Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Petty Officer Third Class Devon J. Doyle, 21, of Alamosa, Colorado, was a U.S. Navy sailor assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99). He died on May 16, 2015, in Manama, Bahrain.

Technical Sergeant Anthony Edmund Salazar, 40, of Hermosa Beach, California, served with the U.S. Air Force Reserve's 452nd Civil Engineer Squadron. He was killed in action on April 13, 2015, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates.

Corporal John Michael Dawson, 22, of Whitinsville, Massachusetts, was a U.S. Army cavalry scout. He was killed in a hostile incident in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on April 8, 2015.

Maj. Maria Victoria Sanchez, 42, of Bakersfield, California, served with the U.S. Air Force's 60th Medical Support Squadron. She died on February 26, 2015, in Bakersfield, United States.

Kenji Goto was a Japanese freelance journalist who was killed in Syria on January 31, 2015. He was beheaded by the Islamic State militant group (ISIS).

Moisés Sánchez Cerezo was a Mexican journalist for the newspaper La Unión in Veracruz. He was abducted from his home in Medellín de Bravo on January 2, 2015, and was later found dead.

U.S. Army Specialist Wyatt Joseph Martin, 22, of Mesa, Arizona, was killed in a hostile incident in Parwan province, Afghanistan, on December 12, 2014.

SFC Ramon Sheldon Morris, 37, of New York, NY, was a U.S. Army combat engineer. He died in Bagram, Afghanistan, on December 12, 2014, from hostile action.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Matthew Ryan Ammerman, 29, of Noblesville, Indiana, was killed in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, on December 3, 2014.

Capt. William Hamner Dubois Jr., 30, of New Castle, Colorado, was a U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot with the 77th Fighter Squadron. He was killed in a non-combat incident near Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan, on December 1, 2014.

U.S. Army Specialist Joseph William Riley, 27, of Grove City, Ohio, was killed in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on November 24, 2014. He was serving with the 10508INPLT SPLIT OP during Operation Enduring Freedom.

SGM Wardell Benjamin Turner, 48, from Nanticoke, MD, served with the U.S. Army, died on November 24, 2014, in Kabul, Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Sgt. 1st Class Michael Anthony Cathcart, 31, of Bay City, Michigan, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier. He was killed in action on November 14, 2014, during a combat operation in Kunduz, Afghanistan.

Commander Christopher Edward Kalafut, a 49-year-old U.S. Navy Reserve officer from Oceanside, California, was killed in action in Doha, Qatar, on October 24, 2014.

Lance Cpl. Sean Patrick Neal, 19, of Riverside, California, was a U.S. Marine killed in action in Baghdad, Iraq, on October 23, 2014.

Corporal Jordan Lee Spears, 21, of Memphis, Indiana, was a U.S. Marine with VMM-163. He died on October 1, 2014, in the Arabian Gulf during Operation Inherent Resolve.

U.S. Army Major Jonathan Doyle Walker, 44, of Merriam, Kansas, was killed on October 1, 2014, at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar. He was assigned to the 4th Military Information Support Group (Airborne) from Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

SFC Andrew Tarrant Weathers, 30, of DeRidder, LA, served with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group and died on September 30, 2014, in Germany.