Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

SFC David Eliah Metzger, 32, of San Diego, California, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier. He died in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan, on October 26, 2009.

David Seth Mitchell, a 30-year-old U.S. Marine Corps Captain from Loveland, Ohio, was killed in action on October 26, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Dwyer in Afghanistan.

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael Patrick Montgomery, 36, of Savannah, Georgia, was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot. He died on October 26, 2009, in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan, when his MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed.

U.S. Army Sergeant Nickolas Anthony Mueller, 26, of Little Chute, Wisconsin, died on October 26, 2009, in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan.

HMLA 169, MAG 40, (2D MEB-FWD), 3D MAW, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, MARINE CORPS ? CAPT Vandegiesen, Kyle Rolf (NORTH ATTLEBORO, MA), age 29, ? died in FOB DWYER, AFGHANISTAN on October 26, 2009.

From N/A,, MAJ Weston, Michael Edward served with the MARINE CORPS, IRR, KANSAS CITY, MO, and died on October 26, 2009 in QADES DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN. He was 37.

In METHAR LAM DISTRICT, LAGHMAN PROVINCE on October 25, 2009, the ARMY lost SPC Steffey, Brandon Keith of SAULT SAINTE MARIE, MI, 23, serving with 178TH MILITARY POLICE DETACHMENT, FORT HOOD, TX. Cause: HOSTILE.

COMPANY A, 704TH BRIGADE SUPPORT BATTALION, 4 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO, ARMY ? SGT Wolf, Eduviges Guadalupe (HAWTHORNE, CA), age 24, ? died in FOB BOSTICK, AFGHANISTAN on October 25, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

Devin Jay Michel, a 19-year-old U.S. Army Private First Class from Stockton, Illinois, was killed in Afghanistan's Zhari District on October 24, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Han, Kimble Andrus, 30, of Lehi, Utah, was killed in a hostile incident in Zhari District, Afghanistan, on October 23, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Eric Nathaniel Lembke, 25, of Tampa, Florida, was killed in a hostile incident in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on October 23, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Kyle Andrew Coumas, 22, of Lockford, California, was killed by an improvised explosive device on October 21, 2009, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Lance Corporal David Raymond Baker, 22, of Painesville, Ohio, was a U.S. Marine killed in action on October 20, 2009, in Nawa District, Afghanistan.

TROOP E, 1ST SQUADRON, 12TH CAVALRY, 3 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, ARMY ? SSG Espinoza, Bradley (MISSION, TX), age 26, ? died in QWEST, IRAQ on October 19, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

In MOSUL, IRAQ on October 18, 2009, the ARMY lost PFC Rivera, Daniel Jose of ROCHESTER, NY, 22, serving with TROOP D, 3D SQUADRON, 8TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX.

U.S. Army Specialist Michael Anthony Dahl Jr., 23, of Moreno Valley, California, was killed in a hostile incident at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on October 17, 2009.

U.S. Army Sergeant Anthony Gabriel Green, 28, of Matthews, North Carolina, was killed in a hostile incident at Forward Operating Base Ghanzi, Afghanistan, on October 16, 2009.

Staff Sergeant Christopher Michael Rudzinski, 28, of Rantoul, Illinois, was a U.S. Army soldier serving with the 293rd Military Police Company during Operation Enduring Freedom. He died on October 16, 2009, at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanista