Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Lance Corporal Travis Thornton Babine, 20, of San Antonio, Texas, was a U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines. He was killed in hostile action in Farah Province, Afghanistan, on August 6, 2009.

Corporal Christian Armando Guzman Rivera, 21, of Homestead, Florida, was a U.S. Marine killed in Farah Province, Afghanistan, on August 6, 2009.

Sgt. Jay Michael Hoskins, 24, of Paris, Texas, was a U.S. Marine killed in hostile action in Farah province, Afghanistan, on August 6, 2009.

Anthony Christian Garcia, a 21-year-old Hospitalman from Tyndall, Florida, died in Afghanistan's Farah province on August 5, 2009, while serving with the U.S. Navy.

Private Second Class Keiffer Prescot Wilhelm, 19, of Plymouth, Ohio, was a U.S. Army cavalry scout. He was killed in action on August 4, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Hunter in Maysan province, Iraq.

Sgt. 1st Class Alejandro Granado III, 42, of Tatum, Texas, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier. He died on August 2, 2009, in Qole Gerdsar, Afghanistan, from hostile fire.

Captain Ronald George Luce Jr., 27, of Wayne, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Army Special Forces officer. He was killed in action on August 2, 2009, in Qole Gerdsar, Afghanistan.

At 43, SFC Summers, Severin West Iii of PRARIEVILLE, LA was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 2D BATTALION, 20TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, GRENADA, MS, when he died in QOLE GERDSAR, AFGHANISTAN on August 2, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

Patrick Scott Fitzgibbon, a 19-year-old U.S. Army Private First Class from Knoxville, Tennessee, was killed in hostile action on August 1, 2009, in Mushan, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Private First Class Richard Kelvin Jones, 21, of Person, North Carolina, was killed in hostile action on August 1, 2009, in Mushan village, Afghanistan.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 12TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO, SGT Walls, Jonathan Michael of WEST LAWN, PA, 27, died in MUSHAN VILLAGE, AFGHANISTAN on August 1, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Alexander Joel Miller, 21, of Clermont, Florida, was killed in action on July 31, 2009, in the Barge Matal district of Afghanistan's Nuristan province.

Lance Corporal Gregory Alan Posey, a 22-year-old U.S. Marine from Knoxville, Tennessee, was killed in hostile action in Bastion, Afghanistan on July 30, 2009.

C CO, 2D CEB, (2D MEB FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, MARINE CORPS ? LCPL Stroud, Jonathan Fulton (CASHION, OK), age 20, ? died in CAMP DWYER, AFGHANISTAN on July 30, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Gerrick D. Smith, 19, of Sullivan, Illinois, was killed in action on July 29, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Heart in Afghanistan. He was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry R

In BAGRAM, AFGHANISTAN on July 29, 2009, the ARMY lost CW2 Vose, Douglas M Iii of CONCRETE, WA, 38, serving with TF 10. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 26, PFC Vincent, Donald Wayne of GAINESVILLE, FL was serving with the MARINE CORPS, F CO, 2D BN 8TH MAR, (RCT-3, 2D MEB FWD) 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, when he died in CAMP DWYER, AFGHANISTAN on July 25, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

SFC Polk, Johnny Roosevelt, age 39, of GULFPORT, MS ? Active Duty, ARMY, HHB, 3D BATTALION, 82D FIELD ARTILLERY, 2 BCT, 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION, FORT HOOD, TX, ? died on July 25, 2009 in LANDSTUHL (LRMC), GERMANY. Cause: HOSTILE.