Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Corporal Antonio James Sledd, 20, of Tampa, Florida, was a U.S. Marine with the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, based at Camp Pendleton, California. He died in a hostile incident at Camp Doha

Sgt. 1st Class Mark Wayne Jackson, 40, of Glennie, Michigan, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier. He died in a hostile incident in Zamboanga, Philippines, on October 2, 2002.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Ryan Dane Foraker, 31, of Logan, Ohio, died on September 24, 2002, at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Sgt. 1st Class Christopher James Speer, 28, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was a U.S. Army Special Operations soldier. He died on August 6, 2002, from wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

Technical Sergeant Sean Mitchell Corlew, 37, of Thousand Oaks, California, was a U.S. Air Force special operations airman. He was killed in action on June 12, 2002, in a helicopter crash approximately 35 miles east of Gardez, Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt. Anissa Ann Shero, 31, of Grafton, West Virginia, served in the U.S. Air Force's 15th Special Operations Squadron. She was killed in action in Afghanistan on June 12, 2002.

Peter Paul Tycz II, a U.S. Army Sergeant First Class from Tonawanda, NY, died at 32 during Operation Enduring Freedom in Orgun, Afghanistan on June 12, 2002.

SSG Gene Arden Vance Jr, 38, from Morgantown, WV, served in the National Guard, 19th Special Forces Group, and died on May 19, 2002, in Shkin, Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Katrina Renee Grady, 29, of Greenville, Mississippi, served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Port Royal. She died on April 18, 2002, in Bethesda, Maryland.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Brian Thomas Craig, 27, of Houston, Texas, was killed in a hostile incident in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on April 15, 2002.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Justin Joseph Galewski, 28, of Fort Myers, Florida, was killed in a hostile incident in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on April 15, 2002.

U.S. Army Sergeant Jamie Odell Maugans, 27, of Derby, Kansas, was killed in a hostile incident in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on April 15, 2002.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Daniel Aaron Romero, 30, of Lafayette, Colorado, was killed in hostile action in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on April 15, 2002. He was a member of the 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, Colorado Army Nationa

Hospital Corpsman First Class Matthew Joseph Bourgeois, 35, of Tallahassee, Florida, was a U.S. Navy SEAL. He was killed in action on March 28, 2002, during a training exercise in Afghanistan.

John Allan Chapman, 36, was a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force's 24th Special Tactics Squadron. He was killed in action on March 5, 2002, during a combat mission in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan.

Senior Airman Jason Decastro Cunningham, 26, was a U.S. Air Force pararescueman. He was killed by enemy fire on March 5, 2002, during a combat search and rescue mission near Gardez, Afghanistan.

Petty Officer 1st Class Neil Christopher Roberts, 32, of Woodland, California, was a U.S. Navy SEAL killed in action on March 5, 2002, during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Marc Anthony Anderson, 30, of Cantonment, Florida, was killed in a firefight during Operation Anaconda near Gardez, Afghanistan, on March 4, 2002.