Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Sergeant Jeffrey Chul Soon Sherer, 29, of Four Oaks, North Carolina, died on June 2, 2011, in Qalat, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort

U.S. Army Specialist Richard Charlton Emmons III, 22, of North Granby, Connecticut, died on May 31, 2011, at Forward Operating Base Shank in Logar Province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Private First Class Anthony Michael Nunn, 19, of Burnet, Texas, died on May 30, 2011, in the Nike District of Afghanistan's Paktika Province.

Syed Saleem Shahzad was a Pakistani investigative journalist for Asia Times Online. He was kidnapped and killed on May 30, 2011, in Punjab, Pakistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Martin Ramon Apolinar, 28, of Glendale, Arizona, was killed in action on May 29, 2011, in Wardak province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Aaron Joseph Blasjo, 25, of Riverside, California, was killed in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, on May 29, 2011.

Captain Joseph William Schultz, 36, of Port Angeles, Washington, was a U.S. Army Special Forces officer assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne). He died in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, on May 29, 2011.

Lance Corporal Peter James Clore, a 23-year-old U.S. Marine from New Philadelphia, Ohio, was killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on May 28, 2011.

U.S. Army Specialist Adam Scott Hamilton, 22, of Kent, Ohio, died on May 28, 2011, in Haji Ruf, Afghanistan, while serving during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Private First Class John Corey Johnson, 28, of Phoenix, Arizona, was a U.S. Army infantryman killed in hostile action in Diwar, Afghanistan, on May 27, 2011.

Sgt. Thomas Andrew Bohall, 25, of Wichita, Kansas, was a U.S. Army Pathfinder with the 101st Aviation Regiment. He was killed in a hostile incident on May 26, 2011, in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Joseph John Hamski, 28, of Ottumwa, Iowa, was killed in a hostile incident in Shorabak, Afghanistan, on May 26, 2011.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Edward David Mills Jr., 29, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, died on May 26, 2011, in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, from hostile action during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Staff Sergeant Ergin Vedat Osman, 35, of Jacksonville, North Carolina, served with the U.S. Army's 101st Aviation Regiment. He died in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on May 26, 2011.

U.S. Army Specialist Adam James Patton, 21, of Port Orchard, Washington, was killed in a hostile incident in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, on May 26, 2011.

Sgt. Louie A. Ramosvelazquez, 39, of Camuy, Puerto Rico, was a U.S. Army Pathfinder serving with the 101st Aviation Regiment. He was killed in a hostile incident in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, on May 26, 2011.

First Lieutenant John Marshall Runkle Jr., 27, of West Salem, Ohio, was a U.S. Army officer serving with the 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment. He died in a hostile incident in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, on May 26, 2011.

Technical Sergeant Kristoffer Michael Solesbee, 32, of Citrus Heights, California, was a member of the U.S. Air Force's 775th Civil Engineer Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah. He died in a hostile incident in Shorabak, Afghanistan, on May