Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

At 43, SFC Summers, Severin West Iii of PRARIEVILLE, LA was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 2D BATTALION, 20TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, GRENADA, MS, when he died in QOLE GERDSAR, AFGHANISTAN on August 2, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

Sgt. 1st Class Alejandro Granado III, 42, of Tatum, Texas, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier. He died on August 2, 2009, in Qole Gerdsar, Afghanistan, from hostile fire.

U.S. Army Private First Class Richard Kelvin Jones, 21, of Person, North Carolina, was killed in hostile action on August 1, 2009, in Mushan village, Afghanistan.

Patrick Scott Fitzgibbon, a 19-year-old U.S. Army Private First Class from Knoxville, Tennessee, was killed in hostile action on August 1, 2009, in Mushan, Afghanistan.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 12TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO, SGT Walls, Jonathan Michael of WEST LAWN, PA, 27, died in MUSHAN VILLAGE, AFGHANISTAN on August 1, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

From CLERMONT, FL, SPC Miller, Alexander Joel served with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 32D INFANTRY, 3 BCT, FORT DRUM, NY, and died on July 31, 2009 in BARGE MATAL DISTRICT, NURISTAN. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

On July 30, 2009, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Posey, Gregory Alan of KNOXVILLE, TN in BASTION, AFGHANISTAN. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.

C CO, 2D CEB, (2D MEB FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, MARINE CORPS ? LCPL Stroud, Jonathan Fulton (CASHION, OK), age 20, ? died in CAMP DWYER, AFGHANISTAN on July 30, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

In BAGRAM, AFGHANISTAN on July 29, 2009, the ARMY lost CW2 Vose, Douglas M Iii of CONCRETE, WA, 38, serving with TF 10. Cause: HOSTILE.

In FSB HEART ROLE 2, AFGHANISTAN on July 29, 2009, the ARMY lost SGT Smith, Gerrick D of SULLIVAN, IL, 19, serving with HHC, 2D BATTALION, 130TH INFANTRY, MARION, IL.

SFC Polk, Johnny Roosevelt, age 39, of GULFPORT, MS ? Active Duty, ARMY, HHB, 3D BATTALION, 82D FIELD ARTILLERY, 2 BCT, 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION, FORT HOOD, TX, ? died on July 25, 2009 in LANDSTUHL (LRMC), GERMANY. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 26, PFC Vincent, Donald Wayne of GAINESVILLE, FL was serving with the MARINE CORPS, F CO, 2D BN 8TH MAR, (RCT-3, 2D MEB FWD) 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, when he died in CAMP DWYER, AFGHANISTAN on July 25, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 505TH INFANTRY, 3 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC, ARMY ? SPC Berrios Campos, Herberth Anto (BEALTON, VA), age 21, ? died in SALMAN PAK, IRAQ on July 24, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Justin Dean Coleman, 21, of Weeki Wachee, Florida, was killed in hostile action in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan, on July 24, 2009.

From YARMOUTH PORT, MA, CPL Xiarhos, Nicholas George served with the MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 2D BN, 8TH MAR, (2D MEB FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, and died on July 23, 2009 in CAMP DWYER, AFGHANISTAN. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

Petty Officer Third Class Andrew Scott Charpentier, 21, of Great Falls, Montana, was a U.S. Navy serviceman assigned to Naval Expeditionary Guard Battalion, Guantanamo Bay. He died on July 23, 2009, in Miami, United States, during Operation

U.S. Marine Sergeant Ryan H. Lane, 25, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was killed in hostile action on July 23, 2009, in Khan Neshin, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Lance Cpl. Jeremy Scott Lasher, 27, of Oneida, New York, was a U.S. Marine killed in the Garmsir District of Afghanistan on July 23, 2009.