Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Active Duty, ARMY, 5TH MAINTENANCE COMPANY, 18TH CSB, GRAFENWOEHR, GERMANY, SSG Phillips, Anton Ramesh of INGLEWOOD, CA, 31, died in JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN on December 31, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, 274 FORWARD SURGICAL TEAM, SSG Spino, Ronald Jay of WATERBURY, CT, 45, died in HERAT, AFGHANISTAN on December 29, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Jason Michael Johnston, 24, of Albion, New York, was killed in hostile action on December 26, 2009, in Arghandab, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant David Hector Gutierrez, 35, of San Francisco, California, was killed in action on December 25, 2009, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

LCPL Roebuck, Omar Gregdorian, 23, a native of MORENO VALLEY, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, MOBILITY ASSAULT CO, 2D CEB, (MEB-A-FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, during Operation Enduring Freedom on December 22, 2009.

Private First Class Serge Kropov, 21, of Hawley, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Marine with HMH-462. He was killed in action on December 20, 2009, at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.

From CHICAGO, IL, SGT Ware, Albert Dono served with the ARMY, COMPANY F, 782ND COMBAT SUPPORT BATTALION, 4 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC, and died on December 18, 2009 in ARGHANDAB, AFGHANISTAN. He was 27. Cause: HOSTILE.

Technical Sergeant Anthony Charles Campbell Jr., 35, of Florence, Kentucky, was a U.S. Air Force Reserve civil engineer. He was killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 15, 2009.

ASSIGNED TO HHC 1-30TH IN, ATTACHED TO A CO 1-30TH IN, 2/1CD, USD-N, ARMY ? SPC Pauley, Jaiciae London (AUSTELL, GA), age 29, ? died in KIRKUK, IRAQ on December 11, 2009.

In CAMP TAJI, IRAQ on December 10, 2009, the ARMY lost PV1 Tello, Jhanner Andres of LOS ANGELES, CA, 29, serving with COMPANY D, 3D BRIGADE, 227TH ASSAULT HELICOPTER BATTALION, 1ST ACB, FORT HOOD, TX.

At 23, SGT Freitas, Ralph Anthony Webb of DETROIT, MI was serving with the MARINE CORPS, MWSS-172, MWSG, 1ST MAW, (A CO, TF COURAGE, MNC-I FWD) OKINAWA, JA, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on December 8, 2009.

Corporal Xhacob Latorre, a 21-year-old U.S. Marine from Waterbury, Connecticut, died on December 8, 2009, in San Antonio, Texas. The Department of Defense confirmed his death as hostile.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Dennis Joe Hansen, 31, of Panama City, Florida, died on December 5, 2009, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

SGT Rao, Elijah John Miles, age 26, of LAKE OSWEGO, OR ? Active Duty, ARMY, HHB, 2D BATTALION, 77TH FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT CARSON, CO, ? died on December 5, 2009 in ALIN GAR DISTRICT WESTERN NURISTAN, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

LCPL Taylor, Jonathan Andrew, age 22, of JACKSONVILLE, FL ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, F CO, 2D BN, 2D MAR, ( RCT-7, 2D MEB-FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, ? died on December 1, 2009 in GARMSIR DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

On December 1, 2009, the ARMY lost SGT Nichols, Kenneth Ray Jr of CHRISMAN, IL in FOB MICHIGAN, AFGHANISTAN. He was 28. Cause: HOSTILE.

From CAPE CORAL, FL, PFC Gwaltney, Derrick Daniel served with the ARMY, 606TH COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 377TH ARMOR, FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON, and died on November 29, 2009 in PB WESSAM, IRAQ. He was 21.

U.S. Army Sergeant Brandon Taylor Islip, 23, of Richmond, Virginia, died on November 29, 2009, in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan, from hostile enemy action.