Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Private First Class Brice Murrill Scott, 22, of Fort Benning, Georgia, served with the U.S. Army's 4th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment. He died in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on July 31, 2011.

Jered Wayne Ewy, a 33-year-old Second Lieutenant from Edmond, Oklahoma, was killed in a hostile incident in Janak Kheyl, Paktya Province, Afghanistan, on July 29, 2011, while serving with the Oklahoma Army National Guard.

SPC Vicari, Augustus James, 22, a native of BROKEN ARROW, OK, died serving in the National Guard, ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 279TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 45 IBCT, TULSA, OK, during Operation Enduring Freedom on July 29, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.

Petty Officer Second Class Matthew James Bergman, 21, of Franklin, Tennessee, was a U.S. Navy sailor killed in action in Iraq on July 26, 2011.

HEADQUARTERS, UNITED STATES ARMY SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND, FORT BRAGG, NC, ARMY ? MSG Stevenson, Benjamin Allen (CANYON LAKE, TX), age 36, ? died in PAKTIKA PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on July 21, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant James Michael Christen, 29, of Loomis, California, died on July 19, 2011, in Asmar District, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Jacob Molina, 27, of Houston, Texas, died on July 19, 2011, at Forward Operating Base Bostick in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.

Sgt. Omar Alejandro Jones, 28, of Crook, Colorado, was a U.S. Army National Guard soldier. He was killed in action on July 18, 2011, at Forward Operating Base De Dadi II in Regional Command North, Afghanistan.

Sgt. Edward William Koehler III, 47, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was a member of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. He died on July 18, 2011, in a hostile incident on Highway 1 in Afghanistan.

At 30, SSG Vangiesen, Kenneth Rowland of ERIE, PA was serving with the ARMY, DETACHMENT 1, COMPANY A, 128TH BRIGADE SUPPORT BATTALION, 2ND BRIGADE, WILLIAMSTOWN, PA, when he died in GHANZI MEDICAL FACILITY-FIELD SURGEON TENT (FST), AFGHANISTAN on July 18, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.

Petty Officer First Class Stacy Oredia Johnson, 36, of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, was a U.S. Navy sailor assigned to Naval Security Force Bahrain. He died on July 18, 2011, in Manama, Bahrain.

Staff Sgt. Brian Keith Mowery, 49, of Halifax, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Army National Guard soldier. He died on July 18, 2011, in a hostile incident on Highway 1 in Afghanistan.

At 22, LCPL Thompson, Jabari Nkosi of BROOKLYN, NY was serving with the MARINE CORPS, 3D BN 2D MAR, (II MEF FWD) 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, when he died in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY on July 17, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.

First Sergeant Kenneth Brian Elwell, 33, of Erie, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Army soldier serving with Company A, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team. He died on July 17, 2011, in Talukan, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Mark Adams Cofield, 25, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was killed in action on July 17, 2011, in Baghdad, Iraq.

At 19, PFC Springmann, Tyler Michael of HARTLAND, ME was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 3RD BATTALION, 21ST INFANTRY, 1 SBCT, FORT WAINWRIGHT, AK, when he died in TALUKAN, AFGHANISTAN on July 17, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.

Frank Robert Gross, a 25-year-old U.S. Army corporal from Oldsmar, Florida, was killed in a hostile incident in Kasay Kalay, Afghanistan, on July 16, 2011.

Corporal Raphael Rodrigues Arruda, 21, of Ogden, Utah, was a U.S. Army Reserve engineer killed in a hostile incident in Bar Kunar District, Afghanistan, on July 16, 2011.