Honoring Lives Lost to Conflict

At 25, CPT Medders, Michael J of EAD, OH was serving with the ARMY, HHT, 2D SQUADRON, 3 ACR, FORT HOOD, TX, when he died in BAQUBAH, IRAQ on September 24, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 2-6TH IN, 2 BCT, 1 AD (TASK ORG TO MND-C), 1LT Brown, Thomas Joseph of BURKE, VA, 26, died in BALAD, IRAQ on September 23, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on September 21, 2008, the ARMY lost SSG Taylor, Matthew Joseph of CHARLESTON, SC, 25, serving with COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 30TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT POLK, LA. Cause: HOSTILE.

Nathan Matthew Cox, 32, was a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant from Walcott, Iowa. He was killed in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, on September 20, 2008.

Active Duty, NAVY, NSA/CSS FT MEADE, PO3 O'bryant, Matthew James of DULUTH, GA, 22, died in ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN on September 20, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

Private Joseph Francisco Gonzales, 18, of Tucson, Arizona, was killed in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, on September 20, 2008, while serving with the U.S. Army during Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Army Captain Bruno Giancarlo Desolenni, 32, of Crescent City, California, was killed in a hostile incident in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on September 20, 2008.

MAJ Rodriguez, Rodolfo Ivan, 34, a native of EL PASO, TX, died serving in the Active Duty, AIR FORCE, 86TH CONSTRUCTION AND TRAINING SQUADRON, RAMSTEIN AB, GERMANY, during Operation Enduring Freedom on September 20, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

Albert Edward Difederico, 55, was a Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve from Chantilly, Virginia. He was killed in Islamabad, Pakistan, on September 20, 2008, while serving in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Sergeant Jerome Charles Bell Jr., 29, of Auburn, New York, was a U.S. Marine killed in hostile action on September 19, 2008, in Bawka, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Brandon Wade Farley, 30, of Haworth, Texas, was killed in a hostile incident at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on September 18, 2008.

At 46, LTC Wiley, James Leon Jr of NORTH BEND, OR was serving with the ARMY, 27TH INFANTRY, SYRACUSE, NY, when he died in BAGRAM AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN on September 18, 2008.

HHC, 926TH ENGINEER BRIGADE, MONTGOMERY, AL, ARMY ? CPT Wright, Darrick Darryl (NASHVILLE, TN), age 37, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on September 17, 2008.

From CAROL STREAM, IL, PFC Gulczynski, Leonard Joseph Ii served with the ARMY, 610TH ENGINEER COMPANY, 14TH BATTALION, 555TH BRIGADE, FT. LEWIS, WA, and died on September 17, 2008 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 19.

Sgt. Joshua William Harris, 21, of Romeoville, Illinois, was a soldier with Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 122nd Field Artillery, Illinois Army National Guard. He died on September 17, 2008, south of Forward Operating Base Gardez, Afghanistan.

National Guard, ARMY, DETACHMENT 1, COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 149TH AVIATION, LEXINGTON, OK, CW3 Rudolf, Brady Joe of OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 37, died in TALLIL, IRAQ on September 17, 2008.

Captain Bruce Evan Hays, 42, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was a U.S. Army National Guard officer serving with the 148th Signal Company. He died on September 17, 2008, in a hostile incident south of Forward Operating Base Gardez, Afghanistan.

From HARRAH, OK, CPL Thompson, Michael E served with the ARMY, DETACHMENT 1, COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 149TH AVIATION, LEXINGTON, OK, and died on September 17, 2008 in TALLIL, IRAQ. He was 23.