Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

On December 29, 2012, the ARMY lost PFC Sims, Markie Tyrell of CITRA, FL in KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.

On December 24, 2012, the ARMY lost SGT Mondragon, Enrique of THE COLONY, TX in PUL-E-ALAM, AFGHANISTAN. He was 23. Cause: HOSTILE.

CDR Price, Job Wilson, 42, a native of POTTSTOWN, PA, died serving in the Active Duty, NAVY, SEAL TEAM FOUR, during Operation Enduring Freedom on December 22, 2012.

Sgt. Michael James Guillory, 28, of Pearl River, Louisiana, was a U.S. Marine killed in action on December 14, 2012, in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Kevin Ernest Lipari, 39, of Baldwin, New York, was killed in action on December 14, 2012, in Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan.

SFC Trent, Nelson David, age 37, of AUSTIN, TX ? National Guard, ARMY, HHC, 56TH INFANTRY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, 36TH INFANTRY DIVISION, FORT WORTH, TX, ? died on December 13, 2012 in KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

SSG Reid, Nicholas John, 26, a native of ROCHESTER, NY, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, 53RD ORDNANCE COMPANY (EOD), 3RD ORDNANCE BN (EOD), 71ST ORDNANCE GROUP (EOD), JB LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA, during Operation Enduring Freedom on December 13, 2012. Cause: HOSTILE.

On December 10, 2012, the ARMY lost SSG Williams, Wesley Ross of NEW CARLISLE, OH in KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN. He was 25. Cause: HOSTILE.

Nicolas David Checque, a 28-year-old U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer from Irwin, Pennsylvania, was killed in action on December 8, 2012, during a mission in Afghanistan.

Sgt. 1st Class Darren Michael Linde, 41, of Sidney, Montana, was a U.S. Army engineer killed in a hostile incident in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan, on December 3, 2012.

SPC Orgaard, Tyler John, 20, a native of BISMARCK, ND, died serving in the National Guard, ARMY, 818TH ENGINEER COMPANY (SAPPER), 164TH ENGINEER BATTALION, 68TH TROOP COMMAND, WILLISTON, ND, during Operation Enduring Freedom on December 3, 2012. Cause: HOSTILE.

Lance Cpl. Anthony Joseph Denier, 26, of Mechanicville, New York, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 2, 2012.

In HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on November 26, 2012, the MARINE CORPS lost CPL Monahan, Christopher Michael Jr of ISLAND HEIGHTS, NJ, 25, serving with CLB-2, CLR-15, (I MEF FWD), 2D MLG, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC. Cause: HOSTILE.

Petty Officer 1st Class Kevin Richard Ebbert, a U.S. Navy SEAL assigned to SEAL Team Four, was killed in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan, on November 24, 2012. He was 32 years old.

LCPL Means, Dale Wayne, age 23, of JORDAN, MN ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, CLB-2, CLR-15, (I MEF FWD), 2D MLG, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, ? died on November 18, 2012 in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Channing Bo Hicks, 24, of Greer, South Carolina, was killed in hostile action on November 16, 2012, in Zerok, Afghanistan.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 28TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4TH IBCT, FORT RILEY, KS, SGT Richardson, Joseph Alvin of BOONEVILLE, AR, 23, died in ZEROK, AFGHANISTAN on November 16, 2012. Cause: HOSTILE.

Staff Sergeant Rayvon Battle Jr., 25, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, was a U.S. Army engineer killed in action in Panjwai, Afghanistan, on November 13, 2012.