Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Specialist Benjamin Carlos Pleitez, 25, of Turlock, California, was killed in action on July 27, 2012, in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, while serving with the 649th Military Police Company.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant John Eric Hansen, 41, of Austin, Texas, was killed in Khakrez, Afghanistan, on July 26, 2012.

U.S. Army First Lieutenant Sean Robert Jacobs, 23, of Redding, California, died on July 26, 2012, in Tsagay province, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Sgt. Justin Michael Hansen, 26, of Traverse City, Michigan, was a U.S. Marine killed in Badghis province, Afghanistan, on July 24, 2012.

U.S. Army Private First Class Adam Corey Ross, 19, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, was killed in action on July 24, 2012, in Jaghato, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade

Eric Edward Williams, a 27-year-old U.S. Army Sergeant from Murrieta, CA, died in Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan, on July 23, 2012, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Richard Liam Berry, 27, of Scottsdale, Arizona, was killed in a hostile incident in Zharay, Afghanistan, on July 22, 2012.

Private First Class Julian Lee Colvin, 21, of Birmingham, Alabama, was killed in action on July 22, 2012, in Zharay, Afghanistan, while serving with the U.S. Army.

U.S. Army Specialist Justin Louis Horsley, 21, of Palm Bay, Florida, was killed in a hostile incident on July 22, 2012, in Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Brenden Neal Salazar, 20, of Chuluota, Florida, was killed in action on July 22, 2012, in Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan, while serving with the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team.

Petty Officer First Class Michael John Brodsky, a 33-year-old American sailor from Tamarac, Florida, died on July 21, 2012, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from hostile action.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Brandon Robert Pepper, 31, of York, Pennsylvania, was killed in hostile action on July 21, 2012, in Latif, Afghanistan.

Sgt. Joshua Ryan Ashley, 23, of Rancho Cucamonga, California, was a U.S. Marine with 2nd LEB, I MEF. He died in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on July 19, 2012.

Petty Officer First Class Joseph Patrick-Newman Fitzmorris, 31, of West Monroe, Louisiana, was a U.S. Navy sailor killed in a helicopter crash in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Oman on July 19, 2012.

Corporal Darrion Terrell Hicks, 21, of Raleigh, North Carolina, was a U.S. Army engineer killed in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on July 19, 2012, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Private First Class Jeffrey Leon Rice, 24, of Troy, Ohio, served with the U.S. Army's 584th Engineer Company, 20th Engineer Battalion, based at Fort Hood, Texas. He was killed in action on July 19, 2012, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Sean Patrick Sullivan, an American Chief Petty Officer from St. Louis, served with the Navy's HM-15 and was killed in action in Oman on July 19, 2012, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Army Sergeant Jose Joel Reyes, 24, of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, was killed in Ghazni, Afghanistan on July 18, 2012 while serving with the 110th Transportation Company.