Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

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 Townsend, Joshua Rhea, age 30, of SOLVANG, CA ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 7TH SPECIAL FORCES GOURP (ABN), FORT BRAGG, NC, ? died 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.

At 24, SSG Bauer, Justin Lynn of LOVELAND, CO was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY D, 2D BATTALION, 505TH INFANTRY, 3 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on January 10, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

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.

U.S. Army Corporal Keith Eric Essary, 20, of Dyersburg, Tennessee, was killed in hostile action in Maywand, Afghanistan, on January 8, 2009.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Joshua Lee Rath, 22, of Decatur, Alabama, was killed in a hostile incident in Maywand, Afghanistan, on January 8, 2009.

Lance Cpl. Jessie Adam Cassada, 19, of Hendersonville, North Carolina, was a U.S. Marine killed in hostile action in Now Zad, Afghanistan, on January 6, 2009.

In TIKRIT, IRAQ on January 6, 2009, the ARMY lost SSG Davis, Anthony Dee of DAYTONA BEACH, FL, 29, serving with HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 75TH RANGER, HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD, SAVANNAH, GA. Cause: HOSTILE.

2ND BN, 6TH MAR, (26TH MEU, II MEF FWD), 2ND MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, MARINE CORPS ? LCPL Gilliam, Chadwick Allen (MAYKING, KY), age 29, ? died in CAMP BUEHRING, KUWAIT on January 3, 2009.

Lance Corporal Alberto Francesconi, 21, of the Bronx, New York, was a U.S. Marine killed in a hostile incident in Now Zad, Afghanistan, on January 1, 2009.

At 20, PFC Lotter, Christopher Warren of CHESTER HEIGHTS, PA was serving with the ARMY, BATTERY A, 3D BATTALION, 7TH FIELD ARTILLERY, 3 BCT, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI, when he died in BALAD, IRAQ on December 31, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.