Honoring our own on Memorial Day

They were Minnesota sons and husbands, fathers and friends. We asked them to fight for us in Afghanistan and Iraq, and they paid the ultimate sacrifice. As the war in Afghanistan draws to a close, we ask you to join us in honoring their memory.

• Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Corey Goodnature, 35, Clarks Grove

• Army Chief Warrant Officer Eric W. Totten, 34, St. Paul

• Army Specialist Conor G. Masterson, 21, Woodbury

• Army Sgt. First Class Matthew Ryan Kahler, 29, Granite Falls

• Army Staff Sgt. Brian Studer, 28, Ramsey

• Army National Guard Specialist Chester W. Hosford, 35, Hastings

• Army Cpl. Benjamin S. Kopp, 21, Rosemount

• Army Pfc. Jonathan C. Yanney, 20, Litchfield

• Army Specialist George W. Cauley, 24, Walker

• Marine Staff Sgt. Aaron J. Taylor, 27, Bovey

• Marine Lance Cpl. Curtis M. Swenson, 20, Rochester

• Army 1 First Lt. Christopher S. Goeke, 23, Apple Valley

• Army Specialist Matthew J. Johnson, 21, Maplewood

• Marine Master Sgt. Daniel L. Fedder, 34, Pine City

• Army Chief Warrant Officer, Jonah D. McClellan, 26, St. Louis Park

• Army Pfc. Ryane G. Clark, 22, New London

• Army Specialist Andrew C. Wilfahrt, 31, Rosemount

• Army Specialist Joseph A. Kennedy, 25, St. Paul

• Marine Sgt. Chad D. Frokier, 27, Maplewood

• Marine Lance Cpl. Robert S. Greniger, 21, Greenfield

• Navy SEAL John W. Faas, 31, Minneapolis

• Army Specialist Matthew A. Harmon, 29, Bagley

• Army Sgt. Nicholas M. Dickhut, 23, Rochester

• Marine Cpl. Taylor J. Baune, 21, Andover

• Marine Lance Cpl. Dale W. Means, 23, Jordan

• Army Specialist Kedrith L. Jacobs, 21, Richfield

• Marine Lance Cpl. Caleb L. Erickson, 20, Waseca

• Army Pfc. Edward Herrgott, 20, Shakopee

• Army Staff Sgt. Brian Hellermann, 35, Freeport

• Army Staff Sgt. Dale Panchot, 26, Northome

• Army Chief Warrant Officer Patrick Dorff, 32, Buffalo

• Marine Cpl. Tyler Fey, 22, Eden Prairie

• Marine Pfc. Moises Langhorst, 19, Moose Lake

• Marine Lance Cpl. Levi Angell, 20, Cloquet

• National Guard Specialist James Holmes, 28, East Grand Forks

• Army Cpl. Demetrius Rice, 24, Ortonville

• Army Specialist Daniel McConnell, 27, Duluth

• Army Specialist Dwayne McFarlane Jr., 20, Cass Lake

• Army Sgt. Mike Carlson, 22, St. Paul

• Army. Sgt. First Class Mickey E. Zaun, 27, Brooklyn Park

• National Guard Staff Sgt. David Day, 25, St. Louis Park

• National Guard First Lt. Jason Timmerman, 24, Tracy

• National Guard Specialist Travis Bruce, 22, Rochester

• Marine Capt. Kelly Hinz, 30, Woodbury

• Army Chief Warrant Officer Matt Lourey, 40, Kerrick Township

• Army Ranger First Lt. Michael Fasnacht, 25, Mankato

• Army Sgt. Mike Benson, 40, Winona

• Army Pfc. Elden D. Arcand, 22, White Bear Lake

• Army Specialist Jacob T. Vanderbosch, 21, Vadnais Heights

• Marine Master Sgt. Brett E. Angus, 40, St. Paul

• Marine Lance Cpl. Anthony McElveen, 21, Little Falls

• Marine Staff Sgt. Kenneth Pospisil, 35, Anoka

• Army Reserve Maj. Stuart Anderson, 44, Benson

• Army Cpl. Andrew J. Kemple, 23, Cambridge

• Marine Lance Cpl. Robert Posivio III, 22, Sherburn

• Marine Capt. Nathanael Doring, 31, Apple Valley

• National Guard Specialist Kyle Miller, 19, Willmar

• Army Specialist Troy C. Linden, 22, Detroit Lakes

• Army Specialist Qixing Lee, 20, Minneapolis

• National Guard Staff Sgt. Joshua Robert Hanson, 27, Dent

• Marine Cpl. Johnathan Benson, 21, North Branch

• Navy Petty Officer Second Class Chuck Komppa, 35, Sebeka

• National Guard Specialist Bryan McDonough, 22, Maplewood

• National Guard Specialist Corey J. Rystad, 20, Red Lake Falls

• National Guard Specialist Nicholas Turcotte, 23, Maple Grove

• National Guard Sgt. James Wosika Jr., 24, St. Paul

• Army Sgt. William (B.J.) Beardsley, 25, Coon Rapids

• Marine Sgt. Chad M. Allen, 25, Maple Grove

• National Guard Sgt. Greg N. Riewer, 28, Frazee

• Army Specialist Sean K. McDonald, 21, Apple Valley

• Marine Lance Cpl. Daniel Olsen, 20, Eagan

• Army Pfc. Robert Dixon, 28, Minneapolis

• Army Sgt. Jason A. Schumann, 23, Hawley

• Army Pfc. Anthony Hebert, 19, Lake City

• Army Staff Sgt. Jacob Thompson, 26, North Mankato

• Army Sgt. Andrew Nelson, 22, Moorhead

• Army Specialist Randy W. Pickering, 31, Bovey

• Army Pfc. Joshua R. Anderson, 24, Jordan

• Army Sgt. First Class Matthew Pionk, 30, Eveleth

• Army Specialist Gregory B. Rundell, 21, St. Paul

• Army Specialist Jacob Fairbanks, 22, St. Paul

• Army Chief Warrant Officer Philip E. Windorski Jr., 35, Grand Rapids

• National Guard Specialist Carlos Wilcox, 27, Cottage Grove

• National Guard Specialist Daniel Drevnick, 22, Woodbury

• National Guard Specialist James Wertish, 20, Olivia

• Army Staff Sgt. Todd W. Selge, 25, Burnsville

• Army Reserve Sgt. Kurt E. Kruize, 35, St. Cloud

• Army Specialist Emilio Campo, 20, Madelia

Sources: AP Afghanistan and Iraq Casualties Database; icasualties.org; Star Tribune research