Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

From LONG BEACH, CA, SGT Macpherson, Thomas Raymond served with the ARMY, COMPANY D, 2D BATTALION, 75TH RANGER REGIMENT, JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WASHINGTON, and died on October 12, 2012 in GHANZI, AFGHANISTAN. He was 26. Cause: HOSTILE.

On October 6, 2012, the ARMY lost WO1 Schiro, Joseph Lee of ORLANDO, FL in GARDEZ, AFGHANISTAN. He was 27. Cause: HOSTILE.

SSG Marquez, Justin Cameron, age 25, of ABERDEEN, NC ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 3RD SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (AIRBORNE), FORT BRAGG, NC, ? died on October 6, 2012 in GARDEZ, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

CLR-17, (I MEF FWD), 1ST MLG, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, MARINE CORPS ? SGT Steedley, Camella Marchett (SAN DIEGO, CA), age 31, ? died in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on October 3, 2012.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Aaron Arthur Henderson, 33, of Houlton, Maine, was killed in a hostile incident in Bagram, Afghanistan, on October 2, 2012. He was assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), bas

Sgt. Jeremy Franklin Hardison, 23, of Maysville, North Carolina, was a U.S. Army National Guard soldier killed in Khowst City, Afghanistan, on October 1, 2012.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Donna Rae Johnson, 29, of Raeford, North Carolina, was killed by a suicide bomber in Khost City, Afghanistan, on October 1, 2012.

U.S. Army Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Iv Butler, 25, of Wilmington, North Carolina, was killed in a hostile incident in Khowst City, Afghanistan, on October 1, 2012.

At 29, SFC Metcalfe, Daniel Thomas of LIVERPOOL, NY was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY D, 2D BATTALION, 503D INFANTRY REGIMENT, 173D ABCT, when he died in SAYYID ABAD, AFGHANISTAN on September 29, 2012. Cause: HOSTILE.

From TOLAR, TX, SFC Stephens, Riley Gene served with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 3RD SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (AIRBORNE), FORT BRAGG, NC, and died on September 28, 2012 in SHANK, AFGHANISTAN. He was 39. Cause: HOSTILE.

From TUCSON, AZ, SSG Sparks, Orion Nelson served with the ARMY, TROOP A, 1ST SQUADRON, 91ST CAVALRY REGIMENT (AIRBORNE), 173RD ABCT, CONN BARRACKS, GE, and died on September 26, 2012 in PUL-E ALAM, AFGHANISTAN. He was 29. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Jonathan Alan Gollnitz, 28, of Lakehurst, New Jersey, was killed on September 26, 2012, in Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan.

At 25, PO2 Roberts, Dion Rashun of NORTH CHICAGO, IL was serving with the NAVY, DEVGRU, when he died in JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN on September 22, 2012.

At 24, SGT Swindle, Jason Michael of CABOT, AR was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 64TH ARMOR REGIMENT, 2ND HEAVY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT STEWART, GA, when he died in PANJWA`I, AFGHANISTAN on September 20, 2012. Cause: HOSTILE.

PFC Townsend, Jon Ross, age 19, of CLAREMORE, OK ? Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 23RD INFANTRY REGIMENT, 3RD SBCT, JBLM, WA, ? died on September 16, 2012 in SPIN MURANI, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Genaro Bedoy, 20, of Amarillo, Texas, was killed in a hostile incident in Spin Murani, Afghanistan, on September 16, 2012.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY D, 297TH MI BN, 513TH MI BDE, INSCOM, FORT GORDON, GA, SPC Nelson, Joshua Nathaniel of GREENVILLE, NC, 22, died in SPIN MURANI, AFGHANISTAN on September 16, 2012. Cause: HOSTILE.

In SPIN MURANI, AFGHANISTAN on September 16, 2012, the ARMY lost SGT Nena, Sapuro Brightley of HONOLULU, HI, 25, serving with COMPANY C, 2-3RD IN BN, 3-2 SBCT, TF ARROWHEAD. Cause: HOSTILE.