Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Lance Corporal Jacob Allen Ross, 19, of Gillette, Wyoming, was a U.S. Marine with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines. He died in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 24, 2010.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Carlos Marcelino Santos-Silva, 32, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was killed in action on March 22, 2010, at Combat Outpost Nolen, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment,

LCPL Wilson, Justin J, age 24, of PALM CITY, FL ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 3/10, RCT-7, MEB-A (PARENT CMND: 2D MARDIV), ? died on March 22, 2010 in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

Adam Lee Brown was a 36-year-old Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy's Naval Special Warfare Development Group. He was killed in a hostile incident in Afghanistan on March 18, 2010.

Active Duty, ARMY, BATTERY B, 2D BATTALION, 15TH FIELD ARTILLERY, 2ND BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT DRUM, NEW YORK, SPC Rieckhoff, Robert Michael of APPLETON, WI, 26, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on March 18, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Joel David Clarkson, 23, of Fairbanks, Alaska, died on March 16, 2010, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

Gunnery Sergeant Robert Lee Gilbert II, a 28-year-old U.S. Marine from Richfield, Ohio, died on March 16, 2010, at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, from wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 36TH INFANTRY, 1 BCT, FORT BLISS, TX, ARMY ? SSG Jordan, Richard Joseph (TYLER, TX), age 29, ? died in MOSUL, IRAQ on March 16, 2010.

Jonathan Daniel Porto was a 26-year-old U.S. Marine corporal from Largo, Florida. He was killed in action on March 14, 2010, in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

On March 13, 2010, the ARMY lost CPL Bishop, Steven Jesse of CHRISTIANSBURG, VA in TIKRIT, IRAQ. He was 29.

PFC Mclyman, Erin Leigh, 26, a native of FEDERAL WAY, WA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 296TH BRIGADE SUPPORT BN, 3D STRYKER BCT, 2 ID, FORT LEWIS, WA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 13, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

SFC Whetten, Glen Jacob, age 31, of MESA, AZ ? Active Duty, ARMY, 1ST BRIGADE, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, AFGHANISTAN TEAM, FORT RILEY, KS, ? died on March 12, 2010 in HIGHWAY 1, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

Lance Cpl. Garrett William Gamble, 20, of Sugarland, Texas, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 11, 2010.

U.S. Army Private First Class Jason Michael Kropat, 25, of White Lake, New York, died on March 9, 2010, at Combat Outpost Chergataw, Afghanistan.

Sgt. Jonathan Jerome Richardson, 24, of Bald Knob, Arkansas, was a U.S. Army infantryman assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He was killed in action on Ma

On March 8, 2010, the ARMY lost SGT Arthur, Aaron Montell of LAKE CITY, SC in WASIT PROVINCE, IRAQ. He was 25.

At 23, SGT Bailey, Lakeshia Mesha of COLUMBUS, GA was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY G, 203D COMBAT SUPPORT BATTALION, 3D BCT, FORT BENNING, GA, when she died in AL KUT, IRAQ on March 8, 2010.

Private First Class Nicholas Scott Cook, 19, of Hungry Horse, Montana, was a U.S. Army infantryman assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team. He was killed in action on March 7, 2010, in Dab Sar, Konar Province, Afghanistan.