Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

In KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN on May 15, 2013, the ARMY lost SFC Rhea, Trenton Lockard of OAKLEY, KS, 33, serving with 603RD MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, 530TH MP BN, 300TH MP BDE, 200TH MP CMD, BELTON, MO.

At 21, SPC Towse, Cody James of ELK RIDGE, UT was serving with the ARMY, HHC, 3RD BATTALION, 41ST INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1ST BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT BLISS, TX, when he died in ZHARAY, AFGHANISTAN on May 14, 2013. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Jeffrey Christopher Baker, 29, of Hesperia, California, was killed in a hostile incident in Zharay, Afghanistan, on May 14, 2013.

U.S. Army Specialist Mitchell Kirk Daehling, 24, of Dalton, Massachusetts, was killed in a hostile incident on May 14, 2013, in Zharay District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist William Joseph Gilbert, 24, of Hacienda Heights, California, was killed in a hostile incident in Zharay, Afghanistan, on May 14, 2013.

U.S. Army Specialist Kevin Cardoza, 19, of Mercedes, Texas, died on May 4, 2013, in Maiwand District, Afghanistan.

Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 36TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1ST BCT, FORT BLISS, TEXAS, SSG Phillips, Francis Gene Iv of MERIDAN, NY, 28, died in MAIWAND, AFGHANISTAN on May 4, 2013. Cause: HOSTILE.

Staff Sergeant Eric Damon Christian, 39, of Warwick, New York, was a U.S. Marine assigned to an intelligence battalion supporting special operations. He was killed in a hostile incident in Afghanistan's Farah province on May 4, 2013.

U.S. Army First Lieutenant Brandon James Landrum, 26, of Lawton, Oklahoma, was killed in a hostile incident in Maiwand, Afghanistan, on May 4, 2013.

At 24, SPC Prescott, Brandon Joseph of BEND, OR was serving with the ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 36TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1ST BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT BLISS, TX, when he died in MAIWAND, AFGHANISTAN on May 4, 2013. Cause: HOSTILE.

In MAIWAND, AFGHANISTAN on May 4, 2013, the ARMY lost SPC Murach, Thomas Paige of MERIDIAN, ID, 22, serving with HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 36TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1ST BCT, FORT BLISS, TX. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 23, CPL Sonka, David Michael of PARKER, CO was serving with the MARINE CORPS, INTEL BN, SPEC OPS, SUPPORT GROUP (2D MSOB) CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, when he died in FARAH PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on May 4, 2013. Cause: HOSTILE.

93D AIR REFUELING SQUADRON, FAIRCHILD AFB, WA, AIR FORCE ? CAPT Pinckney, Victoria Ann (PALMDALE, CA), age 27, ? died in NEAR CHON-ARYK, KYRGYZSTAN on May 3, 2013.

At 27, CAPT Voss, Mark Tyler of BOERNE, TX was serving with the AIR FORCE, 93D AIR REFUELING SQUADRON, FAIRCHILD AFB, WA, when he died in NEAR CHON-ARYK, KYRGYZSTAN on May 3, 2013.

Technical Sergeant Herman Mackey III, 30, of Bakersfield, California, was a U.S. Air Force airman assigned to the 93d Air Refueling Squadron. He was killed in a vehicle accident near Chon-Aryk, Kyrgyzstan, on May 3, 2013.

Active Duty, ARMY, BATTERY A, 4TH BATTALION, 42ND FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT, 1ST BCT, FORT CARSON, CO, SPC Santiago, Trinidad Jr of SAN DIEGO, CA, 25, died in CAMP BUEHRING, KUWAIT on May 2, 2013.

U.S. Army Specialist Charles Patrick McClure, 21, of Stratford, Oklahoma, was killed on May 2, 2013, at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.

From SAN ANTONIO, TX, SSG Simpson, Michael Harrison served with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 4TH BATTALION, 1ST SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (AIRBORNE), JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA, and died on May 1, 2013 in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY. He was 30. Cause: HOSTILE.