Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Private First Class Tan Quoc Ngo, 20, of Beaverton, Oregon, died on August 27, 2008, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

At 25, SGT Cooper, David Keith of WILLIAMSBURG, KY was serving with the ARMY, FOWARD SUPPORT COMPANY, 4TH BATTALION, 42D FIELD ARTILLERY, 1BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on August 27, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

CPL Carlo Escoto Alfonso, age 23, from Spokane, WA, served in the U.S. Army's 40th Engineer Battalion and died in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 26, 2008, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

On August 25, 2008, the ARMY lost SPC Fitzmorris, Steven John of COLUMBIA, MO in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 26. Cause: HOSTILE.

SSG Brian Edward Studer, an American from Ramsey, MN, served in the U.S. Army's 720th EOD Company and died in Ghazni, Afghanistan on August 22, 2008.

Staff Sergeant David Lawrence Paquet, 26, of Rising Sun, Maryland, was a U.S. Army soldier killed in action in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on August 20, 2008.

SFC David James Todd Jr, 36, was an American soldier from Kearns, UT, who served with the 101st Forward Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, and died in Bala Morghab, Afghanistan on August 20, 2008.

370TH ENGINEER COMPANY, 54TH BATTALION, 20TH BRIGADE, BAMBERG, GERMANY, ARMY ? SFC Stanciel, George (GREENWOOD, MS), age 40, ? died in FOB GARY OWEN, IRAQ on August 19, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Jonathon Luke Luscher, 20, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was killed in action on August 17, 2008, at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan.

LCPL Stottlemyer, Travis Martin, 20, a native of HATFIELD, PA, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 3D FAST CO, MCSF, NORFOLK, VA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on August 17, 2008.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Kristopher Dan Rodgers, 29, of Sturgis, Michigan, was killed in action on August 16, 2008, in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, while serving with the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army First Lieutenant Donald Clayton Carwile, 29, of Oxford, Mississippi, was killed in a hostile incident on August 15, 2008, in Wardack, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Private First Class Paul Edward Conlon Jr., 21, of Somerville, Massachusetts, was killed in action on August 15, 2008, in Wardack, Afghanistan.

Lance Cpl. Juan Lopez-Castaneda, 19, of Mesa, Arizona, was a U.S. Marine killed in Sangin, Afghanistan, on August 14, 2008, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Anthony Gary Mihalo, 23, of Naperville, Illinois, was a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was killed in action on August 14, 2008, in Sangin, Afghanistan.

Jacob Joseph Toves, a 27-year-old Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps, died on August 14, 2008, in Sangin, Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom.

PV2 King, Janelle Franshawn, age 23, of MERCED, CA ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 115TH COMBAT SUPPORT HOSPITAL, FORT POLK, LA, ? died on August 14, 2008 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ.

In FALLUJAH, IRAQ on August 14, 2008, the MARINE CORPS lost PFC Mcguire, Daniel Aaron Carrier of MASHPEE, MA, 19, serving with 3D BN, 6TH MAR, (RCT-1, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC. Cause: HOSTILE.