Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 1ST INFANTRY, FORT RILEY, KS, ARMY ? SFC Westbrook, Kenneth Warren (SHIPROCK, NM), age 41, ? died in WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES on October 7, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

On October 6, 2009, the ARMY lost MAJ Hervas, Tad Thomas of COON RAPIDS, MN in COB BASRAH, IRAQ. He was 48.

U.S. Army Specialist Kevin Olsen Hill, 23, of Brooklyn, New York, was killed in a hostile incident on October 4, 2009, at Combat Outpost Dehanna in Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Christopher Todd Griffin, 24, of Kincheloe, Michigan, was killed in action on October 3, 2009, during a battle at Combat Outpost Keating in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan.

PFC Thomson, Kevin Christopher, 22, a native of RENO, NV, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP B, 3D SQUADRON, 61ST CAVALRY, 4 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO, during Operation Enduring Freedom on October 3, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Joshua John Kirk, 30, of South Portland, Maine, was killed in hostile action on October 3, 2009, in Kamdesh, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Joshua Mitchell Hardt, 24, of Applegate, California, was killed in action on October 3, 2009, during the Battle of Kamdesh at Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Michael Patrick Scusa, 22, of Villas, New Jersey, was killed in action on October 3, 2009, in Kamdesh, Afghanistan. He served with Troop B, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Carso

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Thomas Duane Rabjohn, 39, of Avondale, Arizona, was killed in a hostile incident in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, on October 3, 2009.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Justin Timothy Gallegos, 27, of Tucson, Arizona, was killed in action on October 3, 2009, during a major enemy assault on Combat Outpost Keating in Kamdesh, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Stephan Lee Mace, 21, of Lovettsville, Virginia, died on October 3, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Bostick, Afghanistan, from wounds sustained in combat.

Staff Sergeant Vernon William Martin, 25, of Savannah, Georgia, was a U.S. Army soldier killed in a complex enemy attack on Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan on October 3, 2009.

U.S. Army Sergeant Ryan Christopher Adams, 26, of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, died on October 2, 2009, in Logar Province, Afghanistan.

Captain Benjamin A. Sklaver, 32, of Medford, Massachusetts, was a civil affairs officer serving with the U.S. Army's 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion, attached to Task Force Stryker in Afghanistan.

Sgt. Aaron Michael Smith, 25, of Manhattan, Kansas, was a U.S. Army infantryman serving with Task Force Spartan in Afghanistan. He died on October 2, 2009, in Wardak province.

U.S. Army Private First Class Alan Howard Newton Jr., 26, of Asheboro, North Carolina, died on October 2, 2009, at the Role 3 hospital at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Brandon Andre Owens, 21, of Memphis, Tennessee, died on October 2, 2009, from hostile action at Forward Operating Base Shank in Logar Province, Afghanistan.

Sgt. Roberto Daniel Sanchez, 24, of Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, was a U.S. Army Ranger assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. He was killed in action in the Zharay District of Afghanistan on October 1, 2009.