Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Staff Sergeant Girard David Gass Jr., 33, of Lumber Bridge, North Carolina, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne). He was killed in action on August 3, 2014, at Forw

U.S. Army Specialist Donnell Antwain Hamilton Jr., 20, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, died on July 24, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas. He was assigned to the Warrior Transition Battalion at Joint Base San Antonio.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Benjamin Gill Prange, 30, of Hickman, Nebraska, died on July 24, 2014, in Mirugol Kalay, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

COMPANY D, 1ST BATTALION, 12TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4TH BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT CARSON, CO, ARMY ? PFC Williams, Keith Michael (VISALIA, CA), age 19, ? died in KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN on July 24, 2014. Cause: HOSTILE.

Sgt. Thomas Zachary Spitzer, 23, of New Braunfels, Texas, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 25, 2014, while serving with 1st Battalion, 7th Marines.

Brandon John Garabrant was a 19-year-old U.S. Marine Corporal from Peterborough, New Hampshire. He was killed in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on June 20, 2014.

In HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on June 20, 2014, the MARINE CORPS lost SSGT Stewart, David Hamilton of STAFFORD, VA, 34, serving with 2D CEB (FWD), 2D MARDIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 25, CPL Wolff, Adam Franklin of CEDAR RAPIDS, IA was serving with the MARINE CORPS, 2D CEB (FWD), 2D MARDIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, when he died in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on June 20, 2014. Cause: HOSTILE.

Yeshabel Villotcarrasco, 23, of Parma, Ohio, was a Seaman in the U.S. Navy assigned to the USS James E. Williams (DDG 95). She died on June 19, 2014, in the Iraq-Syria region during Operation Inherent Resolve.

U.S. Army Corporal Justin Robert Clouse, 22, of Sprague, Washington, was killed in action on June 9, 2014, in Arghandab, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Justin Ryan Helton, 25, of Beaver, Ohio, was killed in a hostile incident at Apache Role II, Afghanistan, on June 9, 2014.

U.S. Army Specialist Terry John Hurne, 34, of Merced, California, was killed in action on June 9, 2014, at Forward Operating Base Shank in Pul-e-Alam, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Jason Andrew Mcdonald, 28, of Butler, Georgia, was killed in a hostile incident at Apache Role II, Afghanistan, on June 9, 2014.

On June 9, 2014, the ARMY lost SSG Studenmund, Scott Richard of PASADENA, CA in APACHE ROLE II, AFGHANISTAN. He was 24. Cause: HOSTILE.

From MOKENA, IL, PFC Toppen, Aaron Scott served with the ARMY, COMPANY D, 2ND BATTALION, 12TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4TH IBCT, FORT CARSON, CO, and died on June 9, 2014 in GAZA VILLAGE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 19. Cause: HOSTILE.

COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 502ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, 2ND BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, ARMY ? SPC Walker, Matthew Herbert (HILLSBORO, MO), age 20, ? died in PAKTIKA PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on June 5, 2014. Cause: HOSTILE.

Captain Jason Benjamin Jones, 29, of Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Army Special Forces officer. He was killed on June 2, 2014, at Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan.

At 21, PFC Wykstra, Jacob Henry of THORNTON, CO was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 12TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4TH BCT, FORT CARSON, CO, when he died in MARUF, AFGHANISTAN on May 29, 2014.