Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Sergeant Michael Joe Beckerman, 25, of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, died on December 31, 2010, in Howz e Madad, Afghanistan.

CPL Nguyen, Tevan Lee, 21, a native of HUTTO, TX, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 3D BN 5TH MAR, (RCT-2, I MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, during Operation Enduring Freedom on December 28, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 2D BN 9TH MAR, (RCT-1, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, SGT Misener, Garrett Anderson of CORDOVA, TN, 25, died in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on December 27, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

Lance Cpl. Kenneth A. Corzine, 23, of Bethalto, Illinois, was a U.S. Marine with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines. He died on December 24, 2010, at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, from wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Major Joseph Alexander, 55, of Lafayette, Louisiana, died on December 23, 2010, in his hometown after returning from service in Iraq.

Corporal William Harry Crouse IV, 22, of Woodruff, South Carolina, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2010.

PFC Javier, Conrado Diaz Jr, 19, of Marina, California, was a U.S. Army soldier killed in Lwan Sohbat, Afghanistan, on December 19, 2010.

Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 1ST CEB, (I MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, CPL Torbert, Eric Michael Jr of LANCASTER, PA, 25, died in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on December 18, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

In HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on December 17, 2010, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Maldonado, Jose Luis of MATHIS, TX, 21, serving with 3D BN 5TH MAR, (RCT-2, I MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.

From PRINCETON, MN, CPL Osterman, Sean Andrew served with the MARINE CORPS, 2D RECON BN, (1ST MAR DIV, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, and died on December 16, 2010 in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

1ST EOD CO, (I MEF FWD),1ST MLG, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, MARINE CORPS ? GYSGT Schmalstieg, Justin Edward (PITTSBURGH, PA), age 28, ? died in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on December 15, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Sean Russell Cutsforth, 22, of Radford, Virginia, died on December 15, 2010, at Forward Operating Base Ghazni, Afghanistan.

Lance Corporal Jose Alonzo Hernandez, 19, of West Palm Beach, Florida, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 14, 2010.

COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 502D INFANTRY REGIMENT, 2 BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, ARMY ? SGT Mclawhorn, Willie Atlas Jr (CONWAY, NC), age 23, ? died in HOWZ E MADAD, AFGHANISTAN on December 12, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

From REDWOOD CITY, CA, CPL Simonetta, Derek Todd served with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 502D INFANTRY REGIMENT, 2 BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, and died on December 12, 2010 in HOWZ E MADAD, AFGHANISTAN. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Sean Martin Collins, 25, of Yelm, Washington, was killed in action on December 12, 2010, in Howz e Madad, Afghanistan.

CPL Villacis, Jorge Emmanuel, 24, a native of SUNRISE, FL, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 502D INFANTRY REGIMENT, 2 BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, during Operation Enduring Freedom on December 12, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

On December 12, 2010, the ARMY lost CPL Necochea, Kenneth Edward Jr of SAN DIEGO, CA in HOWZ E MADAD, AFGHANISTAN. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.