Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Private First Class Jose Oscar Belmontes, 28, of Los Angeles, California, was killed in a hostile incident in Meydan Shahr, Afghanistan, on July 28, 2012.

At 25, SPC Pleitez, Benjamin Carlos of TURLOCK, CA was serving with the ARMY, 649TH MP CO, 185TH MP BN, 49TH MP BRIGADE, 40TH ID, SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA, when he died in MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN on July 27, 2012.

U.S. Army Specialist Theodore Matthew Glende, 23, of Rochester, New York, was killed in action on July 27, 2012, in Kharwar, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant John Eric Hansen, 41, of Austin, Texas, was killed in Khakrez, Afghanistan, on July 26, 2012.

U.S. Army First Lieutenant Sean Robert Jacobs, 23, of Redding, California, died on July 26, 2012, in Tsagay province, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Sgt. Justin Michael Hansen, 26, of Traverse City, Michigan, was a U.S. Marine killed in Badghis province, Afghanistan, on July 24, 2012.

In JAGHATO, AFGHANISTAN on July 24, 2012, the ARMY lost PFC Ross, Adam Corey of SPARTANBURG, SC, 19, serving with COMPANY C, 2ND BATTALION, 503RD INFANTRY REGIMENT, 173RD ABCT, CAMP EDERLE, IT. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Williams, Eric Edward, 27, a native of MURRIETA, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 3RD BATTALION, 82ND COMBAT AVIATION BRIGADE, FORT BRAGG, NC, during Operation Enduring Freedom on July 23, 2012. Cause: HOSTILE.

On July 22, 2012, the ARMY lost SPC Salazar, Brenden Neal of CHULUOTA, FL in PUL-E ALAM, AFGHANISTAN. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.

Private First Class Julian Lee Colvin, 21, of Birmingham, Alabama, was killed in action on July 22, 2012, in Zharay, Afghanistan, while serving with the U.S. Army.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Richard Liam Berry, 27, of Scottsdale, Arizona, was killed in a hostile incident in Zharay, Afghanistan, on July 22, 2012.

U.S. Army Specialist Justin Louis Horsley, 21, of Palm Bay, Florida, was killed in a hostile incident on July 22, 2012, in Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan.

On July 21, 2012, the ARMY lost SSG Pepper, Brandon Robert of YORK, PA in LATIF, AFGHANISTAN. He was 31. Cause: HOSTILE.

Petty Officer First Class Michael John Brodsky, a 33-year-old American sailor from Tamarac, Florida, died on July 21, 2012, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from hostile action.

Sgt. Joshua Ryan Ashley, 23, of Rancho Cucamonga, California, was a U.S. Marine with 2nd LEB, I MEF. He died in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on July 19, 2012.

Petty Officer First Class Joseph Patrick-Newman Fitzmorris, 31, of West Monroe, Louisiana, was a U.S. Navy sailor killed in a helicopter crash in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Oman on July 19, 2012.

Corporal Darrion Terrell Hicks, 21, of Raleigh, North Carolina, was a U.S. Army engineer killed in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on July 19, 2012, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

At 24, PFC Rice, Jeffrey Leon of TROY, OH was serving with the ARMY, 584TH ENG CO, 20TH ENGINEER BATTALION, 36TH ENGINEER BRIGADE, FORT HOOD, TEXAS, when he died in KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN on July 19, 2012.