Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

At 24, SSG Bauer, Justin Lynn of LOVELAND, CO was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY D, 2D BATTALION, 505TH INFANTRY, 3 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on January 10, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

Corporal Joseph Michael Hernandez, 24, of Hammond, Indiana, was a U.S. Army infantryman killed on January 9, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Lagman in Zabul Province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Major Brian Michael Mescall, 33, of Hopkinton, Massachusetts, died on January 9, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Lagman in Afghanistan. He was assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, based in Hohenfels, German

U.S. Army Sergeant Jason Ray Parsons, 24, of Lenoir, North Carolina, died on January 9, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Lagman in Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Corporal Keith Eric Essary, 20, of Dyersburg, Tennessee, was killed in hostile action in Maywand, Afghanistan, on January 8, 2009.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Joshua Lee Rath, 22, of Decatur, Alabama, was killed in a hostile incident in Maywand, Afghanistan, on January 8, 2009.

Lance Cpl. Jessie Adam Cassada, 19, of Hendersonville, North Carolina, was a U.S. Marine killed in hostile action in Now Zad, Afghanistan, on January 6, 2009.

In TIKRIT, IRAQ on January 6, 2009, the ARMY lost SSG Davis, Anthony Dee of DAYTONA BEACH, FL, 29, serving with HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 75TH RANGER, HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD, SAVANNAH, GA. Cause: HOSTILE.

2ND BN, 6TH MAR, (26TH MEU, II MEF FWD), 2ND MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, MARINE CORPS ? LCPL Gilliam, Chadwick Allen (MAYKING, KY), age 29, ? died in CAMP BUEHRING, KUWAIT on January 3, 2009.

Lance Corporal Alberto Francesconi, 21, of the Bronx, New York, was a U.S. Marine killed in a hostile incident in Now Zad, Afghanistan, on January 1, 2009.