Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Major Raymond Gray Estelle II, 40, of New Haven, Connecticut, was a U.S. Air Force officer assigned to Air Combat Command. He died in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2011.

U.S. Army Specialist Andrew Evan Lara, 25, of Albany, Oregon, died on April 27, 2011, in Almahawil, Iraq, while serving with the Oregon National Guard during Operation New Dawn.

On April 27, 2011, the ARMY lost PFC Villanueva, Jonathan Michael of JACKSONVILLE, FL in COP CARWILE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 19. Cause: HOSTILE.

Major Charles Anthony Ransom, 31, of Midlothian, Virginia, was a U.S. Air Force officer assigned to the 83d Network Operations Squadron. He was killed in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2011.

U.S. Air Force Major David Lawrence Brodeur, 34, of Auburn, Massachusetts, was killed in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2011.

U.S. Air Force Captain Nathan Jay Nylander, 35, of Hockley, Texas, was killed in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2011.

Master Sergeant Tara Reniece Brown, 33, of the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, was killed in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2011.

U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Frank Diehl Bryant Jr., 37, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was killed in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2011.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Bradley Scott Hughes, 41, of Newark, Ohio, was killed in action on April 24, 2011, at Camp Brown in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Staff Sergeant David Pirie Day, 26, of Gaylord, Michigan, was a U.S. Marine killed in Badghis Province, Afghanistan, on April 24, 2011.

Lance Cpl. Joe Michael Jackson, 22, of White Swan, Washington, was a U.S. Marine killed on April 24, 2011, in Bastion, Afghanistan.

Sgt. Sean Timothy Callahan, 23, of Warrenton, Virginia, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 23, 2011.

Staff Sgt. James Alan Justice, 32, of Manning, Iowa, was a soldier with the Iowa Army National Guard. He was killed in a hostile incident in Sadiqan Village, Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on April 23, 2011.

Lance Cpl. Dominic John Ciaramitaro, 19, of South Lyon, Michigan, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 23, 2011.

CW2 Varnadore, Terry Lee Ii, age 29, of ARDEN, NC ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 10TH AVN REGT, 10TH COMBAT AVN BDE, FORT DRUM, NY, ? died on April 23, 2011 in ALASAY VALLEY, KAPISA. Cause: HOSTILE.

Master Sergeant Benjamin Franklin Bitner, 37, of Greencastle, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier. He died on April 23, 2011, at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, from hostile fire.

U.S. Army Sergeant John Paul Castro, 25, of Andrews, Texas, died on April 22, 2011, at Forward Operating Base Sharana in Afghanistan's Paktika province.

U.S. Army Private First Class Antonio Guiseppi Stiggins, 25, of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, died on April 22, 2011, in Al Kut, Iraq, during Operation New Dawn.