Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

MCPO Garber, Jeffrey James, age 43, of HEMINGFORD, NE ? Active Duty, NAVY, COMCARAIRWING SEVEN, ? died on June 20, 2009 in Iraq.

Staff Sgt. Joshua Allen Melton, 26, of Carlyle, Illinois, was a soldier with the Illinois Army National Guard. He was killed in action in Kandahar City, Afghanistan, on June 19, 2009.

Staff Sgt. Paul Gene Smith, 43, of East Peoria, Illinois, served with Troop C, 2nd Squadron, 106th Cavalry Regiment, Illinois Army National Guard. He died on June 19, 2009, in Kandahar City, Afghanistan.

SPC Keesling, Chancellor Arsenio, 25, a native of INDIANAPOLIS, IN, died serving in the Reserve, ARMY, 961ST ENGINEER COMPANY, 844TH ENGINEER BATTALION, 555TH ENGINEER BRIGADE, FORT LEONARD WOOD, MO, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on June 19, 2009.

Kevin Allan Dupont, 52, was a Master Sergeant in the Massachusetts Army National Guard. He died in San Antonio, Texas, on June 17, 2009, from wounds sustained in a hostile incident in Afghanistan.

CPT Sims, Kafele H, 32, a native of LOS ANGELES, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 18TH ENGINEER BRIGADE, TOMPKINS BARRACKS, GERMANY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on June 16, 2009.

SGT Soto, Joshua Warren, age 25, of SAN ANGELO, TX ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY D, 2ND SQUADRON, 12TH CALVARY, FORT BLISS, TX, ? died on June 16, 2009 in COB ADDER, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Jonathan Charles O'Neill, 22, of Zephyrhills, Florida, died on June 15, 2009, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, from wounds sustained in a hostile incident in Afghanistan.

Active Duty, ARMY, 797TH ORDNANCE COMPANY, 79TH ORDNANCE BATTALION, FORT HOOD, TX, SSG Lo, Edmond Lam of SALEM, NH, 23, died in SAMARRA CITY, IRAQ on June 13, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ricky Linn Richardson Jr., 33, of Franklin, Missouri, was a U.S. Marine assigned to the 9th Engineer Support Battalion. He died in a hostile incident in Delaram, Afghanistan, on June 10, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Eduardo Sosa Silva, 25, of Greenfield, California, was killed in action on June 9, 2009, in Bagram, Afghanistan. He served with Task Force Thunder, 563rd Aviation Support Battalion.

2D BN, 3D MAR, (GCE, SPMAGTF - AFGHANISTAN), 3D MAR DIV, KANEOHE BAY, HI, MARINE CORPS ? LCPL Whittle, Joshua Ray (DOWNEY, CA), age 20, ? died in NOW ZAD, AFGHANISTAN on June 6, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

On June 5, 2009, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Ulmer, Robert Douglas of LANDISVILLE, PA in AL TAQADDUM, IRAQ. He was 22.

Major Rocco Martin Barnes, 51, of Los Angeles, California, was a California Army National Guard officer killed in action in Bagram, Afghanistan, on June 4, 2009.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class John Curtis Beale, 39, of Riverdale, Georgia, died on June 4, 2009, in Kakar, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Major Kevin Michael Jenrette, 37, of Lula, Georgia, was a U.S. Army National Guard officer assigned to HHT, 1-108th Cavalry. He died on June 4, 2009, in Kakar, Afghanistan, from hostile enemy action.

Sgt. Jeffrey William Jordan, 21, of Rome, Georgia, served with the Georgia Army National Guard. He died on June 4, 2009, in Kakar, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

In KIRKUK, IRAQ on June 4, 2009, the ARMY lost SGT Kurth, Christopher Milton of ALAMOGORDO, NM, 23, serving with COMPANY G, 3D BATTALION, 82D FIELD ARTILLERY, 2 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX. Cause: HOSTILE.