Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

At 24, SPC Prescott, Brandon Joseph of BEND, OR was serving with the ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 36TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1ST BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT BLISS, TX, when he died in MAIWAND, AFGHANISTAN on May 4, 2013. Cause: HOSTILE.

In MAIWAND, AFGHANISTAN on May 4, 2013, the ARMY lost SPC Murach, Thomas Paige of MERIDIAN, ID, 22, serving with HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 36TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1ST BCT, FORT BLISS, TX. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 23, CPL Sonka, David Michael of PARKER, CO was serving with the MARINE CORPS, INTEL BN, SPEC OPS, SUPPORT GROUP (2D MSOB) CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, when he died in FARAH PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on May 4, 2013. Cause: HOSTILE.

93D AIR REFUELING SQUADRON, FAIRCHILD AFB, WA, AIR FORCE ? CAPT Pinckney, Victoria Ann (PALMDALE, CA), age 27, ? died in NEAR CHON-ARYK, KYRGYZSTAN on May 3, 2013.

At 27, CAPT Voss, Mark Tyler of BOERNE, TX was serving with the AIR FORCE, 93D AIR REFUELING SQUADRON, FAIRCHILD AFB, WA, when he died in NEAR CHON-ARYK, KYRGYZSTAN on May 3, 2013.

93D AIR REFUELING SQUADRON, FAIRCHILD AFB, WA, AIR FORCE ? TSGT Mackey, Herman Iii (BAKERSFIELD, CA), age 30, ? died in NEAR CHON-ARYK, KYRGYZSTAN on May 3, 2013.

Active Duty, ARMY, BATTERY A, 4TH BATTALION, 42ND FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT, 1ST BCT, FORT CARSON, CO, SPC Santiago, Trinidad Jr of SAN DIEGO, CA, 25, died in CAMP BUEHRING, KUWAIT on May 2, 2013.

From STRATFORD, OK, SPC Mcclure, Charles Patrick served with the ARMY, BATTERY A, 4TH BATTALION, 42ND FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT, 1ST BCT, FORT CARSON, CO, and died on May 2, 2013 in CAMP BUEHRING, KUWAIT. He was 21.

From SAN ANTONIO, TX, SSG Simpson, Michael Harrison served with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 4TH BATTALION, 1ST SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (AIRBORNE), JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA, and died on May 1, 2013 in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY. He was 30. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Daniel Neil Fannin, 30, of Morehead, Kentucky, was killed in action on April 27, 2013, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Capt. Brandon Lee Cyr, 28, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was a U.S. Air Force officer assigned to the 906th Air Refueling Squadron. He died on April 27, 2013, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

From SOUTH BEND, IN, CAPT Nishizuka, Reid Kijiro served with the AIR FORCE, 427TH RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON, BEALE AFB, CA, and died on April 27, 2013 in KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN. He was 30.

Staff Sgt. Richard Andrew Dickson, 24, of Rancho Cordova, California, was an active-duty U.S. Air Force intelligence analyst. He died on April 27, 2013, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army First Lieutenant Robert Joseph Hess, 26, was killed in a hostile incident on April 23, 2013, in Pul-e-Alam, Logar Province, Afghanistan.

Captain Aaron Roy Blanchard, 32, of Selah, Washington, was a U.S. Army officer who died in a hostile incident in Pul-e-Alam, Afghanistan, on April 23, 2013.

Private First Class Barrett Lyle Austin, 20, of Easley, South Carolina, was a U.S. Army soldier assigned to Company A, Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, Fort Stewart, Georgia. He died on April 20, 2013, at Landstuhl Regiona

CW3 Ruffner, Matthew Paul, 34, a native of TRAFFORD, PA, died serving in the National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 104TH AVIATION REGIMENT, 28TH COMBAT AVIATION BRIGADE, during Operation Enduring Freedom on April 9, 2013.

TF DESTINY (101 CAB) B CO, 1-104 AVN, CJTF-101, ARMY ? CW2 Yoder, Jarett Michael (MOHNTON, PA), age 26, ? died in PACHIR WA AGAM, AFGHANISTAN on April 9, 2013.