Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Lance Cpl. Bruce Earnest Ferrell, 21, of Perdido, Alabama, was a U.S. Marine killed in action on August 10, 2009, in Garmsir, Afghanistan.

Lance Cpl. Patrick Wayne Schimmel, 21, of Winfield, Missouri, served with the U.S. Marine Corps in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. He was assigned to Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, base

Sgt. 1st Class Tara Jean Smith, 33, of Nashville, North Carolina, was a U.S. Army signal soldier assigned to Company C, 50th Signal Battalion, 160th Signal Brigade, based at Fort Bragg. She died on August 8, 2009, at Bagram Airfield, Afghan

Lance Corporal Javier Olvera, 20, of Palmdale, California, was a U.S. Marine killed in hostile action on August 8, 2009, at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.

From LAKE FOREST, CA, CPL Swanson, Matthew Kalen Samuel served with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 3D BRIGADE SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 3 BCT, FORT DRUM, NY, and died on August 8, 2009 in BETHESDA, UNITED STATES. He was 20.

U.S. Army Sergeant Jerry Randall Evans Jr., 23, of Eufaula, Alabama, was killed in action on August 7, 2009, in the Sayed Abad District of Afghanistan.

Capt. Matthew Charles Hays Freeman, 29, of Richmond Hill, Georgia, was a U.S. Marine killed in action on August 7, 2009, in the Shpee Valley of Kapisa province, Afghanistan.

Lance Cpl. Dennis James Burrow, 23, of Naples, Florida, was a U.S. Marine killed in hostile action on August 7, 2009, at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.

Corporal Christian Armando Guzman Rivera, 21, of Homestead, Florida, was a U.S. Marine killed in Farah Province, Afghanistan, on August 6, 2009.

Lance Corporal James David Argentine, 22, of Farmingdale, New York, was a U.S. Marine killed in Farah Province, Afghanistan, on August 6, 2009.

Lance Corporal Travis Thornton Babine, 20, of San Antonio, Texas, was a U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines. He was killed in hostile action in Farah Province, Afghanistan, on August 6, 2009.

Sgt. Jay Michael Hoskins, 24, of Paris, Texas, was a U.S. Marine killed in hostile action in Farah province, Afghanistan, on August 6, 2009.

Anthony Christian Garcia, a 21-year-old Hospitalman from Tyndall, Florida, died in Afghanistan's Farah province on August 5, 2009, while serving with the U.S. Navy.

Private Second Class Keiffer Prescot Wilhelm, 19, of Plymouth, Ohio, was a U.S. Army cavalry scout. He was killed in action on August 4, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Hunter in Maysan province, Iraq.

Captain Ronald George Luce Jr., 27, of Wayne, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Army Special Forces officer. He was killed in action on August 2, 2009, in Qole Gerdsar, Afghanistan.

At 43, SFC Summers, Severin West Iii of PRARIEVILLE, LA was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 2D BATTALION, 20TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, GRENADA, MS, when he died in QOLE GERDSAR, AFGHANISTAN on August 2, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

Sgt. 1st Class Alejandro Granado III, 42, of Tatum, Texas, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier. He died on August 2, 2009, in Qole Gerdsar, Afghanistan, from hostile fire.

U.S. Army Private First Class Richard Kelvin Jones, 21, of Person, North Carolina, was killed in hostile action on August 1, 2009, in Mushan village, Afghanistan.