Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Cpl. Matthew Ryan Lembke, 22, of Tualatin, Oregon, was a U.S. Marine who died on July 10, 2009, at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, from wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Gregory James Missman, 36, of Batavia, Ohio, died on July 9, 2009, in Bagram, Afghanistan, from hostile action during Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Army Specialist Joshua Ray Farris, 22, of Warda, Texas, was killed on July 9, 2009, in Wardak province, Afghanistan.

At 21, AN Tate, Darren Ethan of CANYON, TX was serving with the NAVY, LHD 7 IWO JIMA, when he died in BAGRAM, AFGHANISTAN on July 8, 2009.

Sgt. Michael Currie Roy, 25, of North Fort Myers, Florida, was a U.S. Marine serving with the 3rd Marine Special Operations Battalion in Afghanistan. He died on July 8, 2009, in Khash, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

Lance Corporal Roger Gary Michael Hager, a 20-year-old U.S. Marine from Gibsonville, North Carolina, was killed in action on July 8, 2009, near Forward Operating Base Fiddlers Green in Afghanistan.

Master Sergeant John Eric Hayes, 36, of Middleburg, Florida, was a U.S. Marine killed in a hostile incident in Afghanistan on July 8, 2009.

PFC Bregg, Lucas Montana, age 19, of WRIGHT CITY, MO ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY D, 2D BATTALION, 5TH CAVALRY, 1 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, ? died on July 8, 2009 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ.

In SHINDAD, AFGHANISTAN on July 7, 2009, the ARMY lost SGT Talbert, Christopher Maxwell of GALESBURG, IL, 24, serving with HHC, 2D BATTALION, 130TH INFANTRY, MARION, IL. Cause: HOSTILE.

Sgt. Brock Henry Chavers, 25, of Bulloch, Georgia, was a U.S. Army National Guard soldier killed in hostile action in Khanabad, Afghanistan, on July 6, 2009.

Petty Officer Second Class Tony Michael Randolph, 22, of Henryetta, Oklahoma, was a U.S. Navy explosive ordnance disposal technician. He died in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, on July 6, 2009.

Sgt. Chester Wayne Hosford, 35, of Hastings, Minnesota, was a U.S. Army National Guard soldier who died on July 6, 2009, in Khanabad, Afghanistan.

Captain Mark Andess Garner, 30, of Surry, North Carolina, was a U.S. Army officer killed in a hostile incident in Afghanistan's Arghandab District on July 6, 2009.

U.S. Army Private First Class Nicolas Hugh Joseph Gideon, 20, of Murrieta, California, was killed in a hostile incident at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, on July 6, 2009.

At 41, 1LT Williams, Derwin Isaac of CHICAGO, IL was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 33RD BRIGADE SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, MARSEILLES, IL, when he died in KHANABAD, AFGHANISTAN on July 6, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Isaac Lee Johnson Jr., 24, of Columbus, Georgia, died on July 6, 2009, in Khanabad, Afghanistan, from hostile enemy fire.

U.S. Army Private First Class Justin Aaron Casillas, 19, of Dunnigan, California, died on July 4, 2009, at Combat Outpost Zerok, Afghanistan, from hostile enemy action.

U.S. Army Private First Class Aaron Eli Fairbairn, 20, of Aberdeen, Washington, died on July 4, 2009, from hostile action at Combat Outpost Zerok in Afghanistan.