Army Staff Sgt. Eric S. Holman
Died August 15, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
39, of Evans City, Pa.; assigned to 192nd Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group, 20th Support Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Aug. 15 in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, of wounds caused by an improvised explosive device.
Army Pfc. Andrew J. Keller
Died August 15, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
22, of Tigard, Ore.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy; died Aug. 15 in Charkh, Afghanistan, of wounds caused by small-arms fire.
Navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class David J. Warsen
Died August 16, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
27, of Kentwood, Mich.; assigned to a West Coast-based naval special warfare unit; died Aug. 16 in a Black Hawk helicopter crash northeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan. Also killed were Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Suresh N. A. Krause, 29, of Cathedral City, Calif.; Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st Class Sean P. Carson, 32, of Des Moines, Wash.; Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Patrick D. Feeks, 28, of Edgewater, Md.; Army Sgt. Richard A. Essex, 23, of Kelseyville, Calif.; Army Sgt. Luis A. Oliver Galbreath, 41, of San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Brian D. Hornsby, 37, of Melbourne, Fla.
Army Sgt. Luis A. Oliver Galbreath
Died August 16, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
41, of San Juan, Puerto Rico; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; died Aug. 16 in a Black Hawk helicopter crash northeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan. Also killed were Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Suresh N. A. Krause, 29, of Cathedral City, Calif.; Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st Class Sean P. Carson, 32, of Des Moines, Wash.; Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Patrick D. Feeks, 28, of Edgewater, Md.; Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Brian D. Hornsby, 37, of Melbourne, Fla.; Navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class David J. Warsen, 27, of Kentwood, Mich.; and Army Sgt. Richard A. Essex, 23, of Kelseyville, Calif.
Army Sgt. Richard A. Essex
Died August 16, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
23, of Kelseyville, Calif.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; died Aug. 16 in a Black Hawk helicopter crash northeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan. Also killed were Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Suresh N. A. Krause, 29, of Cathedral City, Calif.; Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st Class Sean P. Carson, 32, of Des Moines, Wash.; Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Patrick D. Feeks, 28, of Edgewater, Md.; Army Sgt. Luis A. Oliver Galbreath, 41, of San Juan, Puerto Rico; Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Brian D. Hornsby, 37, of Melbourne, Fla.; and Navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class David J. Warsen, 27, of Kentwood, Mich.
Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Patrick D. Feeks
Died August 16, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
28, of Edgewater, Md.; assigned to a West Coast-based naval special warfare unit; died Aug. 16 in a Black Hawk helicopter crash northeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan. Also killed were Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Suresh N. A. Krause, 29, of Cathedral City, Calif.; Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st Class Sean P. Carson, 32, of Des Moines, Wash.; Army Sgt. Richard A. Essex, 23, of Kelseyville, Calif.; Army Sgt. Luis A. Oliver Galbreath, 41, of San Juan, Puerto Rico; Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Brian D. Hornsby, 37, of Melbourne, Fla.; and Navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class David J. Warsen, 27, of Kentwood, Mich.
Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st Class Sean P. Carson
Died August 16, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
32, of Des Moines, Wash.; assigned to an explosive ordnance disposal mobile unit in San Diego; died Aug. 16 in a Black Hawk helicopter crash northeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan. Also killed were Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Brian D. Hornsby, 37, of Melbourne, Fla.; Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Suresh N. A. Krause, 29, of Cathedral City, Calif.; Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Patrick D. Feeks, 28, of Edgewater, Md.; Army Sgt. Richard A. Essex, 23, of Kelseyville, Calif.; Army Sgt. Luis A. Oliver Galbreath, 41, of San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class David J. Warsen, 27, of Kentwood, Mich.
Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Suresh N.A. Krause
Died August 16, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
29, of Cathedral City, Calif.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; died Aug. 16 in a Black Hawk helicopter crash northeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan. Also killed were Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Brian D. Hornsby, 37, of Melbourne, Fla.; Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st Class Sean P. Carson, 32, of Des Moines, Wash.; Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Patrick D. Feeks, 28, of Edgewater, Md.; Army Sgt. Richard A. Essex, 23, of Kelseyville, Calif.; Navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class David J. Warsen, 27, of Kentwood, Mich.; and Army Sgt. Luis A. Oliver Galbreath, 41, of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Brian D. Hornsby
Died August 16, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
37, of Melbourne, Fla.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; died Aug. 16 in a Black Hawk helicopter crash northeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan. Also killed were Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Suresh N. A. Krause, 29, of Cathedral City, Calif.; Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st Class Sean P. Carson, 32, of Des Moines, Wash.; Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Patrick D. Feeks, 28, of Edgewater, Md.; Army Sgt. Richard A. Essex, 23, of Kelseyville, Calif.; Army Sgt. Luis A. Oliver Galbreath, 41, of San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class David J. Warsen, 27, of Kentwood, Mich.
Army Pfc. Michael R. DeMarsico II
Died August 16, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
20, of North Adams, Mass.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.; died Aug. 16 in Panjway, Afghanistan, of wounds caused by an improvised explosive device.
Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Darrel L. Enos
Died August 17, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
36, of Colorado Springs, Colo.; assigned to 3rd Marine Special Operations Battalion, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Aug. 17 in Farah province, Afghanistan, while supporting combat operations. Also killed was Marine Staff Sgt. Gregory T. Copes, 36, of Lynch Station, Va.
Marine Staff Sgt. Gregory T. Copes
Died August 17, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
36, of Lynch Station, Va.; assigned to 3rd Marine Special Operations Battalion, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Aug. 17 in Farah province, Afghanistan, while supporting combat operations. Also killed was Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Darrel L. Enos, 36, of Colorado Springs, Colo.
Army Spc. James A. Justice
Died August 17, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
21, of Grover, N.C.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy; died Aug. 17 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, from injuries suffered Aug. 14 that were caused by small-arms fire in Wardak province, Afghanistan.
Army Sgt. David V. Williams
Died August 18, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
24, of Frederick, Md.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.; died Aug. 18 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of unspecified causes.
Army Sgt. 1st Class Coater B. Debose
Died August 19, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
55, of State Line, Miss.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 351st Infantry Regiment, 158th Infantry Brigade,First Army Division East, Camp Shelby, Miss.; died Aug. 19 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds casued by small-arms fire.