Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

From VANCOUVER, WA, PFC Walz, Christopher Ian served with the ARMY, C/1-17 IN BN, 5/2ID SBCT (TF STRYKER), and died on October 27, 2009 in ARGHANDAB RIVER VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN. He was 25. Cause: HOSTILE.

COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 17TH INFANTRY, 5TH STRYKER BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT LEWIS, WA, ARMY ? SPC Stanker, Jared Donald (EVERGREEN PARK, IL), age 22, ? died in ARGANDAB RIVER VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN on October 27, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT, 22ND MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON, ARMY ? MAJ Audo, David Lawrence (SAINT JOSEPH, IL), age 35, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on October 27, 2009.

U.S. Army Sergeant Issac Brandon Jackson, 27, of Plattsburg, Missouri, died on October 27, 2009, in the Arghandab Valley, Afghanistan, while serving with Company C, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment.

Sgt. Fernando De La Rosa, 24, of Alamo, Texas, was a U.S. Army infantryman. He was killed in a hostile incident in Afghanistan's Arghandab River Valley on October 27, 2009.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Luis Manuel Gonzalez, 27, of South Ozone Park, New York, died on October 27, 2009, in Afghanistan's Arghandab Valley.

COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 17TH INFANTRY, 5 SBCT, FORT LEWIS, WA, ARMY ? SGT Williamson, Patrick Oliver (BROUSSARD, LA), age 24, ? died in ARGHANAB VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN on October 27, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.

Capt. Eric Alton Jones, 29, of Westchester, New York, was a U.S. Marine Corps officer serving with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169. He was killed in action on October 26, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Dwyer, Afghanistan.

In DARREH-YE BUM, AFGHANISTAN on October 26, 2009, the ARMY lost SSG Mcnabb, Shawn Henry of TERRELL, TX, 24, serving with COMPANY B, 3D BATTALION, 160TH SOAR, HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD, GA. Cause: HOSTILE.

From SAN DIEGO, CA, SFC Metzger, David Eliah served with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 3D BATTALION, 7TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (AIRBORNE), FORT BRAGG, NC, and died on October 26, 2009 in DARREH-YE BUM, AFGHANISTAN. He was 32. Cause: HOSTILE.

CAPT Mitchell, David Seth, age 30, of LOVELAND, OH ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, HMLA 367, MAG 40, (2D MEB-FWD), 3D MAW, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, ? died on October 26, 2009 in FOB DWYER, AFGHANISTAN.

HMLA 169, MAG 40, (2D MEB-FWD), 3D MAW, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, MARINE CORPS ? CAPT Vandegiesen, Kyle Rolf (NORTH ATTLEBORO, MA), age 29, ? died in FOB DWYER, AFGHANISTAN on October 26, 2009.

On October 26, 2009, the ARMY lost CW4 Montgomery, Michael Patrick of SAVANNAH, GA in DARREH-YE BUM, AFGHANISTAN. He was 36. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Josue Emman Hernandez Chavez, 23, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was killed in action on October 26, 2009, in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan.

Corporal Gregory Michael William Fleury, 23, of Anchorage, Alaska, was a U.S. Marine killed in action at Forward Operating Base Dwyer, Afghanistan, on October 26, 2009.

On October 26, 2009, the ARMY lost SGT Mueller, Nickolas Anthony of LITTLE CHUTE, WI in DARREH-YE BUM, AFGHANISTAN. He was 26. Cause: HOSTILE.

Staff Sgt. Keith Robert Bishop, 28, of Medford, New York, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier. He died in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan, on October 26, 2009, from hostile fire.

From N/A,, MAJ Weston, Michael Edward served with the MARINE CORPS, IRR, KANSAS CITY, MO, and died on October 26, 2009 in QADES DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN. He was 37.