Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Marc Allen Retmier, a 19-year-old Hospitalman from Hemet, California, died on June 18, 2008, in Zerok, Afghanistan, while serving with the U.S. Navy.

Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP A, 3D SQUADRON, 73D CAVALRY, 1 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC, SPC Cox, Jason Nathaniel of ELYRIA, OH, 21, died in BALAD, IRAQ on June 16, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

Michael Robert Patton was a 19-year-old Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps from Fenton, Missouri. He was killed in action in Farah Province, Afghanistan, on June 14, 2008.

PFC Dawid Pietrek, 24, of Bensenville, Illinois, was a U.S. Marine killed in Farah province, Afghanistan, on June 14, 2008.

Lance Corporal Layton Bradly Crass, 22, of Richmond, Indiana, was a U.S. Marine killed in Farah province, Afghanistan, on June 14, 2008.

In FARAH PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on June 14, 2008, the MARINE CORPS lost SGT Washington, Michael Toussiant-hyle of TACOMA, WA, 20, serving with G CO, 2D BN, 7TH MAR, 1ST MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Aragon, John David, age 22, of ANTIOCH, CA ? Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP C, 1ST SQUADRON, 75TH CAVALRY, 2 BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, ? died on June 12, 2008 in BALAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.

LCPL Perales, Javier Jr, age 19, of SAN ELIZARIO, TX ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 3D BN, 6TH MAR, (RCT-1, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, ? died on June 11, 2008 in BALAD, IRAQ.

Lance Cpl. Kelly Everett Charles Watters, 19, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, was a U.S. Marine with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines. He died on June 11, 2008, at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, from wounds sustained in Ira

SFC Reed, Gerard Mantino, 40, a native of JACKSONVILLE BEACH, FL, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, 86TH COMBAT SUPPORT HOSPITAL, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on June 11, 2008.

PV2 Kanakaole, Eugene Dante Makanani, 19, a native of MAUI, HI, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, 87TH ENGINEER COMPANY, 8TH ENG BN, 36TH ENG BDE, FORT HOOD, TX, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on June 11, 2008.

From MOULTRIE, GA, SGT Mccoy, Steve Aaron served with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 4TH BATTALION, 64TH ARMOR, 4TH BCT, FORT STEWART, GA, and died on June 10, 2008 in SAN ANTONIO, UNITED STATES. He was 23. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 2D BATTALION, 75TH RANGERS, FORT LEWIS, WA, SPC Duncan, Thomas Franklin Iii of ROWLETT, TX, 21, died in SINJAR, IRAQ on June 9, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

In KIRKUK, IRAQ on June 8, 2008, the ARMY lost SSG Pickett, Tyler Edward of SARATOGA, WY, 28, serving with COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 22D INFANTRY, 1 BCT, FORT DRUM, NY. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, A CO, 2-30 IN, 4 BCT, 10MTN (TASK ORG 4 ID), SFC Hurst, David Raymond of KENNER, LA, 31, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on June 8, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Andre Devon McNair Jr., 20, of Fort Pierce, Florida, was killed on June 5, 2008, at Kandahar Army Airfield, Afghanistan, while serving with the 96th Aviation Support Battalion.

Chief Warrant Officer 4 James Carter, 42, of Montgomery, Alabama, was killed on June 5, 2008, at Kandahar Army Airfield, Afghanistan, while serving with the 96th Aviation Support Battalion.

At 22, SGT Duffy, Shane Padraig of TAUNTON, MA was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 87TH INFANTRY, 1 BCT, FORT DRUM, NY, when he died in TIKRIT, IRAQ on June 4, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.