Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Aaron Scott Toppen, a 19-year-old from Mokena, IL, served in the U.S. Army and was killed in action on June 9, 2014, in Gaza Village, Afghanistan.

Matthew Herbert Walker, an American Army specialist from Hillsboro, MO, died on June 5, 2014, in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Captain Jason Benjamin Jones, 29, of Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Army Special Forces officer. He was killed on June 2, 2014, at Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan.

Jacob Henry Wykstra, a 21-year-old American soldier from Thornton, CO, served in the US Army when he was killed in action on May 29, 2014, in Maruf, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Adrian Michael Perkins, 19, of Pine Valley, California, died on May 17, 2014, in Amman, Jordan, while serving in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Command Sergeant Major Martin Ray Barreras, 49, of Tucson, Arizona, died on May 13, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas, from wounds sustained in a hostile incident in Afghanistan.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Deric Michael Rasmussen, 33, of Oceanside, California, was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot. He was killed in action on May 11, 2014, at Camp Marmal, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Daniela Rojas, 19, of Los Angeles, California, served with HHC, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Fort Carson, Colorado. She died on May 3, 2014, in Homburg, Germany.

U.S. Army Specialist Christian Jacob Chandler, 20, of Trenton, Texas, died on April 28, 2014, from hostile action at Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Shawn Michael Farrell II, 24, of Accord, New York, was killed by enemy fire on April 28, 2014, in Bagram, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Kerry Michael George Danyluk, 27, of Cuero, Texas, died on April 15, 2014, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

Captain James Edward Chaffin III, 27, of West Columbia, South Carolina, was a U.S. Army field artillery officer. He was killed in action on April 1, 2014, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Cpl. Caleb Lane Erickson, 20, of Waseca, Minnesota, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 28, 2014.

David Lucien Poirier, 52, was a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force from Salem, New Hampshire. He died on February 28, 2014, at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar while serving in Operation Enduring Freedom.

MSGT Aaron Carl Torian, a 36-year-old Marine from Paducah, KY, died in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on February 15, 2014, while serving with 2D MSOB (FWD) during Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Army Specialist John Alexander Pelham, 22, of Portland, Oregon, was killed by enemy fire on February 12, 2014, in Tagab District, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Roberto Carlos Skelt, 41, of Homestead, Florida, was killed in Afghanistan's Tagab district on February 12, 2014. He was assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg,

Joshua Allen Gray, a 21-year-old Private First Class from Van Lear, Kentucky, was killed in action on February 10, 2014, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, while serving with the U.S. Army.