Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Sgt. Kevin Brian Balduf, 27, of Nashville, Tennessee, was a U.S. Marine with 8th Communications Battalion. He died in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on May 12, 2011.

Lt. Col. Benjamin James Palmer, 43, of Modesto, California, was a U.S. Marine killed in a hostile incident at Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, on May 12, 2011.

U.S. Army First Lieutenant Demetrius Montaz Frison, 26, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was killed in hostile action on May 10, 2011, in Chergataw, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Ken King Hermogino, 30, of Edwards AFB, California, was killed in action on May 9, 2011, in Herat, Afghanistan, while serving with Troop A, 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment.

U.S. Army Specialist Riley Sheridan Spaulding, 21, of Sheridan, Texas, was killed in action on May 4, 2011, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Company C, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, based in Vilseck, Germany.

Kevin Wilson White, 22, an American Army Sergeant from Westfield, NY, died on May 2, 2011, during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Robert Michael Friese, 21, of Chesterfield, Michigan, was killed in a hostile incident in Al Kut, Iraq, on April 29, 2011.

U.S. Army Corporal Preston John Dennis, 23, of Redding, California, was killed in a hostile incident in Nalgham, Afghanistan, on April 28, 2011.

Lance Corporal Ronald Douglas Freeman, a 25-year-old U.S. Marine from Plant City, Florida, died on April 28, 2011, in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

Staff Sergeant Matthew Daniel Hermanson, 22, of Appleton, Wisconsin, was killed by hostile fire on April 28, 2011, at Forward Operating Base Shank in Logar Province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Andrew Evan Lara, 25, of Albany, Oregon, died on April 27, 2011, in Almahawil, Iraq, while serving with the Oregon National Guard during Operation New Dawn.

Maj. Philip Dave Ambard, 44, of Edmonds, Washington, was an active-duty U.S. Air Force officer serving with the 460th Space Communication Squadron. He was killed in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2011.

Maj. Jeffrey Onial Ausborn, 41, of Gadsden, Alabama, was a U.S. Air Force officer assigned to the 99th Flying Training Squadron. He died in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2011.

U.S. Air Force Major David Lawrence Brodeur, 34, of Auburn, Massachusetts, was killed in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2011.

Master Sergeant Tara Reniece Brown, 33, of the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, was killed in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2011.

U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Frank Diehl Bryant Jr., 37, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was killed in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2011.

Major Raymond Gray Estelle II, 40, of New Haven, Connecticut, was a U.S. Air Force officer assigned to Air Combat Command. He died in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2011.

Adam Douglas Jones, a 29-year-old U.S. Marine corporal from Germantown, Ohio, was killed in hostile action in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2011.