Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Sergeant Major Robert James Cottle, 45, of Whittier, California, was a U.S. Marine killed by an IED in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 24, 2010.

Lance Corporal Jacob Allen Ross, 19, of Gillette, Wyoming, was a U.S. Marine with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines. He died in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 24, 2010.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Carlos Marcelino Santos-Silva, 32, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was killed in action on March 22, 2010, at Combat Outpost Nolen, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment,

LCPL Justin J. Wilson, 24, from Palm City, FL, died on March 22, 2010, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Adam Lee Brown was a 36-year-old Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy's Naval Special Warfare Development Group. He was killed in a hostile incident in Afghanistan on March 18, 2010.

Active Duty, ARMY, BATTERY B, 2D BATTALION, 15TH FIELD ARTILLERY, 2ND BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT DRUM, NEW YORK, SPC Rieckhoff, Robert Michael of APPLETON, WI, 26, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on March 18, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Joel David Clarkson, 23, of Fairbanks, Alaska, died on March 16, 2010, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

Gunnery Sergeant Robert Lee Gilbert II, a 28-year-old U.S. Marine from Richfield, Ohio, died on March 16, 2010, at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, from wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 36TH INFANTRY, 1 BCT, FORT BLISS, TX, ARMY ? SSG Jordan, Richard Joseph (TYLER, TX), age 29, ? died in MOSUL, IRAQ on March 16, 2010.

Jonathan Daniel Porto was a 26-year-old U.S. Marine corporal from Largo, Florida. He was killed in action on March 14, 2010, in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

CPL Steven Jesse Bishop, a soldier from Christiansburg, VA, was killed in action in Tikrit, Iraq on March 13, 2010, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

PFC Mclyman, Erin Leigh, 26, a native of FEDERAL WAY, WA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 296TH BRIGADE SUPPORT BN, 3D STRYKER BCT, 2 ID, FORT LEWIS, WA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 13, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

SFC Glen Jacob Whetten, 31, an American soldier from Mesa, AZ, died in hostile action on March 12, 2010, on Highway 1, Afghanistan.

Lance Cpl. Garrett William Gamble, 20, of Sugarland, Texas, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 11, 2010.

U.S. Army Private First Class Jason Michael Kropat, 25, of White Lake, New York, died on March 9, 2010, at Combat Outpost Chergataw, Afghanistan.

Sgt. Jonathan Jerome Richardson, 24, of Bald Knob, Arkansas, was a U.S. Army infantryman assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He was killed in action on Ma

SGT Arthur, Aaron Montell, an American soldier from Lake City, SC, was killed in action in Wasit Province, Iraq, on March 8, 2010, at age 25.

Lakeshia Mesha Bailey, an American Army Sergeant from Columbus, GA, was killed in action in Al Kut, Iraq on March 8, 2010, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.