Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Staff Sgt. Keith Robert Bishop, 28, of Medford, New York, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier. He died in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan, on October 26, 2009, from hostile fire.

Corporal Gregory Michael William Fleury, 23, of Anchorage, Alaska, was a U.S. Marine killed in action at Forward Operating Base Dwyer, Afghanistan, on October 26, 2009.

U.S. Army Sergeant Josue Emman Hernandez Chavez, 23, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was killed in action on October 26, 2009, in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan.

Capt. Eric Alton Jones, 29, of Westchester, New York, was a U.S. Marine Corps officer serving with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169. He was killed in action on October 26, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Dwyer, Afghanistan.

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Niall Damien Lyons, 40, of Spokane, Washington, was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. He was killed in a helicopter crash in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan, on Octob

Staff Sgt. Shawn Henry McNabb, 24, of Terrell, Texas, was a U.S. Army soldier serving with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. He died in a helicopter crash in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan, on October 26, 2009.

SFC David Eliah Metzger, 32, of San Diego, California, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier. He died in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan, on October 26, 2009.

David Seth Mitchell, a 30-year-old U.S. Marine Corps Captain from Loveland, Ohio, was killed in action on October 26, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Dwyer in Afghanistan.

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael Patrick Montgomery, 36, of Savannah, Georgia, was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot. He died on October 26, 2009, in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan, when his MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed.

U.S. Army Sergeant Nickolas Anthony Mueller, 26, of Little Chute, Wisconsin, died on October 26, 2009, in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan.

Captain Kyle Rolf Vandegiesen, a Marine Corps officer from North Attleboro, MA, died in action at FOB Dwyer, Afghanistan, on October 26, 2009.

Michael Edward Weston, an American Marine Corps Major, was killed in action on October 26, 2009, in Qades District, Afghanistan, at the age of 37.

Brandon Keith Steffey, an American Army Specialist from Sault Sainte Marie, MI, was killed in hostile action on October 25, 2009, in Methar Lam District, Laghman Province.

Eduviges Guadalupe Wolf, an American Army Sergeant from Hawthorne, CA, died on October 25, 2009, during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

Devin Jay Michel, a 19-year-old U.S. Army Private First Class from Stockton, Illinois, was killed in Afghanistan's Zhari District on October 24, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Han, Kimble Andrus, 30, of Lehi, Utah, was killed in a hostile incident in Zhari District, Afghanistan, on October 23, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Eric Nathaniel Lembke, 25, of Tampa, Florida, was killed in a hostile incident in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on October 23, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Kyle Andrew Coumas, 22, of Lockford, California, was killed by an improvised explosive device on October 21, 2009, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.