Army Pfc. Cale C. Miller
Died May 24, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
23, of Overland Park, Kan.; assigned to 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.; died May 24 in Maiwand, Afghanistan, of injuries caused by an improvised explosive device.
Marine Cpl. Keaton G. Coffey
Died May 24, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
22, of Boring, Ore.; assigned to 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, 1st Marine Headquarters Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died May 24 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, while conducting combat operations.
(Coffey was to be married in July. Invitations have been sent out.)
Navy Hospitalman Eric D. Warren
Died May 26, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
23, of Shawnee, Okla.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died May 26 in Sangin district, Afghanistan, of wounds caused by an improvised explosive device.
Army Spc. Vilmar Galarza Hernandez
Died May 26, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
21, of Salinas, Calif.; assigned to 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.; died May 26 in Zharay, Afghanistan, of wounds caused by an improvised explosive device.
Army Spc. Tofiga J. Tautolo
Died May 27, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
23, of Wilmington, Calif.; assigned to 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.; died May 27 in Bati Kot, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, of wounds caused by an enemy improvised explosive device.
Army Chief Warrant Officer Five John C. Pratt
Died May 28, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
51, of Springfield, Va.; assigned to 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, Ansbach-Katterbach, Germany; died May 28 in Kabul, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his AH-64 helicopter crashed. Also killed was Army Capt. John R. Brainard.
Army Capt. John R. Brainard
Died May 28, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
26, of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine; assigned to 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, Ansbach-Katterbach, Germany; died May 28 in Kabul, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his AH-64 Apache helicopter crashed. Also killed was Army Chief Warrant Officer Five John C. Pratt.
