Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

At 22, SPC Neff, Randy Lj Jr of BLACKFOOT, ID was serving with the ARMY, HHC, 4TH ENGINEER BATTALION, FORT CARSON, CO, when he died in ZABUL PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on July 22, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 4TH ENGINEER BATTALION, FORT CARSON, CO, SGT Rimer, Joshua James of ROCHESTER, PA, 24, died in ZABUL PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on July 22, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY D, 148TH BRIGADE SUPPORT BATTALION, CEDARTOWN, GA, SGT Morales, Raymundo Porras of DALTON, GA, 34, died in METHAR LAM, AFGHANISTAN on July 21, 2009.

On July 20, 2009, the ARMY lost SPC Roughton, Andrew Jay of HOUSTON, TX in MAYDAN SHAHR DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

SPC Pratt, Dennis Joseph, 34, a native of DUNCAN, OK, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, 4TH HHC 2-25 FA, during Operation Enduring Freedom on July 20, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Anthony Marquis Lightfoot, 20, of Riverdale, Georgia, was killed in a hostile incident in the Maydan Shahr District of Afghanistan on July 20, 2009.

HHC, 4TH BATTALION, 25TH FIELD ARTILLERY, 3 BCT, FORT DRUM, NY, ARMY ? SGT Owens, Gregory Jr (GARLAND, TX), age 24, ? died in MAYDAN SHAHR DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN on July 20, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

3D BN, 4TH MAR, (PTT-4, II MHG FWD) 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, MARINE CORPS ? LCPL Lara, Brandon Tyler (NEW BRAUNFELS, TX), age 20, ? died in UBAYDI, IRAQ on July 19, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Air Force Captain Mark Russell McDowell, 26, of the 336th Fighter Squadron, was killed in action on July 18, 2009, in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Corporal Benjamin Stephen Kopp, 21, of Rosemount, Minnesota, died on July 18, 2009, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., from wounds sustained in combat in Afghanistan.

Captain Thomas Joseph Gramith, 27, of Eagan, Minnesota, was a U.S. Air Force F-15E pilot assigned to the 336th Fighter Squadron. He was killed in action in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, on July 18, 2009.

SPC Drevnick, Daniel Paul, 22, a native of WOODBURY, MN, died serving in the National Guard, ARMY, 34TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, STILLWATER, MN, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on July 17, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist James David Wertish, 20, of Olivia, Minnesota, died on July 16, 2009, in Basrah, Iraq, while serving with the 34th Military Police Company.

Specialist Carlos E. Iv Wilcox, 27, of Cottage Grove, Minnesota, was a U.S. Army National Guard soldier. He was killed in Basrah, Iraq, on July 16, 2009.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Jason John Fabrizi, 29, of Seffner, Florida, was killed in Konar province, Afghanistan, on July 14, 2009.

Sgt. Michael Wayne Heede Jr., 22, of Delta, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Marine killed in a hostile incident in Dehli, Afghanistan, on July 13, 2009.

Active Duty, ARMY, HSC, 46TH ENGINEER BATTALION, 225TH BRIGADE, FORT POLK, LA, CW2 Jarvis, Rodney Allen of AKRON, OH, 34, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on July 13, 2009.

From ZANESFIELD, OH, GYSGT Spicer, David Shane served with the MARINE CORPS, 8TH ESB, CLR-2, (2D MEB FWD), 2D MLG, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, and died on July 13, 2009 in DELHI, AFGHANISTAN. He was 33. Cause: HOSTILE.