Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Specialist Justin Reid Pellerin, 21, of Boscawen, New Hampshire, was killed in action on August 20, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Shank in Afghanistan.

At 21, PFC Wolverton, Brian Michael of OAK PARK, CA was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY D, 1ST BATTALION, 32D INFANTRY, 3 BCT, FORT DRUM, NY, when he died in ASADABAD, AFGHANISTAN on August 20, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Paul Edmond Dumont Jr., 23, of Williamsburg, Virginia, died on August 19, 2009, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

On August 19, 2009, the ARMY lost SGT Tom, Troy Orion of SHIPROCK, NM in ARGHANDAB, AFGHANISTAN. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

COMPANY B, 172D SUPPORT BATTALION, SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY, ARMY ? SPC Vanosdol, William Zachary (PINSON, AL), age 23, ? died in AD DIWANIYAH, IRAQ on August 19, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 17TH INFANTRY, 5TH SBCT, FORT LEWIS, WA, ARMY ? PFC Yanney, Jonathan Christopher (LITCHFIELD, MN), age 20, ? died in JELEWAR, AFGHANISTAN on August 18, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

Adam Frank Benjamin, 34, was a U.S. Marine Corps Master Sergeant from Garfield, Ohio. He was killed in a hostile incident in the vicinity of Combat Outpost Payne, Afghanistan, on August 18, 2009.

PFC Walker, Morris Lewis, age 23, of CHAPEL HILL, NC ? Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 501ST INFANTRY, FORT RICHARDSON, AK, ? died on August 18, 2009 in DILA DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

First Sergeant Jose San Crisostomo, 59, of Inarajan, Guam, was a U.S. Army soldier killed in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 18, 2009.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Clayton Patrick Bowen, 29, of San Antonio, Texas, was killed in a roadside bomb attack in Dila District, Afghanistan, on August 18, 2009.

SPC Hastings, Matthew Dishongh, 23, a native of CLAREMORE, OK, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, 582ND MEDICAL LOGISTICS COMPANY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on August 17, 2009.

Corporal Leopold Fred Damas, 26, of Floral Park, New York, was a U.S. Marine killed in Garmsir, Afghanistan, on August 17, 2009.

Corporal Nicholas Ryan Roush, 22, of Middleville, Michigan, served with the U.S. Army's Company B, 1st Psychological Operations Battalion, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He died in Herat, Afghanistan, on August 16, 2009, during Operat

COMPANY B, 2D SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, GLEN ARM, MD, ARMY ? SFC Woods, William Brian Jr (CHESAPEAKE, VA), age 31, ? died in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY on August 16, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

Lance Cpl. Joshua Matthew Bernard, 21, of New Portland, Maine, was a U.S. Marine killed in a hostile incident in Bastion, Afghanistan, on August 14, 2009.

William John Cahir was a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve sergeant and former journalist. He was killed by enemy fire on August 13, 2009, during combat operations in Afghanistan's Nawa District.

In IVO FIRE BASE COBRA, AFGHANISTAN on August 12, 2009, the ARMY lost CPT Tinsley, John of TALLAHASSEE, FL, 28, serving with COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 7TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, FORT BRAGG, NC. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Richard Allyn Walters Jr., 41, of Cleveland, Ohio, died on August 10, 2009, at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait.