Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army First Lieutenant Weston Cecil Lee, 25, of Bluffton, Georgia, died in Erbil, Iraq, on April 29, 2017, from injuries sustained in a roadside bomb blast.

Sgt. Joshua Patrick Rodgers, 22, of Bloomington, Illinois, was a U.S. Army Ranger killed in action in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2017.

U.S. Army Sergeant Cameron Harrison Thomas, 23, of Kettering, Ohio, was killed in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2017, while serving with the 75th Ranger Regiment.

Carlos Mazon, 19, was a U.S. Navy Seaman from Chicago, Illinois. He was killed in action in Manama, Bahrain, on April 23, 2017, while serving with the Naval Security Force.

Maximino Rodríguez Palacios was a freelance Mexican journalist. He was shot and killed on April 14, 2017, in La Paz, Baja California Sur.

Staff Sgt. Curtis John Gardner, 29, of Tampa, Florida, was a U.S. Air Force security forces airman assigned to the 39th Security Forces Squadron. He was killed on April 10, 2017, at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey.

Staff Sgt. Mark Rochetto De Alencar, 37, of Edgewood, Maryland, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier. He was killed by enemy small-arms fire during a combat operation in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, on April 8, 2017.

Staff Sergeant Austin Leo Bieren, 25, of Umatilla, Oregon, was a U.S. Air Force airman serving with the 4th Space Control Squadron. He was killed in action in northern Syria on March 28, 2017.

Lieutenant Colonel Rick Lee Montandon, 45, of Hutchinson, Kansas, was a U.S. Army officer assigned to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center Warrior Transition Unit. He was killed in action on March 28, 2017, in Vienna, United States, while de

Miroslava Breach Velducea was a Mexican journalist for La Jornada and Norte de Ciudad Juárez. She was shot and killed outside her home in Chihuahua, Mexico, on March 23, 2017.

Staff Sgt. Alexandria Mae Morrow, 25, of Dansville, New York, was an aircraft maintainer with the U.S. Air Force's 366th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. She died in Amman, Jordan, on March 22, 2017.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Robert Rodrigo Boniface, 34, of San Luis Obispo, California, was killed in action on March 19, 2017, in Logar Province, Afghanistan, during Operation Freedom's Sentinel.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Cristian Camilo Gilfranco, 30, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died on March 7, 2017, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States.

Cecilio Pineda Birto was a freelance Mexican journalist. He was shot and killed on March 2, 2017, in Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, Mexico.

Pfc. Brian Patrick Odiorne, 21, of Ware, Massachusetts, was a soldier with the 82nd Field Artillery Regiment. He was killed in action on February 20, 2017, in Habbaniyah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Senior Chief Petty Officer William Ryan Owens, 36, of Edelstein, Illinois, was a U.S. Navy SEAL assigned to Tactical Development Squadron THREE. He was killed during a raid in Yemen on January 29, 2017.

U.S. Army Sergeant John Phillips Rodriguez, 23, of Hemet, California, was killed in action on January 12, 2017, at Shuaiha Port, Kuwait, while serving with Company A, 2nd Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Army Specialist Isiah Lebaron Booker, 23, of Cibolo, Texas, was killed in action in Iraq and Syria on January 7, 2017, while serving with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group.