Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Petty Officer Third Class Mark Russell Cannon, 31, of Lubbock, Texas, was a U.S. Navy serviceman assigned to a Marine detachment. He was killed in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, on October 2, 2007.

At 35, GYSGT Murkerson, Herman Jerome Jr of ADGER, AL was serving with the MARINE CORPS, MWHS-2, 2D MAW, MCAS CHERRY POINT, NC, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on October 1, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

SA Schnell, Shayna Ann, age 19, of TELL CITY, IN ? Active Duty, NAVY, NAVAL SECURITY FORCE, MANAMA, BAHRAIN, ? died on October 1, 2007 in DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.

SGT Olguin, Randell, 24, a native of RALLS, TX, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, C CO, 1 SQDN, 2 SCR (OPCON TO 2 BCT, 82 ABN) (TASK ORG TO 1 CD), during Operation Iraqi Freedom on September 30, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Zachary Daniel Tellier, an American soldier from Charlotte, NC, died on September 29, 2007, in Firebase Wilderness, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Robert Thomas Ayres III, an American soldier from Los Angeles, CA, served with Company G, 3rd Squadron, 2nd SCR, Vilseck, Germany, and died in Baghdad on September 29, 2007.

HHQ, 3D BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, 1ST CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX, ARMY ? SSG Dixon, Donnie Dwayne (MIAMI, FL), age 37, ? died in BALOOR, IRAQ on September 29, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

On September 29, 2007, the ARMY lost SFC Doster, James Douglas of PINE BLUFF, AR in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 37. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Vidhyarkorn, Chirasak, 32, a native of BAYSIDE, NY, died serving in the Reserve, ARMY, BATTERY C, 2D BATTALION, 142D FIELD ARTILLERY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on September 29, 2007.

Ciara Marie Durkin, a 30-year-old U.S. Army Corporal from Quincy, Massachusetts, was killed in action on September 28, 2007, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

SFC Johnson, Randy Lewis Jr, age 34, of WASHINGTON, DC ? Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP K, 2D SQUADRON, 2D CAVALRY, VILSECK, GERMANY, ? died on September 27, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

SPC Mathew Donald Taylor, an American soldier from Cameron Park, CA, died on September 26, 2007, at age 21 in San Antonio, United States during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Petty Officer Second Class Charles Luke Milam, 26, of Littleton, Colorado, was a U.S. Navy serviceman assigned to a Marine expeditionary unit. He was killed in a hostile incident in Afghanistan on September 25, 2007.

U.S. Army Private First Class Christopher Franklin Pfeifer, 21, of Spalding, Nebraska, died on September 25, 2007, in San Antonio, Texas, from wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

SSG Brown, Kevin Ray, age 38, of HARRAH, OK ? Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP A, 6TH SQUADRON, 9TH CAVALRY, 3 HBCT, FORT HOOD, TX, ? died on September 25, 2007 in MUQDADIYAH, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 24, SSG Tomczak, Zachary Blaise of HURON, SD was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 325TH INFANTRY, FORT BRAGG, NC, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on September 25, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

CPL Anthony Kamalu Bento, a 23-year-old from San Diego, CA, served in the U.S. Army's 1st Battalion, 505th Infantry, and was killed in action on September 24, 2007, in Bayji, Iraq.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Matthew Dean Blaskowski, 27, of Levering, Michigan, was killed in action on September 23, 2007, at a forward surgical team in Asadabad, Afghanistan.