Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Specialist Andrew Lee Hand, 25, of Enterprise, Alabama, was killed in a hostile incident on July 24, 2010, in Qalat, Afghanistan, while serving with Battery C, 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment.

U.S. Army Specialist Joseph Andrew Bauer, 27, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was killed in a hostile incident on July 24, 2010, in Qalat, Afghanistan.

Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 1ST BN, 2D MAR, (RCT-2, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, LCPL Vazquez, Frederik Erik of MELROSE PARK, IL, 20, died in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on July 24, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

Staff Sergeant Conrad Adrian Mora, 24, of San Diego, California, was a U.S. Army artilleryman. He died in Qalat, Afghanistan, on July 24, 2010, from hostile action.

U.S. Army Sergeant Daniel Lim, 23, of Cypress, California, died on July 24, 2010, in Qalat, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

U.S. Army Specialist James Joseph O'quin Jr., 20, of El Paso, Texas, was killed in action on July 23, 2010, in Orgun-e, Afghanistan.

Lt. Col. Mario Delosangeles Carazo, 41, of Springfield, Ohio, was a U.S. Marine with Marine Aircraft Group 39. He was killed in hostile action on July 22, 2010, in Trek Nawa, Afghanistan.

MAJ Weis, James Matthew, age 37, of TOMS RIVER, NJ ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, MAG 39, (I MEF FWD), 3D MAW, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, ? died on July 22, 2010 in TREK NAWA, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

COMPANY B, 52ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, 2ND STRYKER BCT, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI, ARMY ? 1LT Runyan, Michael Louis (ASHLAND, OH), age 24, ? died in BALAD, IRAQ on July 21, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

CPL Vargas, Julio, 23, a native of SYLMAR, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 3D AA BN, (RCT-7, I MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, during Operation Enduring Freedom on July 20, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Brian Francis Piercy, 27, of Clovis, California, died on July 19, 2010, in the Arghandab River Valley, Afghanistan.

Corporal Paul James Miller, a 22-year-old U.S. Marine from Traverse City, Michigan, was killed in hostile action in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on July 19, 2010.

On July 18, 2010, the MARINE CORPS lost SGT Wrightsman, Joe Lee of JONESBORO, LA in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 23.

U.S. Army Sergeant Justin Bradley Allen, 23, of Coal Grove, Ohio, was killed in action on July 18, 2010, in Zhari district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan.

Sergeant Anibal Jr Santiago, 37, of Belvidere, Illinois, served with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment (Airborne). He died in Bagram, Afghanistan, on July 18, 2010.

Gunnery Sergeant Christopher Lucas Eastman, 28, of Moose Pass, Alaska, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on July 18, 2010.

U.S. Army First Lieutenant Robert N. Bennedsen, 25, of Vashon, Washington, was killed by enemy small-arms fire in Qalat, Afghanistan, on July 18, 2010.

SSG Weikert, Matthew Ward, age 29, of JACKSONVILLE, IL ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY D, 1ST BATTALION, 187TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 3RD BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, ? died on July 17, 2010 in FOB ORGUN-E, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.