Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Sgt. Matthew James Deyoung, 26, of Talent, Oregon, was a U.S. Marine with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion. He died on February 18, 2011, in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

Airman First Class Christoffer Paige Johnson, 20, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was a member of the U.S. Air Force's 423rd Security Forces Squadron. He died on February 17, 2011, at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

Airman First Class Corey Charles Owens, 26, of San Antonio, Texas, was a member of the 47th Security Forces Squadron, Laughlin Air Force Base. He was killed in action on February 17, 2011, at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Bradley Charles Hart, 25, of Perrysburg, Ohio, died on February 17, 2011, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. He was assigned to the Headquarters, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

U.S. Army Specialist Jonathan Adam Pilgeram, 22, of Great Falls, Montana, died on February 17, 2011, in Ghaziabad District, Konar Province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Lashawn Donell Evans, 24, of Columbia, South Carolina, was killed in action on February 15, 2011, in Taji, Iraq.

Corporal Nathan Brock Carse, 32, of Harrod, Ohio, was a U.S. Army combat engineer with the 595th Sapper Company. He was killed in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on February 8, 2011.

U.S. Army Sergeant Patrick Ryan Carroll, 25, of Norwalk, Ohio, died on February 7, 2011, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

From JAMESTOWN, NY, LCPL Swanson, Aaron Michael served with the MARINE CORPS, 3D BN 25TH MAR,(RCT-1, I MEF FWD),4TH MAR DIV, BUFFALO, NY, and died on February 7, 2011 in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

Corporal Lucas Todd Pyeatt, 24, of West Chester, Ohio, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 5, 2011.

U.S. Army Specialist Ryan Anthony Gartner, 23, of Dumont, New Jersey, was killed in action on February 1, 2011, in Bagram, Afghanistan, while serving with the 201st Military Intelligence Battalion.

U.S. Army Specialist Omar Soltero, 28, of San Antonio, Texas, was killed in action on January 31, 2011, in Wardak Province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, based at F

U.S. Army Specialist Joshua Ross Campbell, 22, of Bennett, Colorado, was killed in a hostile incident on January 29, 2011, northeast of Forward Operating Base Budwan, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Shawn Andrew Muhr, 26, of Coon Rapids, Iowa, was killed in a hostile incident near Budwan, Afghanistan, on January 29, 2011.

In CAMP MONTROND, AFGHANISTAN on January 28, 2011, the ARMY lost SFC Venetz, Anthony Jr of MANASSAS PARK, VA, 30, serving with COMPANY A, 2ND BATTALION, 7TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (AIRBORNE), FORT BRAGG, NC.

At 36, TSGT Williams, Leslie Dominic of JUNEAU, AK was serving with the AIR FORCE, 4TH MAINTENANCE GROUP, SEYMOUR JOHNSON AFB, NC, when he died in BAGRAM AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN on January 25, 2011.

Sgt. Jason Gil Amores, 29, of Lehigh Acres, Florida, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on January 20, 2011.

Private First Class Amy Renee Sinkler, 23, of Chadbourn, North Carolina, was a soldier in the U.S. Army's 109th Transportation Company, 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion. She died in a hostile incident in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan