Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

On June 9, 2010, the AIR FORCE lost SRA White, Benjamin Daniel of ERWIN, TN in NEAR FOB JACKSON, AFGHANISTAN. He was 24. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Joel Christopher Gentz, 25, of Grass Lake, Michigan, was a pararescueman assigned to the 58th Rescue Squadron. He was killed by enemy fire on June 9, 2010, during a rescue mission near Forward Operating Base Jackson,

U.S. Army Sergeant Erick Justin Klusacek, 22, of Calcium, New York, died on June 8, 2010, at Salerno Hospital, Afghanistan, from wounds sustained in combat.

Sgt. Derek Lee Shanfield, 22, of Hastings, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 8, 2010. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, based at Camp Lejeune, North Ca

From PALM COAST, FL, SGT Walters, Zachary Joe served with the MARINE CORPS, 2D BN 6TH MAR, (RCT-7, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, and died on June 8, 2010 in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 24. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Matthew Ryan Catlett, 23, of Houston, Texas, was killed on June 7, 2010, in Dangam District, Konar Province, Afghanistan.

First Sergeant Robert Nicholas Barton II, 35, of Roxie, Mississippi, served with the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment. He was killed in a hostile incident on June 7, 2010, in Dangam Ashmar, Konar province, Afghanistan.

Sgt. John Kenneth Rankel, 23, of Speedway, Indiana, was a U.S. Marine killed in a hostile incident at Forward Operating Base Dwyer, Afghanistan, on June 7, 2010.

U.S. Army Specialist Blaine Edward Redding, 22, of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, died on June 7, 2010, in Dangam district, Konar province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Private First Class Brendan Patrick Neenan, 21, of Enterprise, Alabama, died on June 7, 2010, in Jelawar, Afghanistan, while serving with the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment.

U.S. Army Sergeant Joshua Akoni Lukeala, 23, of Yigo, Guam, was killed in action on June 7, 2010, at Combat Outpost 7 in Dangam Ashmar, Konar province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Charles Scott Jirtle, 29, of Lawton, Oklahoma, was killed in Konar province, Afghanistan, on June 7, 2010.

U.S. Army Second Lieutenant Michael Everett McGahan, 23, of Orlando, Florida, was killed in Khogyani District, Afghanistan, on June 6, 2010.

Lance Corporal Derek Hernandez, 20, of Edinburg, Texas, was a U.S. Marine killed in action in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 6, 2010.

Donald Matthew Marler, 22, of St. Louis, Missouri, was a U.S. Marine Corps corporal. He was killed in action in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 6, 2010.

Sgt. Brandon Cole Bury, 26, of Kingwood, Texas, was a U.S. Marine killed in action on June 6, 2010, in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

On June 4, 2010, the ARMY lost 1LT Theinert, Joseph James of SAG HARBOR, NY in 11KM SW OF KAF, AFGHANISTAN. He was 24. Cause: HOSTILE.

287TH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE, LIVINGSTON, AL, ARMY ? SGT Theobald, Steve M (GOOSE CREEK, SC), age 53, ? died in KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT on June 4, 2010.