Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Sgt. Erik Nathaniel May, 26, of Independence, Kansas, was a U.S. Army infantryman killed in action on July 14, 2012, in Sar Tasan, Afghanistan.

Sgt. Michael Eugene Ristau, 25, of Rockford, Illinois, was a U.S. Army infantryman serving with Bravo Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. He was killed in action on July 13, 2012, in Qalat, Afgha

Sterling William Wyatt, an American soldier from Columbia, MO, died at 21 in Kandahar, Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Army Specialist Trevor Brandon Adkins, 21, of Spring Lake, North Carolina, died on July 9, 2012, in Maidan Shahr, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Erica Paige Alecksen, 21, of Putnami, Georgia, died on July 8, 2012, in Maidan Shahr, Afghanistan, from hostile enemy action.

U.S. Army Specialist Jonathan Batista, 22, of Kinnelon, New Jersey, was killed in a hostile incident in Zharay, Afghanistan, on July 8, 2012.

U.S. Army Specialist Alejandro Jose Pardo, 21, of Porterville, California, died on July 8, 2012, in Maidan Shahr, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Ricardo Seija, 31, of Tampa, Florida, was killed in action on July 8, 2012, in Maidan Shahr, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 978th Military Police Company, 93rd MP Battalion, 89th MP Brigade, based at Fort Bliss

SPC Cameron James Stambaugh, 20, from Spring Grove, PA, died on July 8, 2012, in Maidan Shahr, Afghanistan, serving with the U.S. Army's 978th Military Police Company.

Clarence Williams III, an American soldier from Brooksville, FL, died at age 23 in Maidan Shahr, Afghanistan, on July 8, 2012, while serving in Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Army Sergeant Juan Pantoja Navarro, 23, of Austin, Texas, died on July 7, 2012, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Bruce Andrew Macfarlane, a 46-year-old U.S. Army Reserve captain from Oviedo, Florida, was killed in action in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on July 6, 2012.

Staff Sergeant Raul Madrigal Guerra, 37, of Union City, New Jersey, was a U.S. Army intelligence analyst. He was killed in action in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on July 4, 2012.

U.S. Army Specialist Cody Otho Moosman, 24, of Preston, Idaho, was killed in a hostile incident in Orgun-e, Afghanistan, on July 3, 2012.

U.S. Army First Lieutenant Stephen Chase Prasnicki, 24, of Lexington, Virginia, was killed in Logar province, Afghanistan, on June 27, 2012.

U.S. Army Sergeant James Lyn Skalberg Jr., 25, of Cullman, Alabama, was killed in action on June 27, 2012, in Afghanistan's Logar province. He was assigned to Battery B, 4th Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team,

Staff Sgt. Matthew John Leach, 29, of Ferndale, Michigan, was a U.S. Army soldier killed in action on June 26, 2012, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Anthony Massarelli, 32, of Hamilton, Ohio, was killed in action on June 24, 2012, in Kandahar City, Afghanistan, while serving with the 96th Transportation Company.