Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Staff Sergeant Nicholas John Reid, 26, of Rochester, New York, was a U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal specialist. He died on December 13, 2012, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

SFC Trent, Nelson David, age 37, of AUSTIN, TX ? National Guard, ARMY, HHC, 56TH INFANTRY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, 36TH INFANTRY DIVISION, FORT WORTH, TX, ? died on December 13, 2012 in KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

On December 10, 2012, the ARMY lost SSG Williams, Wesley Ross of NEW CARLISLE, OH in KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN. He was 25. Cause: HOSTILE.

Nicolas David Checque, a 28-year-old U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer from Irwin, Pennsylvania, was killed in action on December 8, 2012, during a mission in Afghanistan.

Sgt. 1st Class Darren Michael Linde, 41, of Sidney, Montana, was a U.S. Army engineer killed in a hostile incident in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan, on December 3, 2012.

U.S. Army Specialist Tyler John Orgaard, 20, of Bismarck, North Dakota, died in a hostile incident in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan, on December 3, 2012.

Lance Cpl. Anthony Joseph Denier, 26, of Mechanicville, New York, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 2, 2012.

Corporal Christopher Michael Monahan Jr., 25, of Island Heights, New Jersey, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 26, 2012.

Petty Officer 1st Class Kevin Richard Ebbert, a U.S. Navy SEAL assigned to SEAL Team Four, was killed in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan, on November 24, 2012. He was 32 years old.

Lance Corporal Dale Wayne Means, 23, of Jordan, Minnesota, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 18, 2012.

U.S. Army Sergeant Channing Bo Hicks, 24, of Greer, South Carolina, was killed in hostile action on November 16, 2012, in Zerok, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Joseph Alvin Richardson, 23, of Booneville, Arkansas, was killed in action on November 16, 2012, in Zerok, Afghanistan. He served with Company A, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, ba

Staff Sergeant Rayvon Battle Jr., 25, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, was a U.S. Army combat engineer killed in action in Panjwai, Afghanistan, on November 13, 2012.

SSG Stiltz, Matthew Henrick, 26, a native of SPOKANE, WA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 28TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4 IBCT, FORT RILEY, KS, during Operation Enduring Freedom on November 12, 2012. Cause: HOSTILE.

Staff Sergeant Kenneth Wade Bennett, 26, of Glendora, California, was a U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal specialist. He was killed by an IED on November 10, 2012, in Sperwan Gar, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Daniel Lewis Carlson, 21, of Running Springs, California, was killed in action on November 9, 2012, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Captain James Dominic Nehl, 37, of Gardiner, Oregon, was a U.S. Army officer serving with Company D, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment. He died in a hostile incident in Gelan, Afghanistan, on November 9, 2012.

U.S. Army Private First Class Brandon Lucas Buttry, 19, of Nebraska City, Nebraska, was killed in action on November 5, 2012, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.