Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Master Sergeant William Ryan Posch, 36, was a U.S. Air Force Reserve combat controller assigned to the 308th Rescue Squadron. He was killed in action on March 15, 2018, near Al Asad Air Base in Iraq.

Master Sergeant Christopher Joseph Raguso, 39, of Commack, New York, was a member of the U.S. Air Force's 106th Operations Support Squadron. He was killed in a helicopter crash near Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, on March 15, 2018.

Capt. Mark Kenneth Weber, 29, of Bartonville, Texas, was a U.S. Air Force pilot with the 38th Rescue Squadron. He was killed in a helicopter crash near Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, on March 15, 2018.

Maj. Christopher Tripp Zanetis, 37, of Long Island City, New York, was a member of the U.S. Air Force's 101st Rescue Squadron. He was killed in a helicopter crash near Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, on March 15, 2018.

Petty Officer Second Class Nikkolas Seijin Illi, a 31-year-old American sailor from Honolulu, Hawaii, died in Juffair, Bahrain on March 13, 2018. The Department of Defense confirmed his death as a non-combat incident while he was supporting

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Maitland Deweever Wilson, 38, of Brooklyn, New York, died on March 7, 2018, in Landstuhl, Germany, from wounds sustained in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

Sgt. Christina Marie Schoenecker, 26, of Arlington, Kansas, was a U.S. Army Reserve soldier killed in action on February 19, 2018, in Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation Inherent Resolve.

U.S. Army Specialist Javion Shavonte Sullivan, 24, of Fort Mill, South Carolina, was killed in action at Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, on January 8, 2018.

Sgt. 1st Class Mihail Golin, 34, of Fort Lee, New Jersey, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group. He was killed by enemy small-arms fire in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, on January 1, 2018.

U.S. Army Master Sergeant Brian Lee Stilwell, 56, of Coweta, Oklahoma, died on December 25, 2017, in Bethesda, Maryland. He was assigned to Company D, 2nd Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment, 36th Combat Aviation Brigade.

U.S. Army Specialist Avadon Alfred Chaves, 20, of Turlock, California, was killed in action on December 20, 2017, while deployed to Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, during Operation Inherent Resolve.

Sgt. Axel Omar Bonilla Perez, 30, of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, died on December 15, 2017, in Bethesda, Maryland, while serving with the U.S. Army Reserve during Operation Inherent Resolve.

Staff Sergeant David Thomas Brabander, 24, of Anchorage, Alaska, was killed in action on December 11, 2017, in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, while serving with the U.S. Army.

Petty Officer Second Class Derek Damone Mitchem, 34, of Tyler, Texas, was a U.S. Navy sailor serving with Naval Communications Telecommunication Station Bahrain. He died on December 9, 2017, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.

U.S. Army Corporal Todd Lane McGurn, 20, of Riverside, California, died on November 25, 2017, in Baghdad, Iraq, while serving with the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment.

Sgt. 1st Class Hughton O'neil Brown, 43, of Brooklyn, New York, was a U.S. Army Reserve engineer. He was killed in action on November 14, 2017, at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Lee Michael Smith, 35, of Arlington, Texas, was a U.S. Army aviator killed in action at Camp Taji, Iraq, on November 11, 2017.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Stephen Baxter Cribben, 33, of Simi Valley, California, was killed in Logar Province, Afghanistan, on November 4, 2017.