Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

First Lieutenant William Compton Poling Jr., 42, of Rockville, Maryland, was a U.S. Army aviator serving with the 101st Airborne Division. He died in a helicopter crash in Washington state on December 28, 2011.

U.S. Army Specialist Kurt William Kern, 24, of McAllen, Texas, died on December 27, 2011, in Gardez, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Noah Mark Korte, 29, of Lake Elsinore, California, died on December 27, 2011, in Gardez, Afghanistan, from injuries sustained in a hostile incident.

At 20, PFC Whitmire, Justin Michael of EASLEY, SC was serving with the ARMY, HHD, 720TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, 89TH MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE, FORT HOOD, TX, when he died in GARDEZ, AFGHANISTAN on December 27, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Joseph James Altmann, 27, of Marshfield, Wisconsin, was killed in a hostile incident at Forward Operating Base Bostick, Afghanistan, on December 25, 2011.

U.S. Army Specialist Mikayla Anne Bragg, 21, of Longview, Washington, was killed in action on December 21, 2011, at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan.

Maj. Samuel Mark Griffith, 36, of Holly Springs, North Carolina, was a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve officer. He died in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 14, 2011.

In LANDSTUHL, GERMANY on December 13, 2011, the ARMY lost PFC Vaquerano, Jalfred David of APOPKA, FL, 20, serving with COMPANY D, 1ST BATTALION, 41ST INFANTRY REGIMENT, 3RD BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT BLISS, TX. Cause: HOSTILE.

Sgt. Christopher Lee Muniz, 24, of New Cuyama, California, was killed in action on December 11, 2011, in the Khas Kunar District of Afghanistan.

At 30, SPC Wildrick, Ronald Herbert Jr of BLAIRSTOWN, NJ was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 2ND BATTALION, 35TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 3RD BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI, when he died in KHAS KUNAR DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN on December 11, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.

Lance Cpl. Christopher Phoenix Jacob Levy, 21, of Ramseur, North Carolina, was a U.S. Marine who died in Landstuhl, Germany, on December 10, 2011, from wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

Sgt. First Class Clark Arnold Corley Jr., 35, of Oxnard, California, was killed in Haft Asiab, Afghanistan, on December 3, 2011, while serving with the U.S. Army.

U.S. Army Specialist Ryan Michael Lumley, 21, of Lakeland, Florida, was killed in hostile action on December 3, 2011, in Haft Asiab, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Thomas James Mayberry, 21, of Springville, California, was killed in Haft Asiab, Afghanistan, on December 3, 2011.

U.S. Army Sergeant Ryan David Sharp, 28, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, was assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, Fort Riley, Kansas. He died on December 3, 2011, from wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

Staff Sergeant Vincent James Bell, a 28-year-old U.S. Marine from Detroit, Michigan, was killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 30, 2011.

Corporal Adam Joseph Buyes, 21, of Salem, Oregon, was a U.S. Marine killed in action in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 26, 2011.

U.S. Army Private First Class Jackie Lee Diener II, 20, of Boyne City, Michigan, was killed in a hostile incident on November 21, 2011, in Mandowza'i, Afghanistan.