Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Specialist Edward Joseph Acosta, 21, of Hesperia, California, died on March 5, 2012, in San Diego, California. He was assigned to the Warrior Transition Company at Balboa Naval Medical Center.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Jordan Logan Bear, 25, of Denver, Colorado, died on March 1, 2012, in Zharay, Kandahar province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Payton Alexander Jones, 19, of Marble Falls, Texas, was killed in a hostile incident at Combat Outpost Sangsar, Afghanistan, on March 1, 2012.

Corporal Conner Thomas Lowry, 24, of Chicago, Illinois, was a U.S. Marine killed in action on March 1, 2012, in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel John Darin Loftis, 44, of Paducah, Kentucky, was killed in a hostile attack on February 25, 2012, in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Major Robert Joseph Marchanti II, 48, of Baltimore, Maryland, was a U.S. Army National Guard officer. He died in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on February 25, 2012.

U.S. Army Sergeant Joshua Alan Born, 25, of Niceville, Florida, died on February 23, 2012, from hostile action at Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Timothy John Conrad Jr., 22, of Roanoke, Virginia, was killed in a hostile incident at Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan, on February 23, 2012.

SSG Ahmed Kousay Altaie, an American soldier, died on February 22, 2012, in Baghdad, Iraq, at age 46.

Marie Colvin was an American foreign correspondent for The Sunday Times of London. She was killed in Homs, Syria, on February 22, 2012.

Rémi Ochlik was a French photojournalist. He was killed in a shelling attack in Homs, Syria, on February 22, 2012.

Staff Sergeant Allen Robert Mckenna Jr., 28, of Noble, Oklahoma, served with the U.S. Army's 204th Brigade Support Battalion. He was killed in action in Kandahar City, Afghanistan, on February 21, 2012.

U.S. Air Force Captain Ryan Preston Hall, 30, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was killed near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, on February 18, 2012. He was assigned to the 319th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida.

Senior Airman Julian Seiji Scholten, 26, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, served as an active duty Airman with the 25th Intelligence Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida. He died on February 18, 2012, near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.

Capt. Nicholas Schade Whitlock, an American combatant, died near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, on February 18, 2012, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

1st Lt. Justin James Wilkens, an American Air Force officer, died at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, on February 18, 2012, at age 26.

Petty Officer First Class Paris Shawn Pough, 40, of Columbus, Georgia, was a U.S. Navy sailor assigned to the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). He died on February 17, 2012, in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates.

Staff Sergeant Jerry Don Reed II, 30, of Russellville, Arkansas, was killed in action on February 16, 2012, at Forward Operating Base Sharana in Paktika Province, Afghanistan.