Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

A TROOP, 2D SQUADRON, 6TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, 25TH COMBAT AVIATION BRIGADE, ARMY ? CW2 Heffelfinger, Mathew Clayton (KIMBERLY, ID), age 29, ? died in TIKRIT, IRAQ on November 8, 2009.

On November 8, 2009, the ARMY lost CW2 Scott, Earl Raymond Iii of JACKSONVILLE, FL in TIKRIT, IRAQ. He was 24.

Sgt. Charles Issac Cartwright, 26, of Union Bridge, Maryland, was a U.S. Marine killed in hostile action in Farah Province, Afghanistan, on November 7, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Gary Lee Gooch Jr., 22, of Ocala, Florida, was killed in Jelewar, Afghanistan, on November 5, 2009, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Army Specialist Aaron Seth Aamot, 22, of Custer, Washington, was killed in action on November 5, 2009, in Jelewar, Afghanistan.

Active Duty, ARMY, 209TH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE COMPANY, 3RD BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, 2 ID, FORT LEWIS, WA, SSG Tirador, Amy Catherine of ALBANY, NY, 29, died in FOB CALDWELL, IRAQ on November 4, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Julian Lee Berisford, 25, of Benwood, West Virginia, was killed in a hostile incident in the Bermal District of Afghanistan on November 4, 2009, while serving with the 4th Brigade Combat Team.

BATTERY B, 2D BATTALION 32D FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT, FORT RILEY, KANSAS, ARMY ? CPL Carrasco, Tony Jr (BERINO, NM), age 25, ? died in AH DAWR, IRAQ on November 4, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

In AL KUT, IRAQ on November 2, 2009, the ARMY lost SPC Sylvestre, Jonathon Matthew of COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, 21, serving with BATTERY B, 1ST BATTALION, 10TH FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT BENNING, GEORGIA.

SGT Ruiz, Cesar Bocanegra, 26, a native of SAN ANTONIO, TX, died serving in the Reserve, MARINE CORPS, DEPLOYED PROCESSING COMMAND, MCB, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, during Operation Enduring Freedom on October 31, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

SPC Hopper, Lukas Caleb, 20, a native of MERCED, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, D CO, 1-505 IN, 3BCT, 82ND DIV (TASK ORG TOMND-B), during Operation Iraqi Freedom on October 30, 2009.

SGT Cooper, Christopher Michael, 28, a native of OCEANSIDE, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 2ND BATTALION, 28TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 172ND INFANTRY BRIGADE, SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on October 30, 2009.

At 19, SPC Avila, Adrian Ladon of OPELIKA, AL was serving with the ARMY, 1343D CHEMICAL COMPANY, 151ST CHEMICAL BATTALION, CENTRE, AL, when he died in CAMP BUEHRING, KUWAIT on October 29, 2009.

At 39, SPC Gallegos, Joseph Lawrence of QUESTA, NM was serving with the ARMY, 720TH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, 13TH EXPEDITIONARY SUPPORT COMMAND, LAS VEGAS, NM, when he died in TALLIL, IRAQ on October 28, 2009.

From ROSANKY, TX, LCPL Stanley, Cody Robert served with the MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 3D BN, 4TH MAR, (RCT-7, 2D MEB-A), 1ST MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, and died on October 28, 2009 in NOW ZAD, AFGHANISTAN. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Dale Russel Griffin, 29, of Terre Haute, Indiana, was killed by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan's Arghandab River Valley on October 27, 2009.

U.S. Army Specialist Robert Keith Charlton, 22, of Malden, Missouri, died on October 27, 2009, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Private First Class Brian Russell Bates Jr., 20, of Gretna, Louisiana, died on October 27, 2009, in a hostile incident one kilometer north of Loy Kariz, Afghanistan.