Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

At 28, SSG Studer, Brian Edward of RAMSEY, MN was serving with the ARMY, 720TH EOD COMPANY, 28TH TRANSPORTATION BN, 18TH MP BDE, MANNHEIM, GERMANY, when he died in GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN on August 22, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

Staff Sergeant David Lawrence Paquet, 26, of Rising Sun, Maryland, was a U.S. Army soldier killed in action in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on August 20, 2008.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY D, 101ST FORWARD SUPPORT BATTALION, 1ST BRIGADE, FORT RILEY, KS, SFC Todd, David James Jr of KEARN, UT, 36, died in BALA MORGHAB, AFGHANISTAN on August 20, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

370TH ENGINEER COMPANY, 54TH BATTALION, 20TH BRIGADE, BAMBERG, GERMANY, ARMY ? SFC Stanciel, George (GREENWOOD, MS), age 40, ? died in FOB GARY OWEN, IRAQ on August 19, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Jonathon Luke Luscher, 20, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was killed in action on August 17, 2008, at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan.

LCPL Stottlemyer, Travis Martin, 20, a native of HATFIELD, PA, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 3D FAST CO, MCSF, NORFOLK, VA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on August 17, 2008.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Kristopher Dan Rodgers, 29, of Sturgis, Michigan, was killed in action on August 16, 2008, in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, while serving with the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army First Lieutenant Donald Clayton Carwile, 29, of Oxford, Mississippi, was killed in a hostile incident on August 15, 2008, in Wardack, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Private First Class Paul Edward Conlon Jr., 21, of Somerville, Massachusetts, was killed in action on August 15, 2008, in Wardack, Afghanistan.

Lance Cpl. Juan Lopez-Castaneda, 19, of Mesa, Arizona, was a U.S. Marine killed in Sangin, Afghanistan, on August 14, 2008, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Anthony Gary Mihalo, 23, of Naperville, Illinois, was a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was killed in action on August 14, 2008, in Sangin, Afghanistan.

In SANGIN, AFGHANISTAN on August 14, 2008, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Toves, Jacob Joseph of GROVER BEACH, CA, 27, serving with A CO, 3D CEB, (2D BN, 7TH MAR), 1ST MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.

PV2 King, Janelle Franshawn, age 23, of MERCED, CA ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 115TH COMBAT SUPPORT HOSPITAL, FORT POLK, LA, ? died on August 14, 2008 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ.

In FALLUJAH, IRAQ on August 14, 2008, the MARINE CORPS lost PFC Mcguire, Daniel Aaron Carrier of MASHPEE, MA, 19, serving with 3D BN, 6TH MAR, (RCT-1, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, 978TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, 716TH MP BN, 18TH MP BDE, FORT BLISS, TX, CPL Hale, James Melvin of NAPERVILLE, IL, 23, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on August 13, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Private First Class John Alexander Mattox, 23, of Daingerfield, Texas, was killed in action on August 10, 2008, at the Forward Operating Base Bostick aid station in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan.

From MARYVILLE, TN, SGT Ferschke, Michael Harvey Jr served with the MARINE CORPS, A CO, 3D RECON BN, 3D MAR DIV, (I MEF FWD), OKINAWA, JAPAN, and died on August 10, 2008 in TIKRIT, IRAQ. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.

In BALAD, IRAQ on August 10, 2008, the ARMY lost SGT Gibson, Kenneth Bartlett of CHRISTIANSBURG, VA, 25, serving with COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 14TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI. Cause: HOSTILE.