Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

ASSIGNED TO HHC 1-30TH IN, ATTACHED TO A CO 1-30TH IN, 2/1CD, USD-N, ARMY ? SPC Pauley, Jaiciae London (AUSTELL, GA), age 29, ? died in KIRKUK, IRAQ on December 11, 2009.

In CAMP TAJI, IRAQ on December 10, 2009, the ARMY lost PV1 Tello, Jhanner Andres of LOS ANGELES, CA, 29, serving with COMPANY D, 3D BRIGADE, 227TH ASSAULT HELICOPTER BATTALION, 1ST ACB, FORT HOOD, TX.

Corporal Xhacob Latorre, a 21-year-old U.S. Marine from Waterbury, Connecticut, died on December 8, 2009, in San Antonio, Texas. The Department of Defense confirmed his death as hostile.

At 23, SGT Freitas, Ralph Anthony Webb of DETROIT, MI was serving with the MARINE CORPS, MWSS-172, MWSG, 1ST MAW, (A CO, TF COURAGE, MNC-I FWD) OKINAWA, JA, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on December 8, 2009.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Dennis Joe Hansen, 31, of Panama City, Florida, died on December 5, 2009, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Elijah John Miles Rao, 26, of Lake Oswego, Oregon, was killed in action on December 5, 2009, in the Alin Gar District of western Nuristan, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Kenneth Ray Nichols Jr., 28, of Chrisman, Illinois, died on December 1, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Michigan in Afghanistan.

LCPL Taylor, Jonathan Andrew, age 22, of JACKSONVILLE, FL ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, F CO, 2D BN, 2D MAR, ( RCT-7, 2D MEB-FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, ? died on December 1, 2009 in GARMSIR DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Brandon Taylor Islip, 23, of Richmond, Virginia, died on November 29, 2009, in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan, from hostile enemy action.

From CAPE CORAL, FL, PFC Gwaltney, Derrick Daniel served with the ARMY, 606TH COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 377TH ARMOR, FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON, and died on November 29, 2009 in PB WESSAM, IRAQ. He was 21.

David Michael Mudge, 22, was a Petty Officer Third Class from Sutherlin, Oregon, serving aboard the USS Rentz (FFG 46). He died in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on November 28, 2009.

From WHITE SULPHUR, MT, PFC Rogers, Michael Anthony served with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 210TH BRIGADE SUPPORT BATTALION, 2 BCT, FORT DRUM, NY, and died on November 27, 2009 in FOB HAMMER, IRAQ. He was 23.

U.S. Army Sergeant Jason Adam Mcleod, 22, of Crystal Lake, Illinois, died on November 23, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Wilson in Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Matthew Albert Pucino, 34, of Barnstable, Massachusetts, was killed in action on November 23, 2009, in Pashay Kala, Afghanistan.

Lance Corporal Nicholas Joel Hand, 20, of Kansas City, Missouri, was a U.S. Marine killed in hostile action on November 22, 2009, in Garmsir, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant James Michael Nolen, 25, of Alvin, Texas, was killed in action in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on November 22, 2009.

PFC Tynes, Marcus Allan, age 19, of MORENO VALLEY, CA ? Active Duty, ARMY, C COMPANY, 2ND BATTALION, 508TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, ? died on November 22, 2009 in ALKOWSI, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

Staff Sergeant Briand Thelonius Williams, 25, of Sparks, Georgia, was a U.S. Army artilleryman. He died in a hostile incident in Numaniyah, Iraq, on November 22, 2009.