Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Specialist Russell Shane Hercules Jr., 22, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, died on October 1, 2009, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, from hostile enemy fire.

From DOWOGIAC, MI, SPC Andersen, Paul Eugene served with the ARMY, 855TH QUARTERMASTER COMPANY, SOUTH BEND, IN, and died on October 1, 2009 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 49. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Alex Iv French, 31, of Milledgeville, Georgia, was killed in a hostile incident on September 30, 2009, in KWHOST, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Ross Eugene Vogel III, 27, of Red Lion, Pennsylvania, was killed in action on September 29, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Delta in Iraq.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Christopher Donnell Shaw, 37, of Markham, Illinois, was a Special Forces soldier assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, based at Fort Lewis, Washington.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Jack Mayfield Martin III, 26, of Bethany, Oklahoma, was killed in a hostile incident on Jolo Island, Philippines, on September 29, 2009.

Lance Corporal Jordan Lee Chrobot, 24, of Frederick, Maryland, was a U.S. Marine killed in a hostile incident at Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, on September 26, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Kevin James Graham, 27, of Benton, Kentucky, was killed in a hostile incident at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on September 26, 2009.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Edward Bernard Smith, 30, of Homestead, Florida, was killed in hostile action on September 24, 2009, in Omar Zai, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Company B, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade

U.S. Army Sergeant Titus R. Reynolds, 23, of Columbus, Ohio, was killed in action on September 24, 2009, in Omar Zai, Afghanistan.

In OMAR ZAI, AFGHANISTAN on September 24, 2009, the ARMY lost SPC White, Joseph Valere of BELLEVUE, WA, 21, serving with COMPANY B, 4TH BATTALION, 23D INFANTRY, 5 SBCT, FORT LEWIS, WA. Cause: HOSTILE.

Lance Corporal John Joel Malone, 24, of Yonkers, New York, was a U.S. Marine killed in hostile action in Delaram, Afghanistan, on September 24, 2009.

U.S. Army Private First Class William L. Meredith, 26, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, died on September 21, 2009, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, while serving with the 569th Engineer Company.

U.S. Army Specialist Corey Joseph Kowall, 20, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was killed in action on September 20, 2009, in Viper Zabul, Afghanistan.

366TH SECURITY FORCES SQUADRON, MOUNTAIN HOME AFB, ID, AIR FORCE ? SRA Courtois, Matthew Ryan (LUCAS, TX), age 22, ? died in KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT on September 20, 2009.

From LAKEVILLE, OH, SPC Winkleman, Damon Gabriel served with the ARMY, HHC 2-508TH PIR, 4TH BCT, 82ND ABN DIV, and died on September 20, 2009 in VIPER ZABUL, AFGHANISTAN. He was 23.

At 20, SPC Cote, Michael Shane Jr of DENHAM SPRINGS, LA was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 52D AVIATION REGIMENT, FORT WAINWRIGHT, AK, when he died in BALAD, IRAQ on September 19, 2009.

U.S. Army Sergeant David Alan Davis, 28, of Dalhart, Texas, was killed in a hostile incident at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on September 19, 2009.