Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

From LAS VEGAS, NV, SPC Tabada, Brian served with the ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 327TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1 BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, and died on February 27, 2011 in DARAH-YE DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

Staff Sergeant Jerome Firtamag, 29, of Pohnpei, served with Company B, 96th Combat Support Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade. He died on February 24, 2011, in Pembroke, United States.

From HOMOSASSA, FL, CPL Taylor, Johnathan Wesley served with the MARINE CORPS, 2D BN 8TH MAR, (1ST MAR DIV, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, and died on February 22, 2011 in CAMP BASTION, AFGHANISTAN. He was 23. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Robert Curtis Sisson Jr., 29, of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, was killed in action on February 21, 2011, in Saryah Kalach, Afghanistan. He served with Company A, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team,

U.S. Army First Lieutenant Daren Miguel Hidalgo, 24, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, was killed in hostile action on February 20, 2011, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Lance Cpl. Andrew Paul Carpenter, 27, of Columbia, Tennessee, was a U.S. Marine who died on February 19, 2011, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from combat wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

Sgt. Matthew James Deyoung, 26, of Talent, Oregon, was a U.S. Marine with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion. He died on February 18, 2011, in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Jonathan Adam Pilgeram, 22, of Great Falls, Montana, died on February 17, 2011, in Ghaziabad District, Konar Province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Bradley Charles Hart, 25, of Perrysburg, Ohio, died on February 17, 2011, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. He was assigned to the Headquarters, Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Airman First Class Christoffer Paige Johnson, 20, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was a member of the U.S. Air Force's 423rd Security Forces Squadron. He died on February 17, 2011, at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

Airman First Class Corey Charles Owens, 26, of San Antonio, Texas, was a member of the 47th Security Forces Squadron, Laughlin Air Force Base. He was killed in action on February 17, 2011, at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq.

U.S. Army Sergeant Lashawn Donell Evans, 24, of Columbia, South Carolina, was killed in action on February 15, 2011, in Taji, Iraq.

Corporal Nathan Brock Carse, 32, of Harrod, Ohio, was a U.S. Army combat engineer with the 595th Sapper Company. He was killed in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on February 8, 2011.

U.S. Army Sergeant Patrick Ryan Carroll, 25, of Norwalk, Ohio, died on February 7, 2011, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

From JAMESTOWN, NY, LCPL Swanson, Aaron Michael served with the MARINE CORPS, 3D BN 25TH MAR,(RCT-1, I MEF FWD),4TH MAR DIV, BUFFALO, NY, and died on February 7, 2011 in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

Corporal Lucas Todd Pyeatt, 24, of West Chester, Ohio, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 5, 2011.

U.S. Army Specialist Ryan Anthony Gartner, 23, of Dumont, New Jersey, was killed in action on February 1, 2011, in Bagram, Afghanistan, while serving with the 201st Military Intelligence Battalion.

U.S. Army Specialist Omar Soltero, 28, of San Antonio, Texas, was killed in action on January 31, 2011, in Wardak Province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, based at F