Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Staff Sgt. Todd James Lobraico Jr., 22, of Sherman, Connecticut, was a member of the New York Air National Guard's 105th Security Forces Squadron. He was killed by enemy small-arms fire on September 5, 2013, near Bagram Airfield, Afghanista

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Joshua James Bowden, 28, of Villa Rica, Georgia, was killed by enemy forces in the Gelan District of Afghanistan on August 31, 2013.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Michael Harold Ollis, 24, of Staten Island, New York, was killed in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on August 28, 2013.

On August 28, 2013, the ARMY lost SFC Young, Ricardo Deandrell of ROSSTON, AR in PETAWAK, AFGHANISTAN. He was 34. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 24, 1LT Togi, Jason of PAGO PAGO, AS was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 2ND BRIGADE SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 2ND BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT HOOD, TX, when he died in FOB APACHE, AFGHANISTAN on August 26, 2013. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Kenneth Clifford Alvarez, 23, of Santa Maria, California, died on August 23, 2013, in Haft Asiab, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Army Private First Class Jonathon Michael Dean Hostetter, 20, of Humphreys, Missouri, was killed in a hostile incident in Haft Asiab, Afghanistan, on August 23, 2013.

U.S. Army Master Sergeant George Allen Bannar Jr., 37, of Orange, Virginia, died on August 20, 2013, in Pul-e-Alam, Afghanistan, while serving with the 3rd Special Forces Group.

First Lieutenant Timothy George Santos Jr., 29, of Helena, Alabama, served with the U.S. Army's 4th Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade, based at Fort Bliss, Texas.

U.S. Army Specialist Keith Erin Grace Jr., 26, of Baytown, Texas, was killed in a hostile incident on August 11, 2013, in Dzadran, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Octavio Herrera, 26, of Caldwell, Idaho, was killed in a hostile incident on August 11, 2013, in Dzadran, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Jamar Avery Hicks, 22, of Little Rock, Arkansas, was killed in a hostile incident at Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost, Afghanistan, on August 11, 2013.

In BETHESDA, UNITED STATES on August 6, 2013, the ARMY lost SPC Welch, Nickolas Shane of MILL CITY, OR, 26, serving with HHC, 3RD BATTALION, 15TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4TH INFANTRY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT STEWART, GA. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Nicholas Brian Burley, 22, of Red Bluff, California, was killed in a hostile incident in Pul-e-Alam, Afghanistan, on July 30, 2013.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Stephen Michael New, 29, of Bartlett, Tennessee, died on July 28, 2013, in Sarobi District, Afghanistan, from hostile enemy action.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Eric Timothy Lawson Sr., 30, of Griffin, Georgia, died on July 27, 2013, in Ghazni, Afghanistan, from hostile action while serving with the 359th Inland Cargo Transfer Company.

U.S. Army Sergeant Caryn Elaine Nouv, 29, of Newport News, Virginia, was killed in a hostile incident in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on July 27, 2013.

U.S. Army Specialist Rob Lee Nichols, 24, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, died on July 23, 2013, in Soltan Kheyl, Afghanistan, from hostile enemy action.