Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Staff Sergeant Joseph Henry Fankhauser, 30, of Mason, Texas, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 22, 2012.

U.S. Army Private First Class Michael Joseph Metcalf, 22, of Boynton Beach, Florida, was killed in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on April 22, 2012.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 2ND BATTALION, 504TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1ST BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT BRAGG, NC, 1LT Walsh, Jonathan Patrick of ACWORTH, GA, 28, died in MIRHASAN, AFGHANISTAN on April 22, 2012. Cause: HOSTILE.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Nicholas Scott Johnson, 27, of Ontario, California, was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot. He was killed in action on April 19, 2012, when his helicopter crashed in Divalak, Afghanistan.

Sgt. Dean Russell Shaffer, 23, of Pekin, Illinois, was a U.S. Army soldier assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade. He died on April 19, 2012, in Divalak, Afghanistan.

From WAIPAHU, HI, CW2 Viray, Don Cayetano served with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 2ND BN, 25TH AVIATION REGIMENT, 25TH COMBAT AVIATION BRIGADE, WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, HI, and died on April 19, 2012 in DIVALAK, AFGHANISTAN. He was 25.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 2ND BATTALION, 25TH AVIATION REGIMENT, 25TH CAB, WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, HI, SGT Workman, Chris John of BOISE, ID, 33, died in DIVALAK, AFGHANISTAN on April 19, 2012.

U.S. Army Captain Michael Cean Braden, 31, of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, was killed in action on April 18, 2012, in Bagram, Afghanistan.

Aaron Matthew Faust, a 22-year-old U.S. Marine corporal from Louisville, Kentucky, was killed in action in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 15, 2012.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant David Paul Nowaczyk, 32, of Dyer, Indiana, died on April 15, 2012, in Chingai, Afghanistan, from hostile enemy action.

Sgt. Tanner Stone Higgins, 23, of Yantis, Texas, was a U.S. Army Ranger killed in Logar province, Afghanistan, on April 14, 2012.

From PROVIDENCE, RI, LCPL Tarwoe, Abraham served with the MARINE CORPS, 2D BN, 9TH MAR (I MEF FWD) 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, and died on April 12, 2012 in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 25. Cause: HOSTILE.

Lance Cpl. Ramon Taisakan Kaipat, 22, of Tacoma, Washington, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 11, 2012.

U.S. Army Specialist Philip Channing Sipe Schiller, 21, of The Colony, Texas, was killed in hostile action on April 11, 2012, in Panjwai, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade

In DJIBOUTI, DJIBOUTI on April 7, 2012, the NAVY lost CN Stanley, Trevor Jovanne of VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, 22, serving with NMCB 3.

Corporal Antonio Carlos Burnside, 31, of Great Falls, Montana, was a U.S. Army soldier serving in Afghanistan. He died on April 6, 2012, in Mushaki, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

Corporal Alex Martinez, 21, of Elgin, Illinois, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 5, 2012.

U.S. Army Master Sergeant Shawn Thomas Hannon, 44, of Grove City, Ohio, died on April 4, 2012, in Maymaneh, Afghanistan, from hostile action.