Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

COMPANY B, 172D SUPPORT BATTALION, SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY, ARMY ? SPC Vanosdol, William Zachary (PINSON, AL), age 23, ? died in AD DIWANIYAH, IRAQ on August 19, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

Adam Frank Benjamin, 34, was a U.S. Marine Corps Master Sergeant from Garfield, Ohio. He was killed in a hostile incident in the vicinity of Combat Outpost Payne, Afghanistan, on August 18, 2009.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Clayton Patrick Bowen, 29, of San Antonio, Texas, was killed in a roadside bomb attack in Dila District, Afghanistan, on August 18, 2009.

First Sergeant Jose San Crisostomo, 59, of Inarajan, Guam, was a U.S. Army soldier killed in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 18, 2009.

PFC Morris Lewis Walker, 23, from Chapel Hill, NC, was an active-duty soldier in the US Army, serving in Afghanistan with HHC, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry.

Jonathan Christopher Yanney, an American soldier from Litchfield, MN, died aged 20 on August 18, 2009, in Jelewar, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Corporal Leopold Fred Damas, 26, of Floral Park, New York, was a U.S. Marine killed in Garmsir, Afghanistan, on August 17, 2009.

SPC Hastings, Matthew Dishongh, 23, a native of CLAREMORE, OK, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, 582ND MEDICAL LOGISTICS COMPANY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on August 17, 2009.

Corporal Nicholas Ryan Roush, 22, of Middleville, Michigan, served with the U.S. Army's Company B, 1st Psychological Operations Battalion, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He died in Herat, Afghanistan, on August 16, 2009, during Operat

William Brian Woods Jr., an American soldier, died on August 16, 2009, at age 31 in Landstuhl, Germany, while serving in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Lance Cpl. Joshua Matthew Bernard, 21, of New Portland, Maine, was a U.S. Marine killed in a hostile incident in Bastion, Afghanistan, on August 14, 2009.

William John Cahir was a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve sergeant and former journalist. He was killed by enemy fire on August 13, 2009, during combat operations in Afghanistan's Nawa District.

CPT John Tinsley, 28, from Tallahassee, FL, served in the U.S. Army with the 7th Special Forces Group and died in hostile action in Afghanistan on August 12, 2009.

Lance Cpl. Bruce Earnest Ferrell, 21, of Perdido, Alabama, was a U.S. Marine killed in action on August 10, 2009, in Garmsir, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Richard Allyn Walters Jr., 41, of Cleveland, Ohio, died on August 10, 2009, at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait.

Lance Cpl. Patrick Wayne Schimmel, 21, of Winfield, Missouri, served with the U.S. Marine Corps in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. He was assigned to Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, base

Lance Corporal Javier Olvera, 20, of Palmdale, California, was a U.S. Marine killed in hostile action on August 8, 2009, at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.

Sgt. 1st Class Tara Jean Smith, 33, of Nashville, North Carolina, was a U.S. Army signal soldier assigned to Company C, 50th Signal Battalion, 160th Signal Brigade, based at Fort Bragg. She died on August 8, 2009, at Bagram Airfield, Afghan