Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant James Ronald Leep Jr., 44, of Richmond, Virginia, was killed in action on October 17, 2011, at Contingency Operating Site Kalsu, Iraq.

U.S. Army Specialist Michael Davis Elm, 25, of Phoenix, Arizona, was killed in a hostile incident at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, on October 14, 2011.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Brian Cowdrey, 39, of Atwater, Ohio, was killed in action on October 13, 2011, in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.

Lance Corporal Scott Daniel Harper, 21, of Winston, Georgia, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on October 13, 2011, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Airman First Class Jerome David Miller Jr., 23, of Washington, D.C., was a member of the 459th Security Forces Squadron, U.S. Air Force Reserve. He died on October 13, 2011, in Bethesda, Maryland.

U.S. Army Specialist Jeremiah Thor Sancho, 23, of Palm Bay, Florida, died on October 13, 2011, in Lam, Khakrez district, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Troop A, 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Di

SFC Houston Mark Taylor, an American soldier from Hurst, Texas, died at 25 in Afghanistan on October 13, 2011, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Michael Rex Tatham, an American Navy SEAL from University Place, WA, died at age 33 in Bali, Indonesia on October 12, 2011 during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Chief Warrant Officer 3 James Brian Wilke, 38, of Ione, California, was a U.S. Army air defense artillery officer. He was killed in action on October 10, 2011, at Al Udeid Air Force Base in Qatar.

SSG Nathan Lee Wyrick, an American from Enumclaw, WA, served in the U.S. Army and died in Ahmad Khan, Afghanistan, on October 10, 2011.

Captain Joshua Sean Lawrence, 29, of Nashville, Tennessee, was a U.S. Army officer assigned to Fort Carson, Colorado. He was killed in Kandahar City, Afghanistan, on October 9, 2011.

U.S. Army Specialist Ricardo Cerros Jr., 24, of Salinas, California, was killed in a hostile incident in the Mohammed Agha District of Afghanistan on October 8, 2011.

Captain Drew Edward Russell, 25, of Scotts, Michigan, was an active-duty U.S. Army officer assigned to the 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Fort Carson, Colorado. He died in Kandahar City, Afghanistan, on Octobe

Lance Cpl. Benjamin Whetstone Schmidt, 24, of San Antonio, Texas, was a U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Division, based at Camp Pendleton, California. He died on October 6, 2011, in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Private Danny Chen, 19, of New York City, died on October 3, 2011, at Combat Outpost Palace in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

Petty Officer First Class Caleb Andrew Nelson, 26, of Omaha, Nebraska, was a U.S. Navy SEAL assigned to SEAL Team Ten. He was killed in a hostile incident in Qalat, Afghanistan, on October 1, 2011.

U.S. Army Specialist Adrian Glyn Mills, 23, of Newnan, Georgia, died in Kirkuk, Iraq, on September 29, 2011, while serving with the 272nd Military Police Company.

U.S. Army Specialist James Arlan Butz, 21, of Porter, Indiana, was killed in a hostile incident in Mirmandab, Afghanistan, on September 29, 2011.