Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

At 30, SSG Vangiesen, Kenneth Rowland of ERIE, PA was serving with the ARMY, DETACHMENT 1, COMPANY A, 128TH BRIGADE SUPPORT BATTALION, 2ND BRIGADE, WILLIAMSTOWN, PA, when he died in GHANZI MEDICAL FACILITY-FIELD SURGEON TENT (FST), AFGHANISTAN on July 18, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Mark Adams Cofield, 25, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was killed in action on July 17, 2011, in Baghdad, Iraq.

First Sergeant Kenneth Brian Elwell, 33, of Erie, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Army soldier serving with Company A, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team. He died on July 17, 2011, in Talukan, Afghanistan.

At 19, PFC Springmann, Tyler Michael of HARTLAND, ME was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 3RD BATTALION, 21ST INFANTRY, 1 SBCT, FORT WAINWRIGHT, AK, when he died in TALUKAN, AFGHANISTAN on July 17, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 22, LCPL Thompson, Jabari Nkosi of BROOKLYN, NY was serving with the MARINE CORPS, 3D BN 2D MAR, (II MEF FWD) 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, when he died in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY on July 17, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.

Corporal Raphael Rodrigues Arruda, 21, of Ogden, Utah, was a U.S. Army Reserve engineer killed in a hostile incident in Bar Kunar District, Afghanistan, on July 16, 2011.

Frank Robert Gross, a 25-year-old U.S. Army corporal from Oldsmar, Florida, was killed in a hostile incident in Kasay Kalay, Afghanistan, on July 16, 2011.

U.S. Army Reserve Specialist Daniel Lucas Elliott, 21, of Youngsville, North Carolina, died on July 15, 2011, in Basrah, Iraq.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Wyatt Andrew Goldsmith, 28, of Colville, Washington, was killed in action on July 15, 2011, at Bastion Role III medical facility in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Staff Sergeant Lex Lee Lewis, 40, of Rapid City, South Dakota, was a U.S. Army soldier killed in hostile action at Shewan Garrison, Afghanistan, on July 15, 2011.

SGT Summers, Jeremy Russell, age 27, of MOUNT OLIVET, KY ? Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 2ND BATTALION, 506TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4 BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, ? died on July 14, 2011 in PIRKWOTI VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

Lance Corporal Christopher Labiano Camero, 19, of Kailua Kona, Hawaii, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on July 12, 2011.

Lance Corporal Robert Stephen Greniger, 21, of Greenfield, Minnesota, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on July 12, 2011.

2ND MDIV FMF LNT, NAVY ? HN Ullom, Aaron David (MIDLAND, MI), age 20, ? died in NOW ZAD DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN on July 12, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Steven L. Talamantez, 34, of Laredo, Texas, was killed in a hostile incident in Al Amarah, Iraq, on July 10, 2011.

Lance Cpl. Norberto Mendez Hernandez, 22, of Logan, Utah, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on July 10, 2011.

U.S. Army Specialist Rafael Angel Nieves Jr., 22, of Albany, New York, was killed in a hostile incident at Forward Operating Base Orgun-E in Afghanistan on July 10, 2011.

Sergeant First Class Terryl Lynn Pasker, 39, of Lisbon, Iowa, was a U.S. Army soldier killed in a hostile incident in Tabanan, Panjshayr Province, Afghanistan, on July 9, 2011.