Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Edward Bernard Smith, 30, of Homestead, Florida, was killed in hostile action on September 24, 2009, in Omar Zai, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Company B, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade

In OMAR ZAI, AFGHANISTAN on September 24, 2009, the ARMY lost SPC White, Joseph Valere of BELLEVUE, WA, 21, serving with COMPANY B, 4TH BATTALION, 23D INFANTRY, 5 SBCT, FORT LEWIS, WA. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Private First Class William L. Meredith, 26, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, died on September 21, 2009, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, while serving with the 569th Engineer Company.

U.S. Army Specialist Corey Joseph Kowall, 20, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was killed in action on September 20, 2009, in Viper Zabul, Afghanistan.

From LAKEVILLE, OH, SPC Winkleman, Damon Gabriel served with the ARMY, HHC 2-508TH PIR, 4TH BCT, 82ND ABN DIV, and died on September 20, 2009 in VIPER ZABUL, AFGHANISTAN. He was 23.

366TH SECURITY FORCES SQUADRON, MOUNTAIN HOME AFB, ID, AIR FORCE ? SRA Courtois, Matthew Ryan (LUCAS, TX), age 22, ? died in KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT on September 20, 2009.

U.S. Army Sergeant David Alan Davis, 28, of Dalhart, Texas, was killed in a hostile incident at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on September 19, 2009.

At 20, SPC Cote, Michael Shane Jr of DENHAM SPRINGS, LA was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 52D AVIATION REGIMENT, FORT WAINWRIGHT, AK, when he died in BALAD, IRAQ on September 19, 2009.

Private First Class Jeremiah James Monroe, 31, of Niskayuna, New York, was killed in action on September 17, 2009, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, while serving with the U.S. Army during Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Bradley Scott Bohle, 29, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, was killed in action on September 16, 2009, in Ghur Ghuri, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Robert David Gordon II, 22, of Riverfalls, Alabama, died on September 16, 2009, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from wounds sustained in combat in Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Shawn Patrick McCloskey, 33, of Peachtree City, Georgia, was killed in Ghur Ghuri, Afghanistan, on September 16, 2009.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Joshua M. Mills, 24, of El Paso, Texas, was killed in action on September 16, 2009, in Ghur Ghuri, Afghanistan, while serving with the 7th Special Forces Group.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 57TH EXPEDITIONARY SIGNAL BN, 11TH SIGNAL BDE, FORT HOOD, TX, SGT Void, Demetrius Lamar of ORANGEBURG, SC, 20, died in KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN on September 15, 2009.

U.S. Army Sergeant Andrew Harron McConnell, 24, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, died on September 14, 2009, from hostile action at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

1LT Wright, David Timothy Ii, 26, a native of MOORE, OK, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 1ST INFANTRY, 5TH SBCT, FORT LEWIS, WA, during Operation Enduring Freedom on September 14, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Nekl Bruce Allen, 29, of Rochester, New York, died on September 12, 2009, in the Shah District of Afghanistan's Kunar Province.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Bryan David Berky, 25, of Melrose, Florida, was killed in a hostile incident near Balah Baluq, Afghanistan, on September 12, 2009.