, 2010, in Zhari District, Kandahar, Afghanistan.

From SOUR LAKE, TX, SSG Winters, Leston Michael served with the ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 502ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, 2ND BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, and died on July 15, 2010 in ZHARI DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN. He was 30. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Zachary Michael Fisher, 24, of Ballwin, Missouri, died on July 14, 2010, in Lagman, Afghanistan, from hostile action.