Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

SPC Shoecraft, Justin Blue, age 28, of ELKHART, IN ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST SQUADRON, 2ND STRYKER CAVALRY REGIMENT, VILSECK, GERMANY, ? died on August 24, 2010 in TARIN KOWT, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

LCPL Newton, Robert John, 21, a native of CREVE COUER, IL, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 3D BN, 7TH MAR (RCT-2, I MEF FWD) 1ST MARDIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, during Operation Enduring Freedom on August 23, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

1ST BN,11TH MAR, (RCT-2, I MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, MARINE CORPS ? SGT Rodriguez, Ronald Ariel (FALLS CHURCH, VA), age 26, ? died in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on August 23, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Jason Dean Calo, 23, of Lexington, Kentucky, was killed in action on August 22, 2010, in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 66TH ARMOR REGIMENT, 1 BCT, 4TH INF DIV, FORT CARSON, CO, ARMY ? SPC Millet Meletiche, Pedro Antonio Iv (ELIZABETH, NJ), age 20, ? died in DEH-E-KOWCHY, AFGHANISTAN on August 22, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

In BASRAH, IRAQ on August 22, 2010, the ARMY lost SGT Maggart, Brandon Edward of KIRKSVILLE, MO, 24, serving with BATTERY A, 5TH BATTALION, 5TH AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY REGIMENT, JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA. Cause: HOSTILE.

COMPANY A, 3RD BATTALION, 172D INFANTRY REGIMENT, 86TH INFANTRY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, JERICHO, VT, ARMY ? SGT Southworth, Tristan Howard (WALDEN, VT), age 21, ? died in JAJIL DIST, PAKTIYA on August 22, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Sergeant Steven Joseph Deluzio, 25, of South Glastonbury, Connecticut, died on August 22, 2010, in Jajil District, Paktia province, Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom.

LCPL Schultz, Nathaniel Joseph Augustus, age 19, of SAFETY HARBOR, FL ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 2D BN 6TH MAR (RCT-7, I MEF FWD) 2D MARDIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, ? died on August 21, 2010 in CAMP DWYER, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

In KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN on August 21, 2010, the ARMY lost SPC Maldonado, Alexis Vicente of WICHITA FALLS, TX, 20, serving with 510TH CLEARANCE COMPANY, 20TH ENGINEER BN, 36TH ENGINEER BDE, FORT HOOD, TX. Cause: HOSTILE.

Lance Cpl. Cody Steven Childers, 19, of Chesapeake, Virginia, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on August 20, 2010.

COMPANY C, 1ST BN, 75TH RANGER REGIMENT, HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD, FORT STEWART, GA, ARMY ? SPC Wright, Christopher Shane (TOLLESBORO, KY), age 23, ? died in PECH, KONAR on August 19, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

Sgt. Martin Anthony Lugo, 24, of Tucson, Arizona, was a U.S. Army Ranger killed in a hostile incident on August 19, 2010, in Puli Alam, Logar province, Afghanistan.

Christopher John Boyd, a 22-year-old U.S. Marine corporal from Palatine, Illinois, was killed in Afghanistan's Helmand province on August 19, 2010.

Active Duty, NAVY, TAC D E SQDN 5, CPO Thomas, Collin Trent of MOREHEAD, KY, 33, died in Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa on August 18, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.

In HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on August 18, 2010, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Oratowski, Kevin Edward of WHEATON, IL, 23, serving with 1ST LAR BN, (I MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.

Private First Class Benjamen Glen Chisholm, 24, of Fort Worth, Texas, was a U.S. Army infantryman. He was killed in action on August 17, 2010, in Managai, Kunar Province, Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt. Derek John Farley, 24, of Nassau, New York, was killed on August 17, 2010, at Forward Operating Base Farah, Afghanistan, while serving in Operation Enduring Freedom.