Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Specialist George Walter Cauley, 24, of Walker, Minnesota, died on October 10, 2009, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

Lance Cpl. Alfonso Ochoa Jr., 20, of Armona, California, was a U.S. Marine killed in hostile action in Bakwa district, Afghanistan, on October 10, 2009.

At 27, SSGT Taylor, Aaron James of BOVEY, MN was serving with the MARINE CORPS, MWSS-372, MWSG-37 (2D LAR, MEB-A FWD) 3D MAW, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, when he died in CAMP DWYER, AFGHANISTAN on October 9, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 1ST INFANTRY, FORT RILEY, KS, ARMY ? SFC Westbrook, Kenneth Warren (SHIPROCK, NM), age 41, ? died in WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES on October 7, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

On October 6, 2009, the ARMY lost MAJ Hervas, Tad Thomas of COON RAPIDS, MN in COB BASRAH, IRAQ. He was 48.

U.S. Army Specialist Kevin Olsen Hill, 23, of Brooklyn, New York, was killed in a hostile incident on October 4, 2009, at Combat Outpost Dehanna in Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Justin Timothy Gallegos, 27, of Tucson, Arizona, was killed in action on October 3, 2009, during a major enemy assault on Combat Outpost Keating in Kamdesh, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Christopher Todd Griffin, 24, of Kincheloe, Michigan, was killed in action on October 3, 2009, during a battle at Combat Outpost Keating in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Joshua Mitchell Hardt, 24, of Applegate, California, was killed in action on October 3, 2009, during the Battle of Kamdesh at Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Joshua John Kirk, 30, of South Portland, Maine, was killed in hostile action on October 3, 2009, in Kamdesh, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Stephan Lee Mace, 21, of Lovettsville, Virginia, died on October 3, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Bostick, Afghanistan, from wounds sustained in combat.

Staff Sergeant Vernon William Martin, 25, of Savannah, Georgia, was a U.S. Army soldier killed in a complex enemy attack on Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan on October 3, 2009.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Thomas Duane Rabjohn, 39, of Avondale, Arizona, was killed in a hostile incident in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, on October 3, 2009.

U.S. Army Sergeant Michael Patrick Scusa, 22, of Villas, New Jersey, was killed in action on October 3, 2009, in Kamdesh, Afghanistan. He served with Troop B, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Carso

PFC Thomson, Kevin Christopher, 22, a native of RENO, NV, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP B, 3D SQUADRON, 61ST CAVALRY, 4 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO, during Operation Enduring Freedom on October 3, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Ryan Christopher Adams, 26, of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, died on October 2, 2009, in Logar Province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Private First Class Alan Howard Newton Jr., 26, of Asheboro, North Carolina, died on October 2, 2009, at the Role 3 hospital at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Brandon Andre Owens, 21, of Memphis, Tennessee, died on October 2, 2009, from hostile action at Forward Operating Base Shank in Logar Province, Afghanistan.