Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

In KIRKUK, IRAQ on January 26, 2009, the ARMY lost CW3 Windorski, Philip Eugene Jr of BOVEY, MN, 35, serving with TROOP B, 6TH SQUADRON, 6TH CAVALRY, FORT DRUM, NY. Cause: HOSTILE.

Lance Cpl. Julian Thomas Brennan, 25, of Brooklyn, New York, was a U.S. Marine killed in hostile action in Farah province, Afghanistan, on January 24, 2009.

PFC Cotting, Grant Andrew, age 19, of CORONA, CA ? Active Duty, ARMY, 515TH ENGINEER COMPANY, 5TH ENG BN, 555TH BDE, FORT LEONARD WOOD, MO, ? died on January 24, 2009 in FOB DELTA, IRAQ.

On January 24, 2009, the ARMY lost SGT Harrington, Kyle Joseph of SAWANSEA, MA in BASRAH, IRAQ. He was 24.

National Guard, ARMY, 772D MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, 91ST BATTALION, 8TH BRIGADE, TAUNTON, MA, SPC Pollini, Matthew Michael of ROCKLAND, MA, 21, died in WASIT, IRAQ on January 22, 2009.

Roberto Andrade Jr, an American Staff Sergeant from Chicago, served with HHC, 1st Battalion, 66th Armor, 3 BCT, Fort Hood, TX. He died on January 18, 2009, in Baghdad, Iraq.

6TH SECURITY FORCES SQUADRON, MACDILL AFB, FL, AIR FORCE ? SRA Mcknight, Omar James (MARRERO, LA), age 22, ? died in JOINT BASE BALAD, IRAQ on January 18, 2009.

U.S. Army Sergeant Ezra Dawson, 31, from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, died on January 17, 2009, from hostile action at Combat Outpost Vegas in Afghanistan.

Staff Sergeant Carlo Montell Robinson, 33, of Lawton, Oklahoma, served with the U.S. Army's 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Combat Support Brigade, based at Fort Polk, Louisiana. He died in Bagram, Afghanistan, on January 17, 2009, from h

SSG Joshua Rhea Townsend, 30, served in the U.S. Army's 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and was killed in action on January 16, 2009, in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan.

PFC Turner, Ricky Lee, age 20, of ATHENS, AL ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 3RD BRIGADE SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 82ND AIRBORNE, FORT BRAGG, NC, ? died on January 16, 2009 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

Lance Corporal Daniel Ryan Bennett, 23, of Clifton, Virginia, was a U.S. Marine killed in action on January 11, 2009, at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 2ND BATTALION, 35TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 3 BCT, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI, PFC Mccune, Sean Patrick of EULESS, TX, 20, died in SAMARRA, IRAQ on January 11, 2009.

At 28, SGT Porter, Marquis Richard of BRIGHTON, MA was serving with the MARINE CORPS, HQ CO, 2D BN, 10TH MAR, (RCT-8, I MEF FWD), 2D MARDIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, when he died in AL ASAD, IRAQ on January 11, 2009.

SSG Justin Lynn Bauer, 24, from Loveland, CO, served in the US Army and died in Baghdad, Iraq on January 10, 2009, due to hostile actions.

Corporal Joseph Michael Hernandez, 24, of Hammond, Indiana, was a U.S. Army infantryman killed on January 9, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Lagman in Zabul Province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Major Brian Michael Mescall, 33, of Hopkinton, Massachusetts, died on January 9, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Lagman in Afghanistan. He was assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, based in Hohenfels, German

U.S. Army Sergeant Jason Ray Parsons, 24, of Lenoir, North Carolina, died on January 9, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Lagman in Afghanistan.