Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Staff Sgt. Paul Gene Smith, 43, of East Peoria, Illinois, served with Troop C, 2nd Squadron, 106th Cavalry Regiment, Illinois Army National Guard. He died on June 19, 2009, in Kandahar City, Afghanistan.

Kevin Allan Dupont, 52, was a Master Sergeant in the Massachusetts Army National Guard. He died in San Antonio, Texas, on June 17, 2009, from wounds sustained in a hostile incident in Afghanistan.

CPT Sims, Kafele H, 32, a native of LOS ANGELES, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 18TH ENGINEER BRIGADE, TOMPKINS BARRACKS, GERMANY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on June 16, 2009.

SGT Soto, Joshua Warren, age 25, of SAN ANGELO, TX ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY D, 2ND SQUADRON, 12TH CALVARY, FORT BLISS, TX, ? died on June 16, 2009 in COB ADDER, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Jonathan Charles O'Neill, 22, of Zephyrhills, Florida, died on June 15, 2009, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, from wounds sustained in a hostile incident in Afghanistan.

Active Duty, ARMY, 797TH ORDNANCE COMPANY, 79TH ORDNANCE BATTALION, FORT HOOD, TX, SSG Lo, Edmond Lam of SALEM, NH, 23, died in SAMARRA CITY, IRAQ on June 13, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ricky Linn Richardson Jr., 33, of Franklin, Missouri, was a U.S. Marine assigned to the 9th Engineer Support Battalion. He died in a hostile incident in Delaram, Afghanistan, on June 10, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Eduardo Sosa Silva, 25, of Greenfield, California, was killed in action on June 9, 2009, in Bagram, Afghanistan. He served with Task Force Thunder, 563rd Aviation Support Battalion.

2D BN, 3D MAR, (GCE, SPMAGTF - AFGHANISTAN), 3D MAR DIV, KANEOHE BAY, HI, MARINE CORPS ? LCPL Whittle, Joshua Ray (DOWNEY, CA), age 20, ? died in NOW ZAD, AFGHANISTAN on June 6, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

On June 5, 2009, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Ulmer, Robert Douglas of LANDISVILLE, PA in AL TAQADDUM, IRAQ. He was 22.

Sgt. Jeffrey William Jordan, 21, of Rome, Georgia, served with the Georgia Army National Guard. He died on June 4, 2009, in Kakar, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

Major Rocco Martin Barnes, 51, of Los Angeles, California, was a California Army National Guard officer killed in action in Bagram, Afghanistan, on June 4, 2009.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class John Curtis Beale, 39, of Riverdale, Georgia, died on June 4, 2009, in Kakar, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

In KIRKUK, IRAQ on June 4, 2009, the ARMY lost SGT Kurth, Christopher Milton of ALAMOGORDO, NM, 23, serving with COMPANY G, 3D BATTALION, 82D FIELD ARTILLERY, 2 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, 55TH ENGINEER CO, 5TH ENGINEER BN, 555TH ENGINEER BDE, FORT LEONARD WOOD, MO, SPC Parrish, Charles Dustin of JASPER, AL, 23, died in BALAD, IRAQ on June 4, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

Major Kevin Michael Jenrette, 37, of Lula, Georgia, was a U.S. Army National Guard officer assigned to HHT, 1-108th Cavalry. He died on June 4, 2009, in Kakar, Afghanistan, from hostile enemy action.

U.S. Army Specialist Jarrett Pearson Griemel, 20, of La Porte, Texas, was killed in action on June 3, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Gardez, Afghanistan.

SGT Duffy, Justin Joseph, age 31, of COZAD, NE ? Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 3D BATTALION, 82D AIRBORNE, FORT BRAGG, NC, ? died on June 2, 2009 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.