Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

At 19, SPC Avila, Adrian Ladon of OPELIKA, AL was serving with the ARMY, 1343D CHEMICAL COMPANY, 151ST CHEMICAL BATTALION, CENTRE, AL, when he died in CAMP BUEHRING, KUWAIT on October 29, 2009.

From ROSANKY, TX, LCPL Stanley, Cody Robert served with the MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 3D BN, 4TH MAR, (RCT-7, 2D MEB-A), 1ST MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, and died on October 28, 2009 in NOW ZAD, AFGHANISTAN. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 39, SPC Gallegos, Joseph Lawrence of QUESTA, NM was serving with the ARMY, 720TH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, 13TH EXPEDITIONARY SUPPORT COMMAND, LAS VEGAS, NM, when he died in TALLIL, IRAQ on October 28, 2009.

U.S. Army Private First Class Brian Russell Bates Jr., 20, of Gretna, Louisiana, died on October 27, 2009, in a hostile incident one kilometer north of Loy Kariz, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Robert Keith Charlton, 22, of Malden, Missouri, died on October 27, 2009, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

Sgt. Fernando De La Rosa, 24, of Alamo, Texas, was a U.S. Army infantryman. He was killed in a hostile incident in Afghanistan's Arghandab River Valley on October 27, 2009.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Luis Manuel Gonzalez, 27, of South Ozone Park, New York, died on October 27, 2009, in Afghanistan's Arghandab Valley.

U.S. Army Sergeant Dale Russel Griffin, 29, of Terre Haute, Indiana, was killed by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan's Arghandab River Valley on October 27, 2009.

U.S. Army Sergeant Issac Brandon Jackson, 27, of Plattsburg, Missouri, died on October 27, 2009, in the Arghandab Valley, Afghanistan, while serving with Company C, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment.

COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 17TH INFANTRY, 5TH STRYKER BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT LEWIS, WA, ARMY ? SPC Stanker, Jared Donald (EVERGREEN PARK, IL), age 22, ? died in ARGANDAB RIVER VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN on October 27, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

From VANCOUVER, WA, PFC Walz, Christopher Ian served with the ARMY, C/1-17 IN BN, 5/2ID SBCT (TF STRYKER), and died on October 27, 2009 in ARGHANDAB RIVER VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN. He was 25. Cause: HOSTILE.

COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 17TH INFANTRY, 5 SBCT, FORT LEWIS, WA, ARMY ? SGT Williamson, Patrick Oliver (BROUSSARD, LA), age 24, ? died in ARGHANAB VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN on October 27, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT, 22ND MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON, ARMY ? MAJ Audo, David Lawrence (SAINT JOSEPH, IL), age 35, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on October 27, 2009.

Staff Sgt. Keith Robert Bishop, 28, of Medford, New York, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier. He died in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan, on October 26, 2009, from hostile fire.

Corporal Gregory Michael William Fleury, 23, of Anchorage, Alaska, was a U.S. Marine killed in action at Forward Operating Base Dwyer, Afghanistan, on October 26, 2009.

U.S. Army Sergeant Josue Emman Hernandez Chavez, 23, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was killed in action on October 26, 2009, in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan.

Capt. Eric Alton Jones, 29, of Westchester, New York, was a U.S. Marine Corps officer serving with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169. He was killed in action on October 26, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Dwyer, Afghanistan.

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Niall Damien Lyons, 40, of Spokane, Washington, was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. He was killed in a helicopter crash in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan, on Octob