Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

At 25, CPT Medders, Michael J of EAD, OH was serving with the ARMY, HHT, 2D SQUADRON, 3 ACR, FORT HOOD, TX, when he died in BAQUBAH, IRAQ on September 24, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 2-6TH IN, 2 BCT, 1 AD (TASK ORG TO MND-C), 1LT Brown, Thomas Joseph of BURKE, VA, 26, died in BALAD, IRAQ on September 23, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on September 21, 2008, the ARMY lost SSG Taylor, Matthew Joseph of CHARLESTON, SC, 25, serving with COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 30TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT POLK, LA. Cause: HOSTILE.

Nathan Matthew Cox, 32, was a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant from Walcott, Iowa. He was killed in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, on September 20, 2008.

U.S. Army Captain Bruno Giancarlo Desolenni, 32, of Crescent City, California, was killed in a hostile incident in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on September 20, 2008.

Albert Edward Difederico, 55, was a Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve from Chantilly, Virginia. He was killed in Islamabad, Pakistan, on September 20, 2008, while serving in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Private Joseph Francisco Gonzales, 18, of Tucson, Arizona, was killed in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, on September 20, 2008, while serving with the U.S. Army during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Petty Officer Third Class Matthew James O'Bryant, 22, of Duluth, Georgia, was a U.S. Navy sailor assigned to NSA/CSS at Fort Meade. He died in Islamabad, Pakistan, on September 20, 2008.

Major Rodolfo Ivan Rodriguez, 34, of El Paso, Texas, served in the U.S. Air Force's 86th Construction and Training Squadron. He died in Islamabad, Pakistan, on September 20, 2008, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Sergeant Jerome Charles Bell Jr., 29, of Auburn, New York, was a U.S. Marine killed by enemy small-arms fire on September 19, 2008, in Bawka, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Brandon Wade Farley, 30, of Haworth, Texas, was killed in a hostile incident at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on September 18, 2008.

LTC James Leon Wiley Jr, 46, of North Bend, OR, served with the U.S. Army's 27th Infantry and died in action at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on September 18, 2008.

Sgt. Joshua William Harris, 21, of Romeoville, Illinois, was a soldier with Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 122nd Field Artillery, Illinois Army National Guard. He died on September 17, 2008, south of Forward Operating Base Gardez, Afghanistan.

Captain Bruce Evan Hays, 42, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was a U.S. Army National Guard officer serving with the 148th Signal Company. He died on September 17, 2008, in a hostile incident south of Forward Operating Base Gardez, Afghanistan.

First Lieutenant Mohsin A. Naqvi, 26, of Newburgh, New York, was a U.S. Army officer serving with the 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment. He was killed in a hostile incident south of Forward Operating Base Gardez, Afghanistan, on Septemb

SSG Jason Anthony Vazquez, 24, from Chicago, IL, served with Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 122nd Field Artillery, Illinois National Guard, and died on September 17, 2008, south of FOB Gardez, Afghanistan.

At 38, CW2 Edwards, Corry Ardel of KENNEDALE, TX was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 149TH AVIATION, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX, when he died in TALLIL, IRAQ on September 17, 2008.

National Guard, ARMY, DETACHMENT 1, COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 149TH AVIATION, LEXINGTON, OK, SGT Eshbaugh, Daniel Michael of NORMAN, OK, 43, died in TALLIL, IRAQ on September 17, 2008.