Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Lance Cpl. Samuel Wayne Large Jr., 21, of Villa Rica, Georgia, was a U.S. Marine killed in action on February 17, 2006, in Afghanistan.

Sgt. Donnie Leo Ford Levens, 25, of Long Beach, Mississippi, was a U.S. Marine assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464. He was killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan on February 17, 2006.

Corporal Matthieu Marcellus, 31, of Gainesville, Florida, was a United States Marine killed in action on February 17, 2006, in Afghanistan.

Sgt. Jonathan Eric Mccolley, 23, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Marine killed in action on February 17, 2006, in Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt. Luis Manuel Melendez-Sanchez, 33, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, was an airman assigned to the 1st Communications Squadron, Langley AFB, Virginia. He was killed in action in Afghanistan on February 17, 2006.

Lance Cpl. Nicholas Joseph Sovie, 20, of Ogdensburg, New York, served as a CH-53E crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Bryan Douglas Willard, a 33-year-old CAPT in the U.S. Marine Corps from Hummelstown, PA, died serving in Operation Enduring Freedom on February 17, 2006.

BATTERY B, 1ST BN, 118TH FIELD ARTILLERY, SAVANNAH, GA, ARMY ? SFC Edwards, Amos Collins Jr (SAVANNAH, GA), age 41, ? died in RUTBAH, IRAQ on February 17, 2006.

On February 17, 2006, the ARMY lost MAJ Garcia, Anthony Ricardo of FORT WORTH, TX in TIKRIT, IRAQ. He was 48.

LCpl Matthew Ryan Barnes, a 20-year-old Marine from West Monroe, LA, was killed in hostile action on February 14, 2006, in Al Qaim, Iraq.

Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 1ST TANK BN, (2D AA BN, RCT-8, 2D MAR DIV), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDELTON, CA, LCPL Probst, Michael Stuart of IRVINE, CA, 26, died in ABU GHURAYB, IRAQ on February 14, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

Corporal Rusty Lee Washam, a 21-year-old U.S. Marine from Huntsville, Tennessee, was killed in hostile action on February 14, 2006, in Al Qaim, Iraq.

Staff Sergeant Edwin Herbert Dazachacon, 38, of Belleville, Illinois, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier. He died on February 13, 2006, in Deh Rawod, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Chad Ayron Gonsalves, 31, of Turlock, California, was killed in hostile action on February 13, 2006, in Deh Rawod, Afghanistan.

Sgt. Alberto Dasilveira Montrond, 27, of Suffolk, Massachusetts, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier. He died in Deh Rawod, Afghanistan, on February 13, 2006.

Staff Sergeant Clinton Thomas Newman, 26, of San Antonio, Texas, was a U.S. Army Civil Affairs soldier. He was killed in a hostile incident in Deh Rawod, Afghanistan, on February 13, 2006.

In WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES on February 12, 2006, the ARMY lost SPC Garcia Villareal, Felipe Jose of BURKE, VA, 26, serving with HHC, 54TH ENGINEER BATTALION, BAMBERG, GERMANY.

CO A, 3D BN, 187TH INFANTRY, 3D BCT (TF BAND OF BROTHERS), FORT CAMPBELL, KY, ARMY ? CPL Kemple, Andrew Joseph (CAMBRIDGE, MN), age 23, ? died in TIKRIT, IRAQ on February 12, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.