Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Sgt. Axel Omar Bonilla Perez, 30, of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, died on December 15, 2017, in Bethesda, Maryland, while serving with the U.S. Army Reserve during Operation Inherent Resolve.

Staff Sergeant David Thomas Brabander, 24, of Anchorage, Alaska, was killed in action on December 11, 2017, in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, while serving with the U.S. Army.

Petty Officer Second Class Derek Damone Mitchem, 34, of Tyler, Texas, was a U.S. Navy sailor serving with Naval Communications Telecommunication Station Bahrain. He died on December 9, 2017, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.

U.S. Army Corporal Todd Lane McGurn, 20, of Riverside, California, died on November 25, 2017, in Baghdad, Iraq, while serving with the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment.

Sgt. 1st Class Hughton O'neil Brown, 43, of Brooklyn, New York, was a U.S. Army Reserve engineer. He was killed in action on November 14, 2017, at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Lee Michael Smith, 35, of Arlington, Texas, was a U.S. Army aviator killed in action at Camp Taji, Iraq, on November 11, 2017.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Stephen Baxter Cribben, 33, of Simi Valley, California, was killed in Logar Province, Afghanistan, on November 4, 2017.

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jacob Michael Sims, 36, was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot from Juneau, Alaska, assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. He was killed in action on October 28, 2017, when his MH-60 Black Hawk crashed

U.S. Army Specialist Alexander Wayne Missildine, 20, of Tyler, Texas, died in Salah ad-Din Province, Iraq, on October 1, 2017, while serving in Operation Inherent Resolve.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Emil Rivera-Lopez, 31, of Tucson, Arizona, was killed in action on August 25, 2017, in the Gulf of Aden, Yemen.

Staff Sergeant Aaron Rhett Butler, 27, of Monticello, Utah, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier. He died on August 16, 2017, in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, during Operation Freedom's Sentinel.

U.S. Army Sergeant Roshain Euvince Brooks, 30, of Brooklyn, New York, died on August 13, 2017, from hostile action at Qayyarah Airfield West, Iraq.

U.S. Army Sergeant Allen Levi Stigler Jr., 22, of Arlington, Texas, died on August 13, 2017, from hostile action at Qayyarah Airfield West, Iraq.

U.S. Army Sergeant Jonathon Michael Hunter, 23, of Columbus, Indiana, died on August 2, 2017 in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

David Andrew Board, 49, was a Technical Sergeant with the U.S. Air Force's 130th Maintenance Squadron. He died on August 2, 2017, at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait.

U.S. Army Specialist Christopher Michael Harris, 25, of Jackson Springs, North Carolina, was killed by enemy small arms fire on August 2, 2017, while on patrol in Kandahar province, Afghanistan.

Senior Chief Petty Officer Alonzo Evans, 44, of Haynesville, Louisiana, was a U.S. Navy sailor killed in Al Sayh, Bahrain, on July 17, 2017, while serving in Operation Inherent Resolve.

PFC Hansen Bradee Kirkpatrick, 19, of Wasilla, Alaska, died on July 3, 2017, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, while serving with the U.S. Army during Operation Freedom's Sentinel.