Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Corporal Daniel Lee Cox, 26, of Parsons, Kansas, was killed in action on September 12, 2009, in the Meydan Shahr District of Afghanistan.

Technical Sergeant James Robert Hornbarger, 33, of Castle Rock, Washington, was a U.S. Air Force aircraft maintainer. He died on September 12, 2009, in Droushia, Cyprus, while deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Army Sergeant Tyler Austin Juden, 23, of Winfield, Kansas, was killed in a hostile incident in Turan, Farah Province, Afghanistan, on September 12, 2009.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 10TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, FORT CARSON, CO, SFC Thornsbury, Duane Anthony of BRIDGEPORT, WV, 30, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on September 12, 2009.

Private First Class Matthew M. Martinek, 20, of DeKalb, Illinois, was a U.S. Army infantryman. He died on September 11, 2009, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from wounds sustained in combat in Afghanistan.

Lance Cpl. Christopher Scott Fowlkes, 20, of Gaffney, South Carolina, died on September 10, 2009, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. He was a U.S. Marine assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Exped

U.S. Army 1st Lieutenant Tyler Edward Parten, 24, of Marianna, Arkansas, was killed in a hostile incident in the Ghehazi District of Afghanistan on September 10, 2009.

Petty Officer Third Class James Ray Layton, 22, of Riverbank, California, was a U.S. Navy sailor serving as an Embedded Training Team member. He was killed in a hostile incident in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on September 9, 2009.

Gunnery Sergeant Edwin Wayne Johnson Jr., 31, of Columbus, Georgia, was a U.S. Marine assigned to the 3rd Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, based in Okinawa, Japan. He died in Kunar province, Afghanistan, on September 8, 2009.

First Lieutenant Michael Edward Johnson, 25, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, was a U.S. Marine serving with 7th Communications Battalion, 3rd Marine Headquarters Group. He died in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on September 8, 2009.

Gunnery Sergeant Aaron Michael Kenefick, a 30-year-old U.S. Marine from Roswell, Georgia, was killed in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on September 8, 2009.

In NEAR FOB FALCON, IRAQ on September 8, 2009, the AIR FORCE lost 1STLT Helton, Joseph Dennis Jr of MONROE, GA, 24, serving with 6TH SECURITY FORCES SQUADRON, MACDILL AFB, FL. Cause: HOSTILE.

In TIKRIT, IRAQ on September 8, 2009, the ARMY lost SPC Lyons, Thomas Franklyn of FERNLEY, NV, 20, serving with 545TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, 607TH MP BN, 8TH MP BRIGADE, FORT RICHARDSON, AK. Cause: HOSTILE.

On September 8, 2009, the ARMY lost SPC Myers, Zachary Taylor of DELAWARE, OH in TIKRIT, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

545TH MP CO, 607TH MP BN, 8TH MP BDE, FORT RICHARDSON, AK, ARMY ? SSG Smith, Shannon Michael (MARION, OH), age 31, ? died in TIKRIT, IRAQ on September 8, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

Staff Sergeant Randy Micheal Haney, 27, of Orlando, Florida, was killed in a hostile incident in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on September 6, 2009.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Michael Chance Murphrey, 25, of Snyder, Texas, died on September 6, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Sharnana, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

Sgt. Youvert Loney, 28, of Pohnpei, was a U.S. Army infantryman serving with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment. He was killed in a hostile incident in Asadabad, Afghanistan, on September 5, 2009.