Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Technical Sergeant Phillip Andrew Myers, 30, of Hopewell, Virginia, was a U.S. Air Force explosive ordnance disposal technician. He was killed by an improvised explosive device on April 4, 2009, in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

SGT Beard, Daniel Jay, 24, a native of BUFFALO, NY, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, 147TH POSTAL COMPANY, 21ST THEATER SUSTAINMENT COMMAND, WIESBADEN, GM, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on April 3, 2009.

LCPL Dearmon, Stephen Fitzgerald, 21, a native of CROSSVILLE, TN, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 2D MLG HQ, (H&S CO, 2D MLG, III MEF FWD), CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on April 3, 2009.

From MIAMI, FL, LCPL Lantigua, Nelson Manuel served with the MARINE CORPS, G BTRY, 2D BN, 10TH MAR,( RCT-6, II MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, and died on March 31, 2009 in CAMP AL TAQADDUM, IRAQ. He was 20.

COMPANY A, 25TH SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI, ARMY ? SGT Poche, Devin Christopher (JACKSONVILLE, NC), age 25, ? died in COB SPEICHER, IRAQ on March 31, 2009.

U.S. Navy Lieutenant Florence Bacong Choe, 35, of El Cajon, California, was killed in a hostile incident in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, on March 27, 2009.

LTJG Toner, Francis Lawrence Iv, age 26, of NARRAGANSETT, RI ? Active Duty, NAVY, ARSIC NORTH (TF PHOENIX), ? died on March 27, 2009 in MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

13TH MILITARY POLICE DETACHMENT, 728TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI, ARMY ? SSG Futrell, Raphael Anton (ANDERSON, SC), age 26, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on March 25, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Adam Jeffery Hardt, 19, of Avondale, Arizona, was killed in action on March 22, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Airborne, Afghanistan.

Corporal Michael Webster Ouellette, 28, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was a U.S. Marine killed in a hostile incident in Bastion, Afghanistan, on March 22, 2009.

Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 2D CBT ENGR BN, (GCE SPMAGTF-AFGHANISTAN), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, CPL Williams, Anthony Lee of OXFORD, PA, 21, died in NOW ZAD, AFGHANISTAN on March 22, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

Lance Cpl. Daniel Joseph Geary, 22, of Rome, New York, was a U.S. Marine killed in hostile action in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 20, 2009.

SGT Escobedo, Jose Refugio Jr, age 32, of ALBUQUERQUE, NM ? Active Duty, ARMY, 177 FA, 1-2 IN, 172ND INF (TASK ORG MND-C), ? died on March 20, 2009 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ.

CPL Moore, Gary Lee, 25, a native of DEL CITY, OK, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, 978TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, 716TH MP BN, FORT BLISS, TX, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 16, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Christopher Paul Abeyta, 23, of Midlothian, Illinois, was killed in a hostile incident on March 15, 2009, at the Jalalabad Forward Surgical Team (FST) facility in Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt. Timothy Louis Bowles, 24, of Tucson, Arizona, was an active-duty U.S. Air Force airman assigned to the 3rd Logistics Readiness Squadron. He died in a hostile incident in Kot, Afghanistan, on March 15, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Norman Lewis Cain III, 22, of Freeport, Illinois, died on March 15, 2009, in Kot, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

In JAF FST, AFGHANISTAN on March 15, 2009, the ARMY lost SGT Weinger, Robert Martin of ROUND LAKE BEACH, IL, 24, serving with COMPANY D, 1ST BATTALION, 178TH INFANTRY, WOODSTOCK, IL. Cause: HOSTILE.