Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

At 39, SSG Stets, Mark Alan Jr of CONSTANTINOPLE, CA was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 8TH PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS BATTALION (AIRBORNE), FORT BRAGG, NC, when he died in TIMERGARA, PAKISTAN on February 3, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

Pfc. Zachary George Lovejoy, 20, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was a U.S. Army infantryman. He was killed in a hostile incident near Forward Operating Base Sweeny, Afghanistan, on February 2, 2010.

CPT Whitten, Daniel Preston, 28, a native of GRIMES, IA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, C CO 1- 508TH PIR, 4TH BCT, 82ND ABN DIV, during Operation Enduring Freedom on February 2, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

Lance Corporal Michael Louis Freeman Jr., 21, of Fayetteville, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 1, 2010.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 3D BATTALION, 3D SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, FORT BRAGG, NC, CPT Thompson, David J of HOOKER, OK, 39, died in FOB NUNEZ, AFGHANISTAN on January 29, 2010.

U.S. Army Specialist Marc Paul Decoteau, 19, of Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, was killed in action on January 29, 2010, at Forward Operating Base Nunez, Afghanistan.

In TALLIL, IRAQ on January 28, 2010, the ARMY lost PFC Barnett, Scott Garland of CONCORD, CA, 24, serving with HHC, 412TH AVIATION SUPPORT BATTALION, KATTERBACH, GERMANY.

Staff Sgt. Rusty Hunter Christian, 24, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier from Greenville, Tennessee. He was killed by enemy fire on January 28, 2010, during a patrol in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan.

4TH LAR, (MEB-A FWD), 4TH MAR DIV, FREDERICK, MD, MARINE CORPS ? SGT Smith, David James (FREDERICK, MD), age 25, ? died in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY on January 26, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Carlos Edward Gill, 25, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was killed in action on January 26, 2010, in Washington state, United States.

Sgt. Daniel McKinnon Angus, 28, of Thonotosassa, Florida, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on January 24, 2010.

LCPL Poole, Timothy James Jr, age 22, of BOWLING GREEN, KY ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, B CO, 1ST BN 3D MAR, (RCT-7 FWD), 3D MAR DIV, ? died on January 24, 2010 in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

From HORNELL, NY, LCPL Smith, Zachary Dylan served with the MARINE CORPS, 1ST BN, 6TH MAR, (RCT-7 FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, and died on January 24, 2010 in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 19. Cause: HOSTILE.

Lance Corporal Jeremy Mitchell Kane, 22, of Towson, Maryland, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on January 23, 2010.

PO2 Qi, Xin, 25, a native of CORDOVA, TN, died serving in the Reserve, NAVY, 4TH LAR, MEB-A, during Operation Enduring Freedom on January 23, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

PFC Hurt, Gifford Ethan Jr, 19, a native of YONKERS, NY, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, BATTERY C, 1ST BATTALION, 14TH FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on January 20, 2010.

Staff Sergeant Thaddeus Scott Montgomery II, 29, of West Yellowstone, Montana, was killed in action on January 20, 2010, at a combat outpost in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan.

Captain Paul Wenceslaus Pena, 27, of San Marcos, Texas, was a U.S. Army infantry officer killed in action on January 19, 2010, in the Kuhak Mountain area of Afghanistan.