Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Staff Sergeant Christopher Diaz, 27, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on September 28, 2011.

Private First Class David Andrew Drake, 21, of Lumberton, Texas, was a U.S. Army engineer killed in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on September 28, 2011.

U.S. Army Specialist Steven Edward Gutowski, 24, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, was killed in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, on September 28, 2011.

Capt. Ryan Kenneth Iannelli, 27, of Clarksboro, New Jersey, was a U.S. Marine Corps pilot killed in action in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on September 28, 2011.

First Lieutenant Ivan Derek Lechowich, 27, of Valrico, Florida, was killed in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, on September 28, 2011, while serving with the U.S. Army's 515th Engineer Company.

First Sergeant Billy Joe Siercks, 32, of Warsaw, Missouri, served as the senior enlisted advisor for Company F, 2nd Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, based at Fort Drum, New York. He died on September 28, 2011

From DAVISON, MI, SSGT Sprovtsoff, Nicholas Adam served with the MARINE CORPS, 1ST MSOB, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, and died on September 28, 2011 in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 28. Cause: HOSTILE.

On September 28, 2011, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Wimpey Cagle, John Robert of TUCKER, GA in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 19.

U.S. Army Specialist Garrett Anthony Fant, 21, of American Canyon, California, died on September 26, 2011, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Francisco Javier Briseno Alvarez Jr., 27, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, died on September 25, 2011, in Afghanistan's Laghman District.

At 26, 1LT Zermeno, Andres of SAN ANTONIO, TX was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY E, 94TH BRIGADE SUPPORT BATTALION, 4 IBCT, FORT POLK, LA, when he died in SHAKABAD, AFGHANISTAN on September 25, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Tyler Nicholas Holtz, 22, of Dana Point, California, was killed in a hostile incident in Sayed Abad District, Afghanistan, on September 24, 2011.

LCPL Watson, Franklin Namon, age 21, of VONORE, TN ? Reserve, MARINE CORPS, CO D, 4TH CEB, (2D CEB, II MEF FWD), 4TH MAR DIV, KNOXVILLE, TN, ? died on September 24, 2011 in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Private First Class Carlos Arturo Aparicio, 19, of San Bernardino, California, was killed in Wardak province, Afghanistan, on September 23, 2011.

U.S. Army Sergeant Rafael Enrique Bigai Baez, 28, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, died on September 23, 2011, in Wardak province, Afghanistan.

Sergeant Andy Caraballo Morales, 32, of Longwood, Florida, was a U.S. Army Reserve soldier who died on September 22, 2011, in Baghdad, Iraq.

U.S. Army Specialist Robert Estle Dyas Jr., 21, of Nampa, Idaho, died on September 21, 2011, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, from hostile enemy action.

Sgt. Jakob James Roelli, 24, of Darlington, Wisconsin, served with the U.S. Army's Company A, 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment. He died in combat in Jakari, Afghanistan, on September 21, 2011.