Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Specialist Jason Kyle Edens, 22, of Franklin, Tennessee, died on April 26, 2012, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, from wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Brandon Forrest Eggleston, 29, of Candler, North Carolina, was killed in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on April 26, 2012.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Dick Alson Lee Jr., 31, of Orange Park, Florida, died on April 26, 2012, in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, while serving with the 529th Military Police Company.

U.S. Navy Lieutenant Christopher E. Mosko, 28, of Newark, Delaware, was killed in a hostile incident in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on April 26, 2012.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Andrew Trevor Britton-Mihalo, 25, of Simi Valley, California, was killed in Kandahar, Afghanistan on April 25, 2012.

U.S. Army Sergeant Moises Jesus Gonzalez, 29, of Huntington Park, California, was killed in action on April 25, 2012, in Takhteh Pol, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Corporal Benjamin Harold Neal, 21, of Orfordville, Wisconsin, was killed in action on April 25, 2012, in Zharay, Kandahar province, Afghanistan.

From WEST SACRAMENTO, CA, SPC Vasquez, Manuel Joseph served with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 2ND BATTALION, 28TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 172ND IBCT, GRAFENWOEHR, GE, and died on April 24, 2012 in MARGAH PROPER, AFGHANISTAN. He was 22.

Staff Sergeant Joseph Henry Fankhauser, 30, of Mason, Texas, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 22, 2012.

U.S. Army Private First Class Michael Joseph Metcalf, 22, of Boynton Beach, Florida, was killed in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on April 22, 2012.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 2ND BATTALION, 504TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1ST BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT BRAGG, NC, 1LT Walsh, Jonathan Patrick of ACWORTH, GA, 28, died in MIRHASAN, AFGHANISTAN on April 22, 2012. Cause: HOSTILE.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Nicholas Scott Johnson, 27, of Ontario, California, was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot. He was killed in action on April 19, 2012, when his helicopter crashed in Divalak, Afghanistan.

Sgt. Dean Russell Shaffer, 23, of Pekin, Illinois, was a U.S. Army soldier assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade. He died on April 19, 2012, in Divalak, Afghanistan.

From WAIPAHU, HI, CW2 Viray, Don Cayetano served with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 2ND BN, 25TH AVIATION REGIMENT, 25TH COMBAT AVIATION BRIGADE, WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, HI, and died on April 19, 2012 in DIVALAK, AFGHANISTAN. He was 25.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 2ND BATTALION, 25TH AVIATION REGIMENT, 25TH CAB, WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, HI, SGT Workman, Chris John of BOISE, ID, 33, died in DIVALAK, AFGHANISTAN on April 19, 2012.

U.S. Army Captain Michael Cean Braden, 31, of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, was killed in action on April 18, 2012, in Bagram, Afghanistan.

Aaron Matthew Faust, a 22-year-old U.S. Marine corporal from Louisville, Kentucky, was killed in action in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 15, 2012.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant David Paul Nowaczyk, 32, of Dyer, Indiana, died on April 15, 2012, in Chingai, Afghanistan, from hostile enemy action.