Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Staff Sgt. Juan Miguel Ridout, 29, of Oak Harbor, Washington, was a combat controller assigned to the U.S. Air Force's 320th Special Tactics Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan. He was killed in action in Afghanistan on February 22, 2002.

Staff Sergeant Bruce Alan Rushforth Jr., 35, of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, was a U.S. Army soldier serving with Company E, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. He was killed in action on February 22, 2002, near Basilan Island, Phili

U.S. Army Specialist Jason A. Disney, 20, of Fallon, Nevada, was killed in action on February 13, 2002, at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan.

Staff Sergeant Walter Francis Cohee III, a 26-year-old U.S. Marine from Mardela Springs, Maryland, was killed in action southeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, on January 20, 2002.

Dwight Jason Morgan, a 24-year-old Staff Sergeant from Willits, California, was killed in action on January 20, 2002, southeast of Kabul, Afghanistan.

U.S. Marine Corps Captain Matthew William Bancroft, 29, of Burney, California, was killed in a KC-130 Hercules aircraft crash in Shamsi, Pakistan, on January 9, 2002.

Lance Corporal Bryan Pahl Bertrand, 23, of Coos Bay, Oregon, was a U.S. Marine with VMGR-352. He was killed in action on January 9, 2002, in Shamsi, Pakistan.

Gunnery Sergeant Stephen Lamon Bryson, 36, of Montgomery, Alabama, was a U.S. Marine assigned to VMGR-352. He was killed in a refueling aircraft crash in Shamsi, Pakistan, on January 9, 2002.

Staff Sergeant Scott Nelson Germosen, 37, of Coram, New York, was a U.S. Marine assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352. He was killed in a plane crash in Shamsi, Pakistan, on January 9, 2002.

Sgt. Nathan Paul Hays, 21, of Wilbur, Washington, was a U.S. Marine with VMGR-352. He was killed in action in Shamsi, Pakistan, on January 9, 2002.

Captain Daniel Gardner McCollum, 28, of Columbia, South Carolina, was a U.S. Marine Corps officer serving with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 (VMGR-352). He was killed in action on January 9, 2002, in Shamsi, Pakistan.

On January 9, 2002, the MARINE CORPS lost SGT Winters, Jeannette Lee of CHICAGO, IL in SHAMSI, PAKISTAN. She was 25.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Nathan Ross Chapman, 31, of San Antonio, Texas, was killed by enemy fire on January 4, 2002, in Khost, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.