Those with Maryland ties who have been killed this year while serving in our armed forces:
• Second-class Midshipman Anthony Valliere, 21, of Palatine, Ill. (Naval Academy in Annapolis) — died Jan. 26 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Gaithersburg.
• Army Spc. Michael B. Matlock Jr., 21, of Glen Burnie — died Feb. 20 from a roadside bomb attack in Iraq.
• Marine Maj. David Yaggy, 34, of Sparks — died March 4 while participating in a training flight in Alabama.
• Maryland National Guardsman Staff Sgt. Collin J. Bowen, 38, of Baltimore — died March 8 from injuries sustained in a January roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan.
• Fourth-class Midshipman Kristen Dickmann, 19, of Kennett Square, Pa. (Naval Academy) — died May 5 from cardiac arrhythmia.
• Army Lt. Col. James J. Walton, 41, of Rockville — died June 21 from a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan.
• Army Sgt. Ryan P. Baumann, 24, of Great Mills — died Aug. 1 from a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan.
• Army Staff Sgt. David L. Paquet, 26, of Rising Sun — died Aug. 20 from injuries sustained in a non-hostile incident in Afghanistan.
• First-class Midshipman Aaron Reaves, 21, of Kennesaw, Ga. (Naval Academy) — died Aug. 28 in a single-vehicle crash in Fredericksburg, Va.
• Marine Capt. Jesse Melton III, 29, of Owings Mills — died Sept. 9 from a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan.
• Navy Petty Officer Matthew J. O’Bryant, 22, of Duluth, Ga. (Fort Meade in Odenton) — died Sept. 21 in the Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing in Afghanistan.
• Marine Col. Michael R. Stahlman, 45, of Chevy Chase — died Oct. 5 from injuries sustained in a July non-hostile incident in Iraq.
• Fourth-class midshipman Frederick H. Eissler, 20, of West Chester, Pa. (Naval Academy) — died Nov. 17 of bacterial meningitis.
• Army Pvt. Charles Yi Barnett, 19, of Bel Air — died Nov. 20 from noncombat injuries in Iraq.
