Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Navy Lieutenant Florence Bacong Choe, 35, of El Cajon, California, was killed in a hostile incident in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, on March 27, 2009.

13TH MILITARY POLICE DETACHMENT, 728TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI, ARMY ? SSG Futrell, Raphael Anton (ANDERSON, SC), age 26, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on March 25, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Adam Jeffery Hardt, 19, of Avondale, Arizona, was killed in action on March 22, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Airborne, Afghanistan.

Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 2D CBT ENGR BN, (GCE SPMAGTF-AFGHANISTAN), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, CPL Williams, Anthony Lee of OXFORD, PA, 21, died in NOW ZAD, AFGHANISTAN on March 22, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

3D BN 8TH MAR, (GCE SPMAGTF-AFGHANISTAN), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, MARINE CORPS ? CPL Ouellette, Michael Webster (MANCHESTER, NH), age 28, ? died in BASTION, AFGHANISTAN on March 22, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Escobedo, Jose Refugio Jr, age 32, of ALBUQUERQUE, NM ? Active Duty, ARMY, 177 FA, 1-2 IN, 172ND INF (TASK ORG MND-C), ? died on March 20, 2009 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ.

Lance Cpl. Daniel Joseph Geary, 22, of Rome, New York, was a U.S. Marine killed in hostile action in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 20, 2009.

CPL Moore, Gary Lee, 25, a native of DEL CITY, OK, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, 978TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, 716TH MP BN, FORT BLISS, TX, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 16, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Norman Lewis Cain III, 22, of Freeport, Illinois, died on March 15, 2009, in Kot, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

In JAF FST, AFGHANISTAN on March 15, 2009, the ARMY lost SGT Weinger, Robert Martin of ROUND LAKE BEACH, IL, 24, serving with COMPANY D, 1ST BATTALION, 178TH INFANTRY, WOODSTOCK, IL. Cause: HOSTILE.

Staff Sgt. Timothy Louis Bowles, 24, of Tucson, Arizona, was an active-duty U.S. Air Force airman assigned to the 3rd Logistics Readiness Squadron. He died in a hostile incident in Kot, Afghanistan, on March 15, 2009.

U.S. Army Sergeant Christopher Paul Abeyta, 23, of Midlothian, Illinois, was killed in a hostile incident on March 15, 2009, at the Jalalabad Forward Surgical Team (FST) facility in Afghanistan.

On March 14, 2009, the MARINE CORPS lost SSGT Taylor, Archie Andrew of TOMBALL, TX in KABUL, AFGHANISTAN. He was 37.

On March 10, 2009, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Malone, Patrick Antonio of OCALA, FL in SAQLAWEIYAH, IRAQ. He was 21.

Private First Class Patrick Allen Devoe II, 27, of Auburn, New York, was a U.S. Army soldier serving in Afghanistan. He died on March 8, 2009, from hostile fire at Forward Operating Base Salerno.

1LT Hyde, Daniel Brian, 24, a native of MODESTO, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 2ND BATTALION, 35TH INF. REG, 3 BCT, 25TH ID, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 7, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

On March 3, 2009, the ARMY lost SPC Sarandrea, Jessica Yvette of MIAMI, FL in MOSUL, IRAQ. She was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Reed, Jeffrey Alexander, 23, a native of CHESTERFIELD, VA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, 411TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, 93D MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, FORT HOOD, TX, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 2, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.