Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Captain John R. Brainard III, 26, of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, was a U.S. Army officer serving with the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade. He died in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 28, 2012.

Sgt. Julian Clement Chase, 22, of Edgewater, Maryland, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on May 28, 2012.

John Castle Pratt, a 51-year-old Chief Warrant Officer 5 from Springfield, Washington, served with the U.S. Army's 12th Combat Aviation Brigade. He died in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 28, 2012.

Pfc. Leroy Deronde III, 22, of Jersey City, New Jersey, was a U.S. Army soldier serving with the 125th Brigade Support Battalion. He died in a hostile incident in Afghanistan's Chak-e Wardak district on May 27, 2012.

U.S. Army Specialist Kedith Lamont Jacobs Jr., 21, of Denver, Colorado, was killed in a hostile incident in Chak-e Wardak District, Afghanistan, on May 27, 2012.

Tofiga Joshua Tautolo, a 23-year-old Army Sergeant from Wilmington, CA, was killed in Bati Kot, Afghanistan, on May 27, 2012, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Army Specialist Vilmar Galarzahernandez, 21, of Salinas, California, was killed in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on May 26, 2012.

LCpl Steven Gene Sutton, an American Marine from Leesburg, GA, died at 24 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan on May 26, 2012, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Eric Dean Warren, a 23-year-old American from Shawnee, OK, served in the U.S. Navy and died on May 26, 2012, in Sangin, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Roberto Loeza Jr., 28, of El Paso, Texas, was killed in a hostile incident at Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan, on May 25, 2012.

Cpl. Keaton Grant Coffey, 22, of Boring, Oregon, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on May 24, 2012.

Pfc. Cale Clyde Miller, 23, of Overland Park, Kansas, was a U.S. Army infantryman. He was killed in a hostile incident in Maiwand, Afghanistan, on May 24, 2012.

U.S. Army Second Lieutenant Travis Alan Morgado, 25, of San Jose, California, was killed in a hostile incident on May 23, 2012, in Zharay, Kandahar province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Arronn David Fields, 27, of Terre Haute, Indiana, died on May 21, 2012, in Qal-ah-ye Mirza Jal, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Second Lieutenant Tobias Christoph Alexander, 30, of Lawton, Oklahoma, was a U.S. Army field artillery officer. He died on May 20, 2012, in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

Captain Jesse Aaron Ozbat, 28, of Prince George, Virginia, was a U.S. Army officer serving with the 696th Forward Support Company. He died in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, on May 20, 2012.

Ryan James Wilson, a U.S. Navy Petty Officer First Class from Redding, CA, died in Manama, Bahrain on May 20, 2012, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Samuel Thomas Watts, 20, an American Army Specialist, died on May 19, 2012, due to hostile injuries sustained in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom.