Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Specialist Joel Alvarez Ramirez, 22, of Waxahachie, Texas, was killed on April 16, 2011, in Ahmid-Khan, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Captain Charles Edward Ridgley Jr., 40, of Baltimore, Maryland, was killed in a hostile incident in Gamberi, Afghanistan, on April 16, 2011. He served with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 17th Combat Sustainment Support Bat

Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 101ST SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 101ST SUSTAINMENT BRIGADE, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, SSG Taylor, Cynthia Renea of COLUMBUS, GA, 39, died in GAMBERI, AFGHANISTAN on April 16, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 32D INFANTRY REGIMENT, 3 BCT, FORT DRUM, NY, CPL Wren, Charles Jeffrey of BEEVILLE, TX, 26, died in AHMID-KHAN, AFGHANISTAN on April 16, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Joseph Alan Kennedy, 25, of Saint Paul, Minnesota, died on April 15, 2011, in Sini, Afghanistan, while serving with the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army Specialist Donald Lee Nichols, 21, of Shell Rock, Iowa, was killed in a hostile incident in Mehtar Lam District, Afghanistan, on April 13, 2011.

U.S. Army Sergeant Brent Matthew Maher, 31, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was killed in Paktya Province, Afghanistan, on April 11, 2011.

Sergeant Vorasack Thomas Xaysana, 30, of Westminster, Colorado, was a U.S. Army soldier killed in action on April 10, 2011, in Kirkuk, Iraq.

Staff Sergeant Jose Manuel Caraballo Pietri, 32, of Yauco, Puerto Rico, was a U.S. Army artilleryman. He was killed in a hostile incident on April 10, 2011, in Ghormach district, Afghanistan.

Private First Class Brandon Thomas Pickering, 21, of Fort Thomas, Kentucky, was a U.S. Army infantryman. He died on April 10, 2011, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Keith Thomas Buzinski, 26, of Daytona Beach, Florida, was killed by hostile fire on April 7, 2011, at Forward Operating Base Shank in Afghanistan's Logar Province.

Staff Sergeant Jason Aaron Rogers, 28, of Brandon, Mississippi, was a U.S. Marine with the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He was killed in action in Helmand province, Afghanistan,

Hospitalman Benjamin David Rast, 23, of Niles, Michigan, was a U.S. Navy sailor killed in a hostile incident in Shaykh-Mujhamihalyan, Afghanistan, on April 6, 2011.

Staff Sergeant Jeremy Daniel Smith, 26, of Arlington, Texas, was a U.S. Marine reservist serving with 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines. He was killed in action in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 6, 2011.

U.S. Army Specialist Gary Lee Nelson III, 20, of Woodstock, Georgia, was killed in action in Mosul, Iraq, on April 5, 2011.

U.S. Army Major Wesley James Hinkley, 36, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was killed in action in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 4, 2011.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Scott Hamilton Burgess, 32, of Franklin, Texas, died on April 4, 2011, in Maymaneh City, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Michael Scott Lammerts, 26, of Tonawanda, New York, was killed in action on April 4, 2011, in Maymaneh City, Afghanistan.