Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Brandon Robert Pepper, 31, of York, Pennsylvania, was killed in hostile action on July 21, 2012, in Latif, Afghanistan.

Sgt. Joshua Ryan Ashley, 23, of Rancho Cucamonga, California, was a U.S. Marine with 2nd LEB, I MEF. He died in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on July 19, 2012.

Petty Officer First Class Joseph Patrick-Newman Fitzmorris, 31, of West Monroe, Louisiana, was a U.S. Navy sailor killed in a helicopter crash in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Oman on July 19, 2012.

Corporal Darrion Terrell Hicks, 21, of Raleigh, North Carolina, was a U.S. Army engineer killed in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on July 19, 2012, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Private First Class Jeffrey Leon Rice, 24, of Troy, Ohio, served with the U.S. Army's 584th Engineer Company, 20th Engineer Battalion, based at Fort Hood, Texas. He was killed in action on July 19, 2012, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

From ST. LOUIS, MO, CPO Sullivan, Sean Patrick served with the NAVY, HM-15, and died on July 19, 2012 in N 2314.30 E 05736.54 - OMAN, UNKNOWN. He was 40.

U.S. Army Sergeant Jose Joel Reyes, 24, of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, was killed in Ghazni, Afghanistan on July 18, 2012 while serving with the 110th Transportation Company.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Daniel Anthony Rodriguez, 28, of Baltimore, Maryland, was killed in a hostile incident in Bagram, Afghanistan, on July 18, 2012. He was assigned to the 110th Transportation Company, 548th Combat Sustainment Support

U.S. Army Specialist Krystal Marie Fitts, 26, of Almeda, California, was killed in a hostile incident in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, on July 17, 2012.

Sergio Eduardo Perez was a 21-year-old U.S. Army Specialist from Crown Point, Indiana, serving with the 713th Engineer Company. He was killed in a hostile incident in Jannan, Afghanistan, on July 16, 2012.

713TH ENGINEER COMPANY (SAPPER), 113TH ENGINEER BATTALION, 81ST TROOP COMMAND, VALPARAISO, IN, ARMY ? SPC Taylor, Nicholas Andrew (BERNE, IN), age 20, ? died in JANNAN, AFGHANISTAN on July 16, 2012. Cause: HOSTILE.

Staff Sergeant Carl Erik Hammar, 24, of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, was killed in hostile action on July 14, 2012, in the Musa Kheyl District of Afghanistan while serving with the U.S. Army.

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

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 5TH BATTALION, 20TH INFANTRY , 3D SBCT, JBLM, WA, SPC Wyatt, Sterling William of COLUMBIA, MO, 21, died in KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN on July 11, 2012. Cause: HOSTILE.

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.