Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

SGT Daniel Jay Beard, an American from Buffalo, NY, served in the US Army's 147th Postal Company. He was killed in action in Al Diwaniyah, Iraq, on April 3, 2009.

LCPL Dearmon, Stephen Fitzgerald, 21, a native of CROSSVILLE, TN, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 2D MLG HQ, (H&S CO, 2D MLG, III MEF FWD), CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on April 3, 2009.

From MIAMI, FL, LCPL Lantigua, Nelson Manuel served with the MARINE CORPS, G BTRY, 2D BN, 10TH MAR,( RCT-6, II MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, and died on March 31, 2009 in CAMP AL TAQADDUM, IRAQ. He was 20.

COMPANY A, 25TH SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI, ARMY ? SGT Poche, Devin Christopher (JACKSONVILLE, NC), age 25, ? died in COB SPEICHER, IRAQ on March 31, 2009.

U.S. Navy Lieutenant Florence Bacong Choe, 35, of El Cajon, California, was killed in a hostile incident in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, on March 27, 2009.

LTJG Francis Lawrence Iv Toner, 26, served in the U.S. Navy and died on March 27, 2009, in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

13TH MILITARY POLICE DETACHMENT, 728TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI, ARMY ? SSG Futrell, Raphael Anton (ANDERSON, SC), age 26, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on March 25, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Adam Jeffery Hardt, 19, of Avondale, Arizona, was killed in action on March 22, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Airborne, Afghanistan.

Corporal Michael Webster Ouellette, 28, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was a U.S. Marine killed in a hostile incident in Bastion, Afghanistan, on March 22, 2009.

CPL Anthony Lee Williams, an American Marine from Oxford, PA, died on March 22, 2009, during Operation Enduring Freedom in Now Zad, Afghanistan.

Lance Cpl. Daniel Joseph Geary, 22, of Rome, New York, was a U.S. Marine killed in hostile action in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 20, 2009.

SGT Escobedo, Jose Refugio Jr, age 32, of ALBUQUERQUE, NM ? Active Duty, ARMY, 177 FA, 1-2 IN, 172ND INF (TASK ORG MND-C), ? died on March 20, 2009 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ.

CPL Moore, Gary Lee, 25, a native of DEL CITY, OK, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, 978TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, 716TH MP BN, FORT BLISS, TX, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 16, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Christopher Paul Abeyta, 23, of Midlothian, Illinois, was killed in a hostile incident on March 15, 2009, at the Jalalabad Forward Surgical Team (FST) facility in Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt. Timothy Louis Bowles, 24, of Tucson, Arizona, was an active-duty U.S. Air Force airman assigned to the 3rd Logistics Readiness Squadron. He died in a hostile incident in Kot, Afghanistan, on March 15, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Norman Lewis Cain III, 22, of Freeport, Illinois, died on March 15, 2009, in Kot, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

Robert Martin Weinger, 24, from Round Lake Beach, IL, served with the 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry, and died on March 15, 2009, in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Archie Andrew Taylor, a 37-year-old Marine Corps Staff Sergeant from Tomball, Texas, was killed in action on March 14, 2009, in Kabul, Afghanistan.