Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Sgt. Julian Clement Chase, 22, of Edgewater, Maryland, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on May 28, 2012.

From SPRINGFIELD, WA, CW5 Pratt, John Castle served with the ARMY, HHC, 12TH COMBAT AVIATION BRIGADE, 7TH ARMY, ANSBACH-KATTERBACH, GE, and died on May 28, 2012 in KABUL, AFGHANISTAN. He was 51. Cause: HOSTILE.

Captain John R. Brainard III, 26, of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, was a U.S. Army officer serving with the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade. He died in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 28, 2012.

From WILMINGTON, CA, SGT Tautolo, Tofiga Joshua served with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 3RD SQUADRON, 61ST CAVALRY REGIMENT, 4 BCT, 4 ID, CJTF-1 (TF MTN WARRIOR), and died on May 27, 2012 in BATI KOT, AFGHANISTAN. He was 23. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Kedith Lamont Jacobs Jr., 21, of Denver, Colorado, was killed in a hostile incident in Chak-e Wardak District, Afghanistan, on May 27, 2012.

Pfc. Leroy Deronde III, 22, of Jersey City, New Jersey, was a U.S. Army soldier serving with the 125th Brigade Support Battalion. He died in a hostile incident in Afghanistan's Chak-e Wardak district on May 27, 2012.

HN Warren, Eric Dean, age 23, of SHAWNEE, OK ? Active Duty, NAVY, 2ND MDIV FMF LNT, ? died on May 26, 2012 in SANGIN, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Vilmar Galarzahernandez, 21, of Salinas, California, was killed in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on May 26, 2012.

On May 26, 2012, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Sutton, Steven Gene of LEESBURG, GA in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 24. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Roberto Loeza Jr., 28, of El Paso, Texas, was killed in a hostile incident at Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan, on May 25, 2012.

COMPANY B, 4TH BATTALION, 23D INFANTRY, 2 SBCT, JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA, ARMY ? PFC Miller, Cale Clyde (OVERLAND PARK, KS), age 23, ? died in MAIWAND, AFGHANISTAN on May 24, 2012. Cause: HOSTILE.

Cpl. Keaton Grant Coffey, 22, of Boring, Oregon, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on May 24, 2012.

In ZHARAY, AFGHANISTAN on May 23, 2012, the ARMY lost 2LT Morgado, Travis Alan of SAN JOSE, CA, 25, serving with COMPANY C, 5TH BATTALION, 20TH INFANTRY, 3D SBCT, JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Arronn David Fields, 27, of Terre Haute, Indiana, died on May 21, 2012, in Qal-ah-ye Mirza Jal, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Second Lieutenant Tobias Christoph Alexander, 30, of Lawton, Oklahoma, was a U.S. Army field artillery officer. He died on May 20, 2012, in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

U. S. NAVAL FORCES COMMAND, NAVY ? PO1 Wilson, Ryan James (REDDING, CA), age 26, ? died in MANAMA, BAHRAIN on May 20, 2012.

From PRINCE GEORGE, VA, CPT Ozbat, Jesse Aaron served with the ARMY, 696TH FORWARD SUPPORT COMPANY, 168TH BRIGADE SUPPORT BATTALION, 214TH FIRES BRIGADE, FORT SILL, OK, and died on May 20, 2012 in TARIN KOWT, AFGHANISTAN. He was 28. Cause: HOSTILE.

COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 508TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4TH BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC, ARMY ? SPC Watts, Samuel Thomas (WHEATON, IL), age 20, ? died in BETHESDA, UNITED STATES on May 19, 2012. Cause: HOSTILE.