Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Matthew Albert Pucino, 34, of Barnstable, Massachusetts, was killed in action on November 23, 2009, in Pashay Kala, Afghanistan.

Lance Corporal Nicholas Joel Hand, 20, of Kansas City, Missouri, was a U.S. Marine killed in hostile action on November 22, 2009, in Garmsir, Afghanistan.

PFC Tynes, Marcus Allan, age 19, of MORENO VALLEY, CA ? Active Duty, ARMY, C COMPANY, 2ND BATTALION, 508TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, ? died on November 22, 2009 in ALKOWSI, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant James Michael Nolen, 25, of Alvin, Texas, was killed in action in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on November 22, 2009.

Staff Sergeant Briand Thelonius Williams, 25, of Sparks, Georgia, was a U.S. Army artilleryman. He died in a hostile incident in Numaniyah, Iraq, on November 22, 2009.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant John James Cleaver, 36, of Marysville, Washington, was killed on November 19, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Lagman in Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Daniel Alexander Frazier, 25, of Saint Joseph, Michigan, was killed in a hostile incident at Forward Operating Base Lagman, Afghanistan, on November 19, 2009.

Reserve, NAVY, MOB ACCT OPS, PO2 Patton, Brian Mark of FREEPORT, IL, 37, died in KUWAIT, KUWAIT on November 19, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Joseph Michael Lewis, 26, of Terrell, Texas, was killed in action on November 17, 2009, in Ezqabad, Afghanistan.

SSG Zorn, Ryan Lee, 35, a native of UPTON, WY, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, PORT OF ENTRY TRANSITION TEAM, 3D SQDN, 1ST CAVALRY, TF MARNE, FORT STEWART, GA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 16, 2009.

Lance Cpl. Shawn Patrick Hefner, 22, of Hico, Texas, was a U.S. Marine killed in action on November 13, 2009, in Nawa, Afghanistan.

Christopher James Coffland was a 43-year-old U.S. Army corporal from Baltimore, Maryland. He died in Wardak province, Afghanistan, on November 13, 2009, while serving during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Sgt. Benjamin William Sherman, 21, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, was a paratrooper with the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He died in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan,

H&S CO, 1ST BN 5TH MAR, (RCT-7, 2D MEB FWD) 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, MARINE CORPS ? LCPL Swanson, Justin James (ANAHIEM, CA), age 21, ? died in NAWA, AFGHANISTAN on November 10, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 36, SSGT Murphy, Stephen Lloyd of JAFFERY, NH was serving with the MARINE CORPS, 2D INTEL BN, 2D MHG, (2D MEF-FWD), CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, when he died in AL ASAD, IRAQ on November 9, 2009.

A TROOP, 2D SQUADRON, 6TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, 25TH COMBAT AVIATION BRIGADE, ARMY ? CW2 Heffelfinger, Mathew Clayton (KIMBERLY, ID), age 29, ? died in TIKRIT, IRAQ on November 8, 2009.

On November 8, 2009, the ARMY lost CW2 Scott, Earl Raymond Iii of JACKSONVILLE, FL in TIKRIT, IRAQ. He was 24.

Sgt. Charles Issac Cartwright, 26, of Union Bridge, Maryland, was a U.S. Marine killed in hostile action in Farah Province, Afghanistan, on November 7, 2009.