Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army First Lieutenant Clovis Tim Ray, 34, of San Antonio, Texas, was killed in a hostile incident at Asadabad Airfield, Afghanistan, on March 15, 2012.

U.S. Army Specialist Daquane Demetris Rivers, 21, of Marianna, Florida, was killed in action on March 14, 2012, at Forward Operating Base Orgun-E, Afghanistan. He served with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry

Staff Sergeant Jesse James Grindey, 30, of Hazel Green, Wisconsin, was a U.S. Army soldier killed in action on March 12, 2012, in Kandahar City, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Edward Joseph Acosta, 21, of Hesperia, California, died on March 5, 2012, in San Diego, California. He was assigned to the Warrior Transition Company at Balboa Naval Medical Center.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Jordan Logan Bear, 25, of Denver, Colorado, died on March 1, 2012, in Zharay, Kandahar province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Payton Alexander Jones, 19, of Marble Falls, Texas, was killed in a hostile incident at Combat Outpost Sangsar, Afghanistan, on March 1, 2012.

Corporal Conner Thomas Lowry, 24, of Chicago, Illinois, was a U.S. Marine killed in action on March 1, 2012, in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel John Darin Loftis, 44, of Paducah, Kentucky, was killed in a hostile attack on February 25, 2012, in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Major Robert Joseph Marchanti II, 48, of Baltimore, Maryland, was a U.S. Army National Guard officer. He died in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on February 25, 2012.

U.S. Army Sergeant Joshua Alan Born, 25, of Niceville, Florida, died on February 23, 2012, from hostile action at Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Timothy John Conrad Jr., 22, of Roanoke, Virginia, was killed in a hostile incident at Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan, on February 23, 2012.

On February 22, 2012, the ARMY lost SSG Altaie, Ahmed Kousay of ANN ARBOR, MI in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 46. Cause: HOSTILE.

Staff Sergeant Allen Robert Mckenna Jr., 28, of Noble, Oklahoma, served with the U.S. Army's 204th Brigade Support Battalion. He was killed in action in Kandahar City, Afghanistan, on February 21, 2012.

U.S. Air Force Captain Ryan Preston Hall, 30, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was killed near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, on February 18, 2012. He was assigned to the 319th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida.

Senior Airman Julian Seiji Scholten, 26, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, served as an active duty Airman with the 25th Intelligence Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida. He died on February 18, 2012, near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.

On February 18, 2012, the AIR FORCE lost CAPT Whitlock, Nicholas Schade of NEWNAN, GA in NEAR CAMP LEMONNIER, DJIBOUTI. He was 29.

34TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS SQUADRON, HURLBURT FIELD, FL, AIR FORCE ? 1STLT Wilkens, Justin James (BEND, OR), age 26, ? died in CAMP LEMONNIER, DJIBOUTI on February 18, 2012.

Petty Officer First Class Paris Shawn Pough, 40, of Columbus, Georgia, was a U.S. Navy sailor assigned to the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). He died on February 17, 2012, in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates.