Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

From WAIPAHU, HI, CW2 Viray, Don Cayetano served with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 2ND BN, 25TH AVIATION REGIMENT, 25TH COMBAT AVIATION BRIGADE, WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, HI, and died on April 19, 2012 in DIVALAK, AFGHANISTAN. He was 25.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Nicholas Scott Johnson, 27, of Ontario, California, was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot. He was killed in action on April 19, 2012, when his helicopter crashed in Divalak, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Captain Michael Cean Braden, 31, of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, was killed in action on April 18, 2012, in Bagram, Afghanistan.

Aaron Matthew Faust, a 22-year-old U.S. Marine corporal from Louisville, Kentucky, was killed in action in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 15, 2012.

SSG Nowaczyk, David Paul, age 32, of DYER, IN ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 2ND BATTALION, 12TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4TH BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT CARSON, CO, ? died on April 15, 2012 in CHINGAI, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

Sgt. Tanner Stone Higgins, 23, of Yantis, Texas, was a U.S. Army Ranger killed in Logar province, Afghanistan, on April 14, 2012.

From PROVIDENCE, RI, LCPL Tarwoe, Abraham served with the MARINE CORPS, 2D BN, 9TH MAR (I MEF FWD) 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, and died on April 12, 2012 in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 25. Cause: HOSTILE.

Lance Cpl. Ramon Taisakan Kaipat, 22, of Tacoma, Washington, was a U.S. Marine killed in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 11, 2012.

SPC Schiller, Philip Channing Sipe, 21, a native of THE COLONY, TX, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 23RD INFANTRY REGIMENT, 3RD STRYKER BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, JBLM, WA, during Operation Enduring Freedom on April 11, 2012. Cause: HOSTILE.

In DJIBOUTI, DJIBOUTI on April 7, 2012, the NAVY lost CN Stanley, Trevor Jovanne of VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, 22, serving with NMCB 3.

Corporal Antonio Carlos Burnside, 31, of Great Falls, Montana, was a U.S. Army soldier serving in Afghanistan. He died on April 6, 2012, in Mushaki, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

From ELGIN, IL, CPL Martinez, Alex served with the MARINE CORPS, 1ST CEB, (2D BN 5TH MAR, I MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, and died on April 5, 2012 in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

National Guard, ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 148TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 37TH IBCT, 38TH INFANTRY DIVISION, WALBRIDGE, OH, CPT Rozanski, Nicholas Jan of DUBLIN, OH, 36, died in MAYMANEH, AFGHANISTAN on April 4, 2012. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Master Sergeant Shawn Thomas Hannon, 44, of Grove City, Ohio, died on April 4, 2012, in Maymaneh, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

In MAYMANEH, AFGHANISTAN on April 4, 2012, the ARMY lost MSG Rieck, Jeffrey James of COLUMBUS, OH, 46, serving with COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 148TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 37 IBCT, 38TH ID, TIFFIN, OH. Cause: HOSTILE.

From LICKING, MO, SSG Smith, Tyler James served with the ARMY, HHC, 2ND BATTALION, 508TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4TH BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT BRAGG, NC, and died on April 3, 2012 in MAIWAND, AFGHANISTAN. He was 24. Cause: HOSTILE.

Cpl. Christopher David Bordoni, 21, of Ithaca, New York, was a U.S. Marine killed in a hostile incident on April 3, 2012, in San Antonio, Texas, while serving during Operation Enduring Freedom.

SPC White, Jeffrey Lee Jr, 21, a native of CATAWISSA, MO, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 501ST INFANTRY REGIMENT (AIRBORNE), 4TH BCT (AIRBORNE), JBER, AK, during Operation Enduring Freedom on April 3, 2012. Cause: HOSTILE.