Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Staff Sergeant Christopher Lawrance Brown, 26, of Columbus, Ohio, was a U.S. Army infantryman. He died on April 3, 2012, in Khas Konar, Afghanistan, from hostile action.

U.S. Army Sergeant James Evan Dutton, 25, of Checotah, Oklahoma, died on March 31, 2012, at the Charlie Medical Facility on Forward Operating Base Shank in Afghanistan.

Corporal Roberto Cazarez, 24, of Harbor City, California, was a U.S. Marine killed by hostile fire in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 30, 2012.

On March 29, 2012, the MARINE CORPS lost CPL Palacio, Michael Jeremy of LAKE ELSINORE, CA in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 23. Cause: HOSTILE.

In ZHARIF KHEL, AFGHANISTAN on March 29, 2012, the ARMY lost SPC Taylor, David Wayne of DIXON, KY, 20, serving with COMPANY D, 2ND BATTALION, 508TH PIR, 4TH BCT, 82D ABN DIV, TF FURY.

U.S. Army Specialist Johnathon Frank Davis, 20, of Griffin, Georgia, was killed in a hostile incident in Maiwand, Afghanistan, on March 29, 2012.

Captain Francis Dee Imlay Jr., 31, of Vacaville, California, was a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle pilot with the 391st Fighter Squadron. He died on March 28, 2012, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Staff Sgt. Joseph D'Augustine, 29, of Waldwick, New Jersey, was a U.S. Marine killed by enemy small-arms fire in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 27, 2012.

SSG Wilson, William Robert Iii, age 27, of GETZVILLE, NY ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 2-28TH IN, 172 SIB, CJTF-1 (TF BLACKHAWK), ? died on March 26, 2012 in DEWANA, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.

Captain Aaron Dale Istre, 37, of Vinton, Louisiana, was a U.S. Army officer assigned to the 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary). He died in Bagram, Afghanistan, on March 24, 2012.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Daniel Joseph Brown, 27, of Jerome, Idaho, was killed in a hostile incident in Arghandab, Afghanistan, on March 24, 2012.

PRT LAGHMAN, 3BCT, 25 ID, CJTF-1, ARMY ? SGT Weichel, Dennis Paul Jr (PROVIDENCE, RI), age 29, ? died in JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN on March 22, 2012.

Staff Sergeant Jamie Darrell Jarboe, 27, of Frankfort, Indiana, died on March 21, 2012, in Topeka, Kansas, from wounds sustained in hostile action in Afghanistan.

COMPANY D, 2ND BATTALION, 35TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 3 BCT, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI, ARMY ? 1LT Ray, Clovis Tim (SAN ANTONIO, TX), age 34, ? died in ASADABAD AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN on March 15, 2012. Cause: HOSTILE.

SPC Rivers, Daquane Demetris, 21, a native of MARIANNA, FL, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 2ND BATTALION, 28TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 172ND IBCT, GRAFENWOEHR, GE, during Operation Enduring Freedom on March 14, 2012.

Staff Sergeant Jesse James Grindey, 30, of Hazel Green, Wisconsin, was a U.S. Army soldier killed in action on March 12, 2012, in Kandahar City, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Edward Joseph Acosta, 21, of Hesperia, California, died on March 5, 2012, in San Diego, California. He was assigned to the Warrior Transition Company at Balboa Naval Medical Center.

U.S. Army Specialist Payton Alexander Jones, 19, of Marble Falls, Texas, was killed in a hostile incident at Combat Outpost Sangsar, Afghanistan, on March 1, 2012.