Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

HHT, 3D SQUADRON, 61ST CAVALRY, 4 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO, ARMY ? 1LT Parten, Tyler Edward (MARIANNA, AR), age 24, ? died in GLEHAZI DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN on September 10, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

Lance Cpl. Christopher Scott Fowlkes, 20, of Gaffney, South Carolina, died on September 10, 2009, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. He was a U.S. Marine assigned to 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Exped

Petty Officer Third Class James Ray Layton, 22, of Riverbank, California, was a U.S. Navy sailor serving as an Embedded Training Team member. He was killed in a hostile incident in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on September 9, 2009.

On September 8, 2009, the ARMY lost SPC Myers, Zachary Taylor of DELAWARE, OH in TIKRIT, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

Gunnery Sergeant Aaron Michael Kenefick, a 30-year-old U.S. Marine from Roswell, Georgia, was killed in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on September 8, 2009.

In TIKRIT, IRAQ on September 8, 2009, the ARMY lost SPC Lyons, Thomas Franklyn of FERNLEY, NV, 20, serving with 545TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, 607TH MP BN, 8TH MP BRIGADE, FORT RICHARDSON, AK. Cause: HOSTILE.

545TH MP CO, 607TH MP BN, 8TH MP BDE, FORT RICHARDSON, AK, ARMY ? SSG Smith, Shannon Michael (MARION, OH), age 31, ? died in TIKRIT, IRAQ on September 8, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

In NEAR FOB FALCON, IRAQ on September 8, 2009, the AIR FORCE lost 1STLT Helton, Joseph Dennis Jr of MONROE, GA, 24, serving with 6TH SECURITY FORCES SQUADRON, MACDILL AFB, FL. Cause: HOSTILE.

Gunnery Sergeant Edwin Wayne Johnson Jr., 31, of Columbus, Georgia, was a U.S. Marine assigned to the 3rd Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, based in Okinawa, Japan. He died in Kunar province, Afghanistan, on September 8, 2009.

First Lieutenant Michael Edward Johnson, 25, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, was a U.S. Marine serving with 7th Communications Battalion, 3rd Marine Headquarters Group. He died in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on September 8, 2009.

Staff Sergeant Randy Micheal Haney, 27, of Orlando, Florida, was killed in a hostile incident in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on September 6, 2009.

SSG Murphrey, Michael Chance, 25, a native of SNYDER, TX, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 501ST INFANTRY, FORT RICHARDSON, AK, during Operation Enduring Freedom on September 6, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

From ELGIN, TX, CAPT Meadows, Joshua Stewart served with the MARINE CORPS, A CO, 1ST MSOB, MARSOC, (MEF-A FWD) CAMP PENDLETON, CA, and died on September 5, 2009 in KOSHAN, AFGHANISTAN. He was 30. Cause: HOSTILE.

Sgt. Youvert Loney, 28, of Pohnpei, was a U.S. Army infantryman serving with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment. He was killed in a hostile incident in Asadabad, Afghanistan, on September 5, 2009.

Second Lieutenant Darryn Deen Andrews, 34, of Dallas, Texas, was a U.S. Army infantry officer assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment. He was killed in action on September 4, 2009, in the Yahya Khail District of Afghanistan.

SGT Shay, Jordan Michael, 22, a native of SALISBURY, MA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 5-20 INFANTRY, 3-2 SBCT, 25TH ID, TF LIGHTNING, FORT LEWIS, WA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on September 3, 2009.

Hospitalman Benjamin Phillip Castiglione, 21, of Howell, Michigan, was a U.S. Navy corpsman serving with the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion. He was killed in Qal Yeh Now, Afghanistan, on September 3, 2009.

Lance Cpl. Christopher Shawn Baltazar Jr., 19, of San Antonio, Texas, was a U.S. Marine killed in a hostile incident in Qal Yeh Now, Afghanistan, on September 3, 2009.