Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

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.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Allan Eric Brown, 46, of Takoma Park, Maryland, died on December 6, 2016, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. He was a soldier assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division Sustainmen

Senior Chief Petty Officer Scott Cooper Dayton, 42, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was a U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician. He was killed by an improvised explosive device in Kobani, Syria, on November 24, 2016.

U.S. Army Private First Class Tyler Ray Iubelt, 20, of Tamaroa, Illinois, was killed in a suicide bombing at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on November 12, 2016.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant John William Perry, 30, of Stockton, California, died in a hostile incident in Bagram, Afghanistan, on November 12, 2016.

U.S. Army Specialist Ronald Leon Murray Jr., 23, of Bowie, Maryland, died on November 10, 2016, at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, while deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

SFC Matthew Charles Lewellen, 27, of Lawrence, Kansas, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier assigned to the 5th Special Forces Group. He died in Amman, Jordan on November 4, 2016, from hostile action.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Kevin Joseph Mcenroe, 30, of Tucson, Arizona, died in a hostile incident in Jafr, Jordan, on November 4, 2016. He was assigned to Company A, 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Kentuck