Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

At 22, CPL Whitehead, Joseph Charles of AXIS, AL was serving with the MARINE CORPS, 2D CEB, (1ST CEB, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, when he died in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on January 17, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Michael Patrick Bartley, 23, of Barnhill, Illinois, died on January 15, 2011, in Mosul, Iraq, during Operation New Dawn.

U.S. Army Sergeant Martin James Lamar, 43, of Sacramento, California, died on January 15, 2011, in Mosul, Iraq, from hostile action.

U.S. Army Specialist Jose Antonio Torre Jr., 21, of Garden Grove, California, died on January 15, 2011, in Baghdad, Iraq, while serving during Operation New Dawn.

Wali Khan Babar was a Pakistani journalist for Geo TV. He was shot and killed in Karachi on January 13, 2011.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Omar Aceves, 30, of El Paso, Texas, was killed in a hostile incident on January 12, 2011, in Gelan, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.

Sgt. Zainah Caye Creamer, 28, of Texarkana, Texas, was a U.S. Army soldier with the 212th Military Police Detachment. She died in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on January 12, 2011, from hostile action.

Jarrid Lee King, a 20-year-old U.S. Army Corporal from Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed in a hostile incident in Spine Ghundey, Ghelan, on January 12, 2011.

Major Evan Jan Mooldyk, 47, was a U.S. Army Reserve officer from Rancho Murieta, California. He was killed in action on January 12, 2011, at Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost Province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Benjamin Gerald Moore, 23, of Robbinsville, New Jersey, was killed in a hostile incident on January 12, 2011, in Spine Ghundey, Ghelan province, Afghanistan.

Private First Class Zachary Steven Richard Salmon, 21, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was a cavalry scout assigned to Troop A, 1st Squadron, 32d Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He

Lance Corporal Joseph Ryan Giese, 24, of Winder, Georgia, was a U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines. He died in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on January 7, 2011.

U.S. Army Sergeant Ethan Carroll Hardin, 25, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, was killed in a hostile incident on January 7, 2011, in Charkh, Logar Province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Private First Class Ira Benjamin Laningham IV, 22, of Zapata, Texas, died on January 7, 2011, in the Charkh District of Afghanistan's Logar province.

U.S. Army Private First Class Robert James Near, 21, of Nampa, Idaho, was killed in action on January 7, 2011, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Staff Sergeant Eric Marcel Nettleton, 26, of Wichita, Kansas, was a U.S. Army soldier assigned to the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment. He died on January 5, 2011, from hostile action at Forward Operating Base Tarin Kowt in Afghanistan.

SFC Robert Wayne Pharris, 48, of Seymour, Missouri, was a U.S. Army National Guard soldier killed in Khugyani, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on January 5, 2011.

U.S. Army Specialist Christian Joseph Romig, 24, of Kenner, Louisiana, died on January 5, 2011, in Khugyani District, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Troop A, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Campb