Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant James Patrick Hunter, 25, of South Amherst, Ohio, was killed in a hostile incident on June 18, 2010, in Zhari District, Kandahar, Afghanistan.

William F. Ortega, a 23-year-old Hospital Corpsman from Miami, Florida, serving with the 1st Marine Division, died in Afghanistan's Garmsir district on June 18, 2010.

U.S. Army Private First Class Benjamin J. Park, 25, of Fairfax Station, Virginia, was killed in hostile action on June 18, 2010, in Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

Active Duty, ARMY, HHB, 1ST BATTALION, 9TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT, 2ND HEAVY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT STEWART, GA, CPT Cassidy, Michael Paul of SIMPSONVILLE, SC, 41, died in MOSUL, IRAQ on June 17, 2010.

Corporal Michael Chad Bailey, 29, of Park Hills, Missouri, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 16, 2010.

U.S. Army Sergeant Nathan William Cox, 27, of Fremont, California, died on June 16, 2010, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. He was assigned to the 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne

U.S. Army Private First Class Gunnar Randall Hotchkin, 31, of Naperville, Illinois, was killed in a hostile incident in northern Kunduz province, Afghanistan, on June 16, 2010.

U.S. Army Sergeant Joseph Dennis Johnson, 24, of Flint, Michigan, died on June 16, 2010, in northern Kunduz province, Afghanistan.

In HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on June 16, 2010, the MARINE CORPS lost CPL Standfest, Jeffrey Robert of ST. CLAIR, MI, 23, serving with 3D CEB, (I MEF FWD), 3D MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Corporal Benjamin Douglas Osborn, 27, of Queensbury, New York, was killed in hostile action on June 15, 2010, in the Shigalwasheltan District of Konar Province, Afghanistan.

From SPENCER, IA, SPC Opat, Christopher Wesley served with the ARMY, TROOP D, 1ST SQUADRON, 14TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, 3RD STRYKER BCT, JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA, and died on June 15, 2010 in BA`QUBAH, IRAQ. He was 29.

U.S. Army Specialist Brian Michael Anderson, 24, of Harrisonburg, Virginia, died on June 12, 2010, in Za Khel, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Army Specialist Christian Michael Adams, 26, of Sierra Vista, Arizona, was killed in action on June 11, 2010, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Robert James Fike, 38, of Conneautville, Pennsylvania, was killed in a hostile incident on June 11, 2010, at Forward Operating Base Bullard, Afghanistan.

Sgt. 1st Class Bryan Alan Hoover, 29, of West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Army soldier killed in a hostile incident at Forward Operating Base Bullard, Afghanistan, on June 11, 2010.

Sgt. Mario Rodriguez Jr., 24, of Smithville, Texas, served with the 264th Clearance Company, 27th Engineer Battalion, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He died on June 11, 2010, in Powrak, Logar Province, Afghanistan.

At 24, SGT Obryan, Israel Paul of NEWBERN, TN was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 5TH BATTALION, 20TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 3-2ND STRYKER BCT, JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA, when he died in JALULA, IRAQ on June 11, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 5TH BATTALION, 20TH INFANTRY, 3D STRYKER BCT, FORT LEWIS, WA, CPL Yauch, William Christopher of BATESVILLE, AR, 23, died in JALULA, IRAQ on June 11, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.