Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Sergeant Michael Patrick Scusa, 22, of Villas, New Jersey, was killed in action on October 3, 2009, in Kamdesh, Afghanistan. He served with Troop B, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Carso

PFC Thomson, Kevin Christopher, 22, a native of RENO, NV, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP B, 3D SQUADRON, 61ST CAVALRY, 4 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO, during Operation Enduring Freedom on October 3, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Ryan Christopher Adams, 26, of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, died on October 2, 2009, in Logar Province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Private First Class Alan Howard Newton Jr., 26, of Asheboro, North Carolina, died on October 2, 2009, at the Role 3 hospital at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Brandon Andre Owens, 21, of Memphis, Tennessee, died on October 2, 2009, from hostile action at Forward Operating Base Shank in Logar Province, Afghanistan.

Captain Benjamin A. Sklaver, 32, of Medford, Massachusetts, was a civil affairs officer serving with the U.S. Army's 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion, attached to Task Force Stryker in Afghanistan.

Sgt. Aaron Michael Smith, 25, of Manhattan, Kansas, was a U.S. Army infantryman serving with Task Force Spartan in Afghanistan. He died on October 2, 2009, in Wardak province.

U.S. Army Specialist Russell Shane Hercules Jr., 22, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, died on October 1, 2009, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, from hostile enemy fire.

Sgt. Roberto Daniel Sanchez, 24, of Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, was a U.S. Army Ranger assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. He was killed in action in the Zharay District of Afghanistan on October 1, 2009.

From DOWOGIAC, MI, SPC Andersen, Paul Eugene served with the ARMY, 855TH QUARTERMASTER COMPANY, SOUTH BEND, IN, and died on October 1, 2009 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 49. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Alex Iv French, 31, of Milledgeville, Georgia, was killed in a hostile incident on September 30, 2009, in KWHOST, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Jack Mayfield Martin III, 26, of Bethany, Oklahoma, was killed in a hostile incident on Jolo Island, Philippines, on September 29, 2009.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Christopher Donnell Shaw, 37, of Markham, Illinois, was a Special Forces soldier assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, based at Fort Lewis, Washington.

U.S. Army Specialist Ross Eugene Vogel III, 27, of Red Lion, Pennsylvania, was killed in action on September 29, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Delta in Iraq.

Lance Corporal Jordan Lee Chrobot, 24, of Frederick, Maryland, was a U.S. Marine killed in a hostile incident at Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, on September 26, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Kevin James Graham, 27, of Benton, Kentucky, was killed in a hostile incident at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on September 26, 2009.

Lance Corporal John Joel Malone, 24, of Yonkers, New York, was a U.S. Marine killed in hostile action in Delaram, Afghanistan, on September 24, 2009.

U.S. Army Sergeant Titus R. Reynolds, 23, of Columbus, Ohio, was killed in action on September 24, 2009, in Omar Zai, Afghanistan.