Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Matthew Ivan Leggett, 39, of Ruskin, Florida, was killed in a hostile incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 20, 2014.

James Foley was a freelance American journalist working for GlobalPost. He was killed in Syria on August 19, 2014.

U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Samuel Carlos Hairston, 35, of Houston, Texas, was killed in a hostile incident at Forward Operating Base Ghazni, Afghanistan, on August 12, 2014.

Major General Harold J. Greene, 55, was a senior U.S. Army officer and engineer. He was killed in an insider attack at a military training academy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 5, 2014.

Staff Sergeant Girard David Gass Jr., 33, of Lumber Bridge, North Carolina, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne). He was killed in action on August 3, 2014, at Forw

U.S. Army Specialist Donnell Antwain Hamilton Jr., 20, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, died on July 24, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas. He was assigned to the Warrior Transition Battalion at Joint Base San Antonio.

SSG Prange, Benjamin Gill, 30, a native of HICKMAN, NE, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY D, 1ST BATTALION, 12TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4TH BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT CARSON, CO, during Operation Enduring Freedom on July 24, 2014. Cause: HOSTILE.

COMPANY D, 1ST BATTALION, 12TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4TH BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT CARSON, CO, ARMY ? PFC Williams, Keith Michael (VISALIA, CA), age 19, ? died in KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN on July 24, 2014. Cause: HOSTILE.

In HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on June 25, 2014, the MARINE CORPS lost SGT Spitzer, Thomas Zachary of NEW BRAUNFELS, TX, 23, serving with 1ST BN, 7TH MAR (MEB-A FWD), 1ST MARDIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.

Brandon John Garabrant was a 19-year-old U.S. Marine Corporal from Peterborough, New Hampshire. He was killed in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on June 20, 2014.

In HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on June 20, 2014, the MARINE CORPS lost SSGT Stewart, David Hamilton of STAFFORD, VA, 34, serving with 2D CEB (FWD), 2D MARDIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC. Cause: HOSTILE.

At 25, CPL Wolff, Adam Franklin of CEDAR RAPIDS, IA was serving with the MARINE CORPS, 2D CEB (FWD), 2D MARDIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, when he died in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on June 20, 2014. Cause: HOSTILE.

Yeshabel Villotcarrasco, 23, of Parma, Ohio, was a Seaman in the U.S. Navy assigned to the USS James E. Williams (DDG 95). She died on June 19, 2014, in the Iraq-Syria region during Operation Inherent Resolve.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 5TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (AIRBORNE), FORT CAMPBELL, KY, SSG Mcdonald, Jason Andrew of BUTLER, GA, 28, died in APACHE ROLE II, AFGHANISTAN on June 9, 2014. Cause: HOSTILE.

From MOKENA, IL, PFC Toppen, Aaron Scott served with the ARMY, COMPANY D, 2ND BATTALION, 12TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4TH IBCT, FORT CARSON, CO, and died on June 9, 2014 in GAZA VILLAGE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 19. Cause: HOSTILE.

U.S. Army Specialist Justin Ryan Helton, 25, of Beaver, Ohio, was killed in a hostile incident at Apache Role II, Afghanistan, on June 9, 2014.

U.S. Army Corporal Justin Robert Clouse, 22, of Sprague, Washington, was killed in action on June 9, 2014, in Arghandab, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Specialist Terry John Hurne, 34, of Merced, California, was killed in action on June 9, 2014, at Forward Operating Base Shank in Pul-e-Alam, Afghanistan.