Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Staff Sergeant Carlos Alonzo Benitez, 24, of Carrollton, Texas, was a U.S. Army cavalry scout. He was killed in action on October 14, 2010, in Route Opel, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Private First Class Tramaine Jamal Billingsley, 20, of Portsmouth, Virginia, died on October 14, 2010, in Route Opel, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Lance Cpl. Alec Ernst Catherwood, 19, of Byron, Illinois, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on October 14, 2010.

Lance Corporal Irvin Martin Ceniceros, 21, of Clarksville, Arkansas, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on October 14, 2010.

Lance Cpl. Joseph Charles Lopez, 26, of Rosamond, California, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on October 14, 2010.

U.S. Army Sergeant Rafael Martinez Jr., 36, of Spring Valley, California, died on October 14, 2010, in a hostile incident on Route Opel, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Eric Colby Newman, 30, of Waynesboro, Mississippi, was killed in hostile action on October 14, 2010, in Akatzai Kalay, Afghanistan.

Private First Class Jordan Matthew Byrd, 19, of Grantsville, Utah, was a U.S. Army infantryman killed in Yahya Kheyl, Afghanistan, on October 13, 2010.

Cpl. Justin James Cain, 22, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on October 13, 2010.

Lance Corporal Victor Anthony Dew, 20, of Granite Bay, California, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on October 13, 2010.

Lance Corporal Raymon Lee Allen Johnson, 22, of Midland, Georgia, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on October 13, 2010.

Lance Corporal Joseph Earl Rodewald, 21, of Albany, Oregon, was a U.S. Marine with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, based at Camp Pendleton, California. He was killed in action on October 13, 2010, in Helmand provinc

From SAINT CHARLES, MO, LCPL Vinnedge, Phillip David served with the MARINE CORPS, 3D BN 5TH MAR (RCT-2, I MEF FWD) 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, and died on October 13, 2010 in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 19. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Matthew Christopher Powell, 20, of Slidell, Louisiana, was killed in a hostile incident at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on October 12, 2010.

On October 11, 2010, the MARINE CORPS lost SGT Zaehringer, Frank Riddell Iii of RENO, NV in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 23. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist David Alan Hess, 25, of Ruskin, Florida, died on October 10, 2010, in Mollyan, Afghanistan, from hostile action during Operation Enduring Freedom.

SSG Weigle, David Jee, 29, a native of PHILADELPHIA, PA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS TROOP, 1ST SQUADRON, 75TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, 2ND BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, during Operation Enduring Freedom on October 10, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

Hospitalman Edwin Gonzalez, 21, of North Miami Beach, Florida, was killed in action in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on October 8, 2010, while serving with the U.S. Navy.