Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Staff Sergeant Vinson Bryon Adkinson III, a 26-year-old soldier from Harper, Kansas, died on August 31, 2010, at Forward Operating Base Shank in Afghanistan's Logar Province.

U.S. Army Sergeant Raymond Chavez Alcaraz Jr., 20, of Redlands, California, died on August 31, 2010, at Forward Operating Base Shank in Logar Province, Afghanistan.

Sgt. Joseph Anthony Bovia, 24, of Kenner, Louisiana, was a U.S. Marine killed in a hostile incident at Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, on August 31, 2010.

U.S. Army Specialist Matthew Eric George, 22, of Grantsboro, North Carolina, died on August 31, 2010, in a hostile incident on Route Triumph, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist James Anthony Page, 23, of Titusville, Florida, was killed in a hostile incident in Logar Province, Afghanistan, on August 31, 2010.

Lance Cpl. Cody Allen Roberts, 22, of Boise, Idaho, was a U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines. He was killed in a hostile incident at Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, on August 31, 2010.

Chad Derek Clements, 26, was a U.S. Army specialist from Huntington, Indiana. He died on August 30, 2010, in the vicinity of the village of Morghan, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Captain Dale Alan Goetz, 43, of Hood River, Oregon, died on August 30, 2010, in the Arghandab River Valley, Afghanistan, while serving with the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Casey James Grochowiak, 34, of Vista, California, was killed in a hostile incident in Malajat, Afghanistan, on August 30, 2010.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Jesse Infante, 30, of Houston, Texas, died on August 30, 2010, in the Arghandab River Valley, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

Staff Sergeant Kevin James Kessler, 32, of Canton, Ohio, was a U.S. Army soldier assigned to Company F, 4th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team. He died in the Arghandab River Valley, Afghanistan, on August 30, 2010.

U.S. Army First Lieutenant Mark Anthony Noziska, 24, of Papillion, Nebraska, was killed in a hostile incident on August 30, 2010, in Malajat, Afghanistan.

SSG West, Matthew J, 36, a native of CONOVER, WI, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, 62ND EOD COMPANY/CJTF PALADIN SOUTH, during Operation Enduring Freedom on August 30, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

Gunnery Sergeant Floyd Earl Courtney Holley, 36, of Casselberry, Florida, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on August 29, 2010.

Staff Sgt. James Roger V Ide, 32, of Festus, Missouri, was a U.S. Army military policeman. He died in a hostile incident in Hyderabad, Afghanistan, on August 29, 2010.

U.S. Army Specialist Andrew Jordan Castro, 20, of Westlake Village, California, died on August 28, 2010, in Babur, Afghanistan, from hostile enemy action.

U.S. Army Sergeant Patrick Keith Durham, 24, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was killed in hostile action on August 28, 2010, in Babur, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Bryn Todd Raver, 20, of Harrison, Arkansas, was killed in action on August 28, 2010, in Chaparhar District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.