Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

At 21, PFC Moralesdelvalle, Gil Isai of JACKSONVILLE, FL was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 2ND BATTALION, 30TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4 BCT, FORT POLK, LA, when he died in MAYDE SHARDISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN on August 3, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.

SGT Rai, Barun, 24, a native of SILVER SPRING, MD, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, FSC, 54TH ENGINEER BATTALION, 18TH ENGINEER BRIGADE, BAMBERG, GERMANY, during Operation Enduring Freedom on August 3, 2011.

From SAPULPA, OK, SSG Owen, Kirk Avery served with the ARMY, HHC, 1ST BN, 279TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 45TH INFANTRY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, and died on August 2, 2011 in LAJAH D., PAKTIYA P.. He was 37. Cause: HOSTILE.

Staff Sergeant Leon Horace Lucas Jr., 32, of Wilson, North Carolina, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on August 1, 2011.

Staff Sgt. Patrick Ryan Dolphin, 29, of Moscow, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Marine killed in action on July 31, 2011, in Herat, Afghanistan.

In HERAT, AFGHANISTAN on July 31, 2011, the MARINE CORPS lost SGT Wrinkle, Christopher Matthew of DALLASTOWN, PA, 29, serving with 2D MARINE SPECIAL OPERATIONS BATTALION, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC.

Sgt. Dennis Edward Kancler, 26, of Brecksville, Ohio, was a U.S. Marine killed in action on July 31, 2011, in Herat, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Army Sergeant William Benjamin Grosspaniagua, 28, of Daly City, California, died on July 31, 2011, in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, while serving during Operation Enduring Freedom.

From FORT BENNING, GA, PFC Scott, Brice Murrill served with the ARMY, TROOP C, 4TH SQUADRON, 4TH CAV REGT, 1 HBCT, FORT RILEY, KS, and died on July 31, 2011 in KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.

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.

SGT Molina, Jacob, age 27, of HOUSTON, TX ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 2ND BATTALION, 27TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 3 BCT, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI, ? died on July 19, 2011 in FOB BOSTICK, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

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.