Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Specialist Brandon Joseph Prescott, 24, of Bend, Oregon, died on May 4, 2013, in Maiwand, Afghanistan, from hostile action during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Corporal David Michael Sonka, 23, of Parker, Colorado, was a U.S. Marine serving with the 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion. He died on May 4, 2013, in Farah Province, Afghanistan.

Technical Sergeant Herman Mackey III, 30, of Bakersfield, California, was a U.S. Air Force airman assigned to the 93d Air Refueling Squadron. He was killed in a vehicle accident near Chon-Aryk, Kyrgyzstan, on May 3, 2013.

Captain Victoria Ann Pinckney, 27, of Palmdale, California, was a U.S. Air Force officer with the 93d Air Refueling Squadron. She was killed in action on May 3, 2013, near Chon-Aryk, Kyrgyzstan.

At 27, CAPT Voss, Mark Tyler of BOERNE, TX was serving with the AIR FORCE, 93D AIR REFUELING SQUADRON, FAIRCHILD AFB, WA, when he died in NEAR CHON-ARYK, KYRGYZSTAN on May 3, 2013.

U.S. Army Specialist Charles Patrick McClure, 21, of Stratford, Oklahoma, was killed on May 2, 2013, at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.

Specialist Trinidad Santiago Jr., 25, of San Diego, California, was a field artillery soldier assigned to Battery A, 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Carson, Colorado.

Staff Sgt. Michael Harrison Simpson, 30, of San Antonio, Texas, served with Company C, 4th Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) during Operation Enduring Freedom. He died on May 1, 2013, in Landstuhl, Germany, from wounds sustaine

Capt. Brandon Lee Cyr, 28, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was a U.S. Air Force officer assigned to the 906th Air Refueling Squadron. He died on April 27, 2013, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt. Richard Andrew Dickson, 24, of Rancho Cordova, California, was an active-duty U.S. Air Force intelligence analyst. He died on April 27, 2013, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Daniel Neil Fannin, 30, of Morehead, Kentucky, was killed in action on April 27, 2013, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Captain Reid Kijiro Nishizuka, a 30-year-old U.S. Air Force officer from South Bend, Indiana, was killed in action on April 27, 2013, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Captain Aaron Roy Blanchard, 32, of Selah, Washington, was a U.S. Army officer who died in a hostile incident in Pul-e-Alam, Afghanistan, on April 23, 2013.

U.S. Army First Lieutenant Robert Joseph Hess, 26, was killed in a hostile incident on April 23, 2013, in Pul-e-Alam, Logar Province, Afghanistan.

Private First Class Barrett Lyle Austin, 20, of Easley, South Carolina, was a U.S. Army soldier assigned to Company A, Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, Fort Stewart, Georgia. He died on April 20, 2013, at Landstuhl Regiona

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Matthew Paul Ruffner, 34, of Trafford, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Army National Guard aviator assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment, 28th Combat Aviation Brigade. He died on April 9, 2013, in Af

TF DESTINY (101 CAB) B CO, 1-104 AVN, CJTF-101, ARMY ? CW2 Yoder, Jarett Michael (MOHNTON, PA), age 26, ? died in PACHIR WA AGAM, AFGHANISTAN on April 9, 2013.

U.S. Army Specialist Wilbel Alexander Robles Santa, 25, of Juncos, Puerto Rico, was killed in hostile action on April 6, 2013, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Troop A, 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Com