Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Captain Paul Wenceslaus Pena, 27, of San Marcos, Texas, was a U.S. Army infantry officer killed in action on January 19, 2010, in the Kuhak Mountain area of Afghanistan.

Sergeant First Class Michael Paul David Shannon, 52, of Canadensis, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Army Reserve soldier who died in Kabul, Afghanistan, on January 17, 2010. He was assigned to the U.S. Army Control Group in Saint Louis, Missouri.

U.S. Army Specialist Robert John Donevski, 19, of Sun City, Arizona, was killed in a hostile incident in Abad, Afghanistan, on January 16, 2010.

Sgt. Christopher Richard Hrbek, 25, of Westwood, New Jersey, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on January 14, 2010.

U.S. Army Sergeant Lucas Tyler Beachnaw, 23, of Lowell, Michigan, died on January 13, 2010, in Dam Darya Ya, Afghanistan, from hostile enemy action.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Daniel Dewayne Merriweather, 25, of Collierville, Tennessee, died on January 13, 2010, in Logar province, Afghanistan.

On January 13, 2010, the ARMY lost SPC Whitsitt, Geoffrey Alexander of TAYLORS, SC in LOGAR PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

In KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN on January 13, 2010, the ARMY lost SPC Wright, Kyle James of ROMEOVILLE, IL, 22, serving with COMPANY A , 2D BATTALION, 1ST INFANTRY, 5 BCT, FORT LEWIS, WA. Cause: HOSTILE.

Staff Sergeant Matthew Nevin Ingham, 25, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Marine serving with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion. He died on January 11, 2010, in Now Zad, Afghanistan.

Jamie Russel Lowe, a 21-year-old U.S. Marine corporal from Johnsonville, Illinois, died in a hostile incident in Nowzad, Afghanistan, on January 11, 2010.

Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 3D RECON BN (RCT-7, MEB-FWD) OKINAWA, JAPAN, CPL Uzenski, Nicholas Kelly of TOMBALL, TX, 21, died in NOWZAD, AFGHANISTAN on January 11, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

Lance Cpl. Jacob Alexander Meinert, 20, of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, was a U.S. Marine killed in a hostile incident in Bastion, Afghanistan, on January 10, 2010.

Lance Corporal Mark David Juarez, 23, of San Antonio, Texas, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on January 9, 2010.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, WARRIOR TRANSITION UNIT, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, TX, SGT Hopkins, Ryan Jeffrey of LIVERMORE, CA, 21, died in SAN ANTONIO, UNITED STATES on January 8, 2010.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Jason Omar Bradley Hickman, 35, of Kingsport, Tennessee, died on January 7, 2010, from hostile action at Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost Province, Afghanistan.

PFC Jarrett, Michael Robert, 20, a native of NORTH PLATTE, NE, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, D CO, 2-159TH ATTACK RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION, 12TH CAB, ILLESHEIM, GERMANY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on January 6, 2010.

From PLANT CITY, FL, SGT Croft, David Andrew Jr served with the ARMY, TROOP B, 1ST SQUADRON, 7TH CAVALRY, 1 BCT, FORT HOOD, TEXAS, and died on January 5, 2010 in BALAD, IRAQ. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Brian Robert Bowman, 24, of Crawfordsville, Indiana, died on January 3, 2010, in Ashoque, Afghanistan, from hostile action.