Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Adam Frank Benjamin, 34, was a U.S. Marine Corps Master Sergeant from Garfield, Ohio. He was killed in a hostile incident in the vicinity of Combat Outpost Payne, Afghanistan, on August 18, 2009.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Clayton Patrick Bowen, 29, of San Antonio, Texas, was killed in a roadside bomb attack in Dila District, Afghanistan, on August 18, 2009.

First Sergeant Jose San Crisostomo, 59, of Inarajan, Guam, was a U.S. Army soldier killed in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 18, 2009.

PFC Walker, Morris Lewis, age 23, of CHAPEL HILL, NC ? Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 501ST INFANTRY, FORT RICHARDSON, AK, ? died on August 18, 2009 in DILA DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 17TH INFANTRY, 5TH SBCT, FORT LEWIS, WA, ARMY ? PFC Yanney, Jonathan Christopher (LITCHFIELD, MN), age 20, ? died in JELEWAR, AFGHANISTAN on August 18, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

Corporal Leopold Fred Damas, 26, of Floral Park, New York, was a U.S. Marine killed in Garmsir, Afghanistan, on August 17, 2009.

SPC Hastings, Matthew Dishongh, 23, a native of CLAREMORE, OK, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, 582ND MEDICAL LOGISTICS COMPANY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on August 17, 2009.

Corporal Nicholas Ryan Roush, 22, of Middleville, Michigan, served with the U.S. Army's Company B, 1st Psychological Operations Battalion, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He died in Herat, Afghanistan, on August 16, 2009, during Operat

COMPANY B, 2D SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, GLEN ARM, MD, ARMY ? SFC Woods, William Brian Jr (CHESAPEAKE, VA), age 31, ? died in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY on August 16, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

Lance Cpl. Joshua Matthew Bernard, 21, of New Portland, Maine, was a U.S. Marine killed in a hostile incident in Bastion, Afghanistan, on August 14, 2009.

William John Cahir was a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve sergeant and former journalist. He was killed by enemy fire on August 13, 2009, during combat operations in Afghanistan's Nawa District.

In IVO FIRE BASE COBRA, AFGHANISTAN on August 12, 2009, the ARMY lost CPT Tinsley, John of TALLAHASSEE, FL, 28, serving with COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 7TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, FORT BRAGG, NC. Cause: HOSTILE.

Lance Cpl. Bruce Earnest Ferrell, 21, of Perdido, Alabama, was a U.S. Marine killed in action on August 10, 2009, in Garmsir, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Richard Allyn Walters Jr., 41, of Cleveland, Ohio, died on August 10, 2009, at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait.

Lance Cpl. Patrick Wayne Schimmel, 21, of Winfield, Missouri, served with the U.S. Marine Corps in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. He was assigned to Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, base

Lance Corporal Javier Olvera, 20, of Palmdale, California, was a U.S. Marine killed in hostile action on August 8, 2009, at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.

Sgt. 1st Class Tara Jean Smith, 33, of Nashville, North Carolina, was a U.S. Army signal soldier assigned to Company C, 50th Signal Battalion, 160th Signal Brigade, based at Fort Bragg. She died on August 8, 2009, at Bagram Airfield, Afghan

From LAKE FOREST, CA, CPL Swanson, Matthew Kalen Samuel served with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 3D BRIGADE SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 3 BCT, FORT DRUM, NY, and died on August 8, 2009 in BETHESDA, UNITED STATES. He was 20.