Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

Corporal Jon-luke Bateman, a 22-year-old U.S. Marine from Tulsa, Oklahoma, was killed in action in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on January 15, 2012.

Lance Cpl. Kenneth Eldren Cochran, 20, of Wilder, Idaho, was a U.S. Marine killed in action on January 15, 2012, in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

SFC Wise, Benjamin Brian, age 34, of LITTLE ROCK, AR ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 3RD BATTALION, 1ST SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (AIRBORNE), USASOC, JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA, ? died on January 15, 2012 in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY. Cause: HOSTILE.

Gilles Jacquier was a French journalist for France Télévisions. He was killed on January 11, 2012, while on assignment in Homs, Syria.

At 21, PFC Turner, Neil Isaac of TACOMA, WA was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 41ST INFANTRY REGIMENT, 3RD INFANTRY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT BLISS, TX, when he died in COP KHERWAR, AFGHANISTAN on January 11, 2012.

On January 10, 2012, the ARMY lost SFC Mcdougle, Richard Gene of CONNELLSVILLE, PA in CONNELLSVILLE, UNITED STATES. He was 49.

Active Duty, ARMY, 580TH SIGNAL COMPANY, 25TH SIGNAL BATTALION, 160TH SIGNAL BRIGADE, ARIFJAN, KUWAIT, SPC Pyron, Michael Wayne of HOPEWELL, VA, 30, died in BAGRAM, AFGHANISTAN on January 10, 2012.

At 20, PFC Napier, Dustin Paul of LONDON, KY was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 1-24TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1ST STRYKER BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT WAINWRIGHT, AK, when he died in QALAT, AFGHANISTAN on January 8, 2012. Cause: HOSTILE.

National Guard, ARMY, 713TH ENGINEER COMPANY (SAPPER), 113TH ENGINEER BATTALION, 81ST TROOP COMMAND, VALPARAISO, IN, SPC Tauteris, Robert Joseph Jr of HAMLET, IN, 44, died in NILAY, AFGHANISTAN on January 6, 2012. Cause: HOSTILE.

On January 6, 2012, the ARMY lost SPC Patterson, Christopher Alexander of AURORA, IL in NILAY, AFGHANISTAN. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Jonathan Matthew Metzger, 32, of Indianapolis, Indiana, was killed in action on January 6, 2012, in Nilay, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Sergeant Brian Jeffery Leonhardt, 21, of Merrillville, Indiana, was killed in Nilay, Afghanistan, on January 6, 2012.

At 34, TSGT Schwartz, Matthew Scott of TRAVERSE CITY, MI was serving with the AIR FORCE, 90TH CIVIL ENGINEER SQUADRON, F.E. WARREN, WY, when he died in CAMP BASTION, AFGHANISTAN on January 5, 2012. Cause: HOSTILE.

In CAMP BASTION, AFGHANISTAN on January 5, 2012, the AIR FORCE lost A1C Seidler, Matthew Ryan of WESTMINSTER, MD, 24, serving with 21ST CIVIL ENGINEER SQUADRON, PETERSON AFB, CO. Cause: HOSTILE.

Senior Airman Bryan Richard Bell, 23, of Erie, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Air Force civil engineer. He died from hostile action at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, on January 5, 2012.

In EDB ROLE II, AFGHANISTAN on January 2, 2012, the NAVY lost PO1 Regelin, Chad Robert of COTTONWOOD, CA, 24, serving with MARINE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMPANY BRAVO. Cause: HOSTILE.