Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

SPC Welch, Jonathan David, age 19, of YORBA LINDA, CA ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 17TH INFANTRY, 5 SBCT, FORT LEWIS, WA, ? died on August 31, 2009 in SHUYENE-SUFIA, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Private First Class Jordan Mykle Brochu, 20, of Cumberland, Maine, was killed in action on August 31, 2009, in Shuyene-Sufia, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Private First Class Eric William Hario, 19, of Monroe, Michigan, was killed in a hostile incident on August 29, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Sharana, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Jason Sean Dahlke, 29, of Orlando, Florida, was killed in a firefight in Afghanistan's Orgun District on August 29, 2009.

Sgt. Earl Delmer Werner, 38, of Mondovi, Wisconsin, was a U.S. Army National Guard soldier. He died on August 28, 2009, in Baghdad, Iraq, from hostile action.

National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY B, 41ST SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, PORTLAND, OR, PFC Marks, Taylor Daniel of MONMOUTH, OR, 19, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on August 28, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

HHT, 3D BATTALION, 71ST CAVALRY, 3 BCT, FORT DRUM, NY, ARMY ? SPC Wheeler, Abraham Sherrod Iii (COLUMBIA, SC), age 22, ? died in CHARKH DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN on August 28, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

From HAMMOND, LA, PFC Wildes, Matthew Everett served with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 1-12 INFANTRY, 4 BCT, TF MOUNTAIN WARRIOR, and died on August 27, 2009 in MAYWAND DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN. He was 18. Cause: HOSTILE.

Lance Corporal Donald James Hogan was a 20-year-old U.S. Marine from San Clemente, California. He was killed in a hostile incident in Nawa District, Afghanistan, on August 26, 2009.

Staff Sergeant Kurt Robert Curtiss, 27, of Murray, Utah, was killed in action on August 26, 2009, in the Sar Howzeh District of Afghanistan.

SFC Ronald Wayne Sawyer, 38, of Trenton, Missouri, was a U.S. Army soldier serving with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Lewis, Washington.

Captain John Louis Hallett III, 30, of Dupont, California, was a U.S. Army officer serving with the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment. He was killed in a roadside bomb attack in Sha Wali Kot, Afghanistan, on August 25, 2009.

At 24, PFC Williams, Dennis Michael of FEDERAL WAY, WA was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 17TH INFANTRY, 5 SBCT, FORT LEWIS, WA, when he died in SHA WALI KOT, AFGHANISTAN on August 25, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

Cory J. Jenkins, a 30-year-old U.S. Army captain from Mesa, Arizona, was killed in action on August 25, 2009, in the Sha Wali Kot district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan.

On August 23, 2009, the ARMY lost 2LT Fortin, Joseph D of SAINT JOHNSBURY, VT in MUHALLAH, IRAQ. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Darby Todd Morin, 25, of Victoria, Texas, was killed in action on August 22, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Shank in Logar Province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Andrew Thomas Lobosco, 29, of Somerville, New Jersey, was killed in action on August 22, 2009, at Bastion Role 2, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group.

Sgt. Matthew Lee Ingram, 25, of Pearl, Mississippi, was a U.S. Army infantryman serving with the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. He died on August 21, 2009, in the Chapa Dara district of Afghanistan's Kunar province.