Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Sergeant Paul Andrew Rivera, 26, of Round Rock, Texas, was killed in a hostile incident in Pul-e-Alam, Afghanistan, on October 22, 2011. He was assigned to the 527th Military Police Company.

1LT Ashley Irene White, an American combatant from Alliance, OH, died on October 22, 2011, in Zhari District, Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Army Private First Class Steven Francis Shapiro, 29, of Hidden Valley, California, was killed in action on October 21, 2011, in Tallil, Iraq.

Chief Petty Officer Raymond James Border, 31, of West Lafayette, Ohio, was a U.S. Navy Seabee with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74. He was killed in a hostile incident in Yah Ya Khel, Paktika Province, Afghanistan, on October 19, 201

Staff Sergeant Jorge Miguel Oliveira, 33, of Newark, New Jersey, was killed in Yah Ya Khel, Afghanistan, on October 19, 2011, while serving with the New Jersey Army National Guard.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant James Ronald Leep Jr., 44, of Richmond, Virginia, was killed in action on October 17, 2011, at Contingency Operating Site Kalsu, Iraq.

U.S. Army Specialist Michael Davis Elm, 25, of Phoenix, Arizona, was killed in a hostile incident at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, on October 14, 2011.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Brian Cowdrey, 39, of Atwater, Ohio, was killed in action on October 13, 2011, in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.

Lance Corporal Scott Daniel Harper, 21, of Winston, Georgia, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on October 13, 2011, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Airman First Class Jerome David Miller Jr., 23, of Washington, D.C., was a member of the 459th Security Forces Squadron, U.S. Air Force Reserve. He died on October 13, 2011, in Bethesda, Maryland.

U.S. Army Specialist Jeremiah Thor Sancho, 23, of Palm Bay, Florida, died on October 13, 2011, in Lam, Khakrez district, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Troop A, 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Di

SFC Houston Mark Taylor, an American soldier from Hurst, Texas, died at 25 in Afghanistan on October 13, 2011, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Michael Rex Tatham, an American Navy SEAL from University Place, WA, died at age 33 in Bali, Indonesia on October 12, 2011 during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Chief Warrant Officer 3 James Brian Wilke, 38, of Ione, California, was a U.S. Army air defense artillery officer. He was killed in action on October 10, 2011, at Al Udeid Air Force Base in Qatar.

SSG Nathan Lee Wyrick, an American from Enumclaw, WA, served in the U.S. Army and died in Ahmad Khan, Afghanistan, on October 10, 2011.

Captain Joshua Sean Lawrence, 29, of Nashville, Tennessee, was a U.S. Army officer assigned to Fort Carson, Colorado. He was killed in Kandahar City, Afghanistan, on October 9, 2011.

U.S. Army Specialist Ricardo Cerros Jr., 24, of Salinas, California, was killed in a hostile incident in the Mohammed Agha District of Afghanistan on October 8, 2011.

Captain Drew Edward Russell, 25, of Scotts, Michigan, was an active-duty U.S. Army officer assigned to the 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Fort Carson, Colorado. He died in Kandahar City, Afghanistan, on Octobe