Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Sergeant Barun Rai, 24, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was killed in action on August 3, 2011, at Forward Operating Base Shank in Afghanistan's Logar province.

Staff Sergeant Kirk Avery Owen, 37, of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, was killed on August 2, 2011, in Lajah D., Paktia Province, Afghanistan.

Staff Sergeant Leon Horace Lucas Jr., 32, of Wilson, North Carolina, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on August 1, 2011.

Staff Sgt. Patrick Ryan Dolphin, 29, of Moscow, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Marine killed in action on July 31, 2011, in Herat, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant William Benjamin Grosspaniagua, 28, of Daly City, California, died on July 31, 2011, in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, while serving during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Sgt. Dennis Edward Kancler, 26, of Brecksville, Ohio, was a U.S. Marine killed in action on July 31, 2011, in Herat, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Private First Class Brice Murrill Scott, 22, of Fort Benning, Georgia, served with the U.S. Army's 4th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment. He died in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on July 31, 2011.

In HERAT, AFGHANISTAN on July 31, 2011, the MARINE CORPS lost SGT Wrinkle, Christopher Matthew of DALLASTOWN, PA, 29, serving with 2D MARINE SPECIAL OPERATIONS BATTALION, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC.

Jered Wayne Ewy, a 33-year-old Second Lieutenant from Edmond, Oklahoma, was killed in a hostile incident in Janak Kheyl, Paktya Province, Afghanistan, on July 29, 2011, while serving with the Oklahoma Army National Guard.

SPC Vicari, Augustus James, 22, a native of BROKEN ARROW, OK, died serving in the National Guard, ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 279TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 45 IBCT, TULSA, OK, during Operation Enduring Freedom on July 29, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.

Petty Officer Second Class Matthew James Bergman, 21, of Franklin, Tennessee, was a U.S. Navy sailor killed in action in Iraq on July 26, 2011.

HEADQUARTERS, UNITED STATES ARMY SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND, FORT BRAGG, NC, ARMY ? MSG Stevenson, Benjamin Allen (CANYON LAKE, TX), age 36, ? died in PAKTIKA PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on July 21, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant James Michael Christen, 29, of Loomis, California, died on July 19, 2011, in Asmar District, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Jacob Molina, 27, of Houston, Texas, died on July 19, 2011, at Forward Operating Base Bostick in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.

Petty Officer First Class Stacy Oredia Johnson, 36, of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, was a U.S. Navy sailor assigned to Naval Security Force Bahrain. He died on July 18, 2011, in Manama, Bahrain.

Sgt. Omar Alejandro Jones, 28, of Crook, Colorado, was a U.S. Army National Guard soldier. He was killed in action on July 18, 2011, at Forward Operating Base De Dadi II in Regional Command North, Afghanistan.

Sgt. Edward William Koehler III, 47, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was a member of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. He died on July 18, 2011, in a hostile incident on Highway 1 in Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt. Brian Keith Mowery, 49, of Halifax, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Army National Guard soldier. He died on July 18, 2011, in a hostile incident on Highway 1 in Afghanistan.