Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

David Michael Mudge, 22, was a Petty Officer Third Class from Sutherlin, Oregon, serving aboard the USS Rentz (FFG 46). He died in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on November 28, 2009.

From WHITE SULPHUR, MT, PFC Rogers, Michael Anthony served with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 210TH BRIGADE SUPPORT BATTALION, 2 BCT, FORT DRUM, NY, and died on November 27, 2009 in FOB HAMMER, IRAQ. He was 23.

U.S. Army Sergeant Jason Adam Mcleod, 22, of Crystal Lake, Illinois, died on November 23, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Wilson in Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Matthew Albert Pucino, 34, of Barnstable, Massachusetts, was killed in action on November 23, 2009, in Pashay Kala, Afghanistan.

Gina dela Cruz was a Filipino journalist, working as a reporter for UNTV and as a freelance correspondent. She was killed on November 23, 2009, in Maguindanao, Philippines.

Henry Araneta was a Filipino journalist for Periodico Ini. He was killed on November 23, 2009, in Maguindanao, Philippines.

Santos Sopelario was a Filipino journalist for the Midland Review. He was killed in Maguindanao, Philippines, on November 23, 2009.

Ronnie Perante was a Filipino journalist for News Focus. He was killed on November 23, 2009, in Maguindanao, Philippines.

Bienvenido Legarte Jr. was a Filipino journalist for News Focus. He was among 58 people killed in the Maguindanao massacre on November 23, 2009.

Lance Corporal Nicholas Joel Hand, 20, of Kansas City, Missouri, was a U.S. Marine killed in hostile action on November 22, 2009, in Garmsir, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant James Michael Nolen, 25, of Alvin, Texas, was killed in action in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on November 22, 2009.

Marcus Allan Tynes, 19, from Moreno Valley, CA, served as a PFC in C Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment. He died on November 22, 2009, in Alkowsi, Afghanistan.

Staff Sergeant Briand Thelonius Williams, 25, of Sparks, Georgia, was a U.S. Army artilleryman. He died in a hostile incident in Numaniyah, Iraq, on November 22, 2009.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant John James Cleaver, 36, of Marysville, Washington, was killed on November 19, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Lagman in Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Daniel Alexander Frazier, 25, of Saint Joseph, Michigan, was killed in a hostile incident at Forward Operating Base Lagman, Afghanistan, on November 19, 2009.

Reserve, NAVY, MOB ACCT OPS, PO2 Patton, Brian Mark of FREEPORT, IL, 37, died in KUWAIT, KUWAIT on November 19, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Joseph Michael Lewis, 26, of Terrell, Texas, was killed in action on November 17, 2009, in Ezqabad, Afghanistan.

SSG Zorn, Ryan Lee, 35, a native of UPTON, WY, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, PORT OF ENTRY TRANSITION TEAM, 3D SQDN, 1ST CAVALRY, TF MARNE, FORT STEWART, GA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 16, 2009.