Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

From SMYRNA, TN, CW2 Grinder, Billie Jean served with the ARMY, C CO, 1-230 CAV, 25 CAB (TASK ORG TO USD-N), and died on February 21, 2010 in COB Q-WEST, IRAQ. She was 25.

Lance Corporal Matthias Numon Hanson, a 20-year-old U.S. Marine from Buffalo, Kentucky, was killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 21, 2010.

From KNOXVILLE, TN, CPT Alford, Marcus Ray Sr served with the ARMY, C CO, 1-230 CAV, 25 CAB (TASK ORG TO USD-N), and died on February 21, 2010 in COB Q-WEST, IRAQ. He was 28.

At 19, LCPL Ward, Eric Levi of REDMOND, WA was serving with the MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 2D BN, 2D MAR, (RCT-7, MEB-A FWD) 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, when he died in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on February 21, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

Sgt. Marcos Antonio Gorra, 22, of North Bergen, New Jersey, was a U.S. Army soldier assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade. He died on February 21, 2010, at the Role III Hospital at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Michael David P. Cardenaz, 29, of Corona, California, was killed in action on February 20, 2010, in Chapa Dara, Kunar Province, Afghanistan.

Gunnery Sergeant Christopher William Eckard, 30, of Hickory, North Carolina, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 20, 2010.

Lance Corporal Joshua Harold Birchfield, 24, of Westville, Indiana, was a U.S. Marine killed in Farah Province, Afghanistan, on February 19, 2010.

On February 19, 2010, the MARINE CORPS lost CPL Stultz, Gregory Scott of BRAZIL, IN in KARIZESAYDI, AFGHANISTAN. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.

Kielin Terrell Dunn, a 19-year-old Lance Corporal from Chesapeake, Virginia, serving with the 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, was killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 18, 2010.

Sgt. Jeremy Ryan McQueary, 27, of Columbus, Indiana, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 18, 2010.

Kyle Joseph Coutu, a 20-year-old Private First Class from Providence, Rhode Island, was killed in action on February 18, 2010, in Marjeh, Afghanistan, while serving with the U.S. Marine Corps.

Lance Corporal Larry Michael Johnson, 19, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 18, 2010.

U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class Eric D. Currier, 21, of Londonderry, New Hampshire, was killed by enemy small-arms fire in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 17, 2010.

Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 1ST CEB, (RCT-7, MEB-A FWD) 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, LCPL Yazzie, Alejandro Jay of ROCK POINT, AZ, 23, died in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on February 16, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

Lance Corporal Noah Miles Pier, 25, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was a U.S. Marine killed in Nawa, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 16, 2010.

PO1 Caughman, Sean Leach, age 43, of FORT WORTH, TX ? Reserve, NAVY, NMCB TWO TWO, ? died on February 16, 2010 in ALI AL SALEM, KUWAIT.

Private First Class Jason Hill Estopinal, 21, of Dallas, Georgia, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 15, 2010.