Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Joshua M. Mills, 24, of El Paso, Texas, was killed in action on September 16, 2009, in Ghur Ghuri, Afghanistan, while serving with the 7th Special Forces Group.

Demetrius Lamar Void, a 20-year-old Sergeant from Orangeburg, SC, served with Company A, 57th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 11th Signal Brigade before his death in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Andrew Harron McConnell, 24, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, died on September 14, 2009, from hostile action at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

1LT David Timothy Wright II, an American soldier from Moore, OK, died on September 14, 2009, in Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Nekl Bruce Allen, 29, of Rochester, New York, died on September 12, 2009, in the Shah District of Afghanistan's Kunar Province.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Bryan David Berky, 25, of Melrose, Florida, was killed in a hostile incident near Balah Baluq, Afghanistan, on September 12, 2009.

U.S. Army Corporal Daniel Lee Cox, 26, of Parsons, Kansas, was killed in action on September 12, 2009, in the Meydan Shahr District of Afghanistan.

Technical Sergeant James Robert Hornbarger, 33, of Castle Rock, Washington, was a U.S. Air Force aircraft maintainer. He died on September 12, 2009, in Droushia, Cyprus, while deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Army Sergeant Tyler Austin Juden, 23, of Winfield, Kansas, was killed in a hostile incident in Turan, Farah Province, Afghanistan, on September 12, 2009.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 10TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, FORT CARSON, CO, SFC Thornsbury, Duane Anthony of BRIDGEPORT, WV, 30, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on September 12, 2009.

Private First Class Matthew M. Martinek, 20, of DeKalb, Illinois, was a U.S. Army infantryman. He died on September 11, 2009, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from wounds sustained in combat in Afghanistan.

Lance Cpl. Christopher Scott Fowlkes, 20, of Gaffney, South Carolina, died on September 10, 2009, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. He was a U.S. Marine assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Exped

U.S. Army 1st Lieutenant Tyler Edward Parten, 24, of Marianna, Arkansas, was killed in a hostile incident in the Ghehazi District of Afghanistan on September 10, 2009.

Petty Officer Third Class James Ray Layton, 22, of Riverbank, California, was a U.S. Navy sailor serving as an Embedded Training Team member. He was killed in a hostile incident in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on September 9, 2009.

Gunnery Sergeant Edwin Wayne Johnson Jr., 31, of Columbus, Georgia, was a U.S. Marine assigned to the 3rd Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, based in Okinawa, Japan. He died in Kunar province, Afghanistan, on September 8, 2009.

First Lieutenant Michael Edward Johnson, 25, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, was a U.S. Marine serving with 7th Communications Battalion, 3rd Marine Headquarters Group. He died in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on September 8, 2009.

Gunnery Sergeant Aaron Michael Kenefick, a 30-year-old U.S. Marine from Roswell, Georgia, was killed in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on September 8, 2009.

In NEAR FOB FALCON, IRAQ on September 8, 2009, the AIR FORCE lost 1STLT Helton, Joseph Dennis Jr of MONROE, GA, 24, serving with 6TH SECURITY FORCES SQUADRON, MACDILL AFB, FL. Cause: HOSTILE.