Navy Chief Cryptologic Technician (SW) Christian M. Pike
Died March 13, 2013 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
31, of Peoria, Ariz.; assigned to a Naval Special Warfare Support Activity 1, Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Calif.; died March 13 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, of combat-related injuries sustained March 10 while conducting stability operations in Maiwand district, Afghanistan.
Army Spc. David T. Proctor
Died March 13, 2013 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
26, of Greensboro, N.C.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.; died March 13, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., from injuries sustained in a non-combat incident on March 3 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan.
Army Staff Sgt. Steven P. Blass
Died March 11, 2013 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
27, of Estherville, Iowa; assigned to 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.; died March 11 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash.
Army Chief Warrant Officer Bryan J. Henderson
Died March 11, 2013 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
27, of Franklin, La.; assigned to 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.; died March 11 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash.
Army Capt. Sara M. Knutson
Died March 11, 2013 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
27, of Eldersburg, Md., assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.; died March 11 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash.
Army Staff Sgt. Marc A. Scialdo
Died March 11, 2013 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
31, of Naples, Fla.; assigned to 603rd Aviation Support Battalion, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.; died March 11 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash.
Army Spc. Zachary L. Shannon
Died March 11, 2013 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
21, of Dunedin, Fla.; assigned to 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.; died March 11 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash.
Army Chief Warrant Officer James E. Groves III
Died March 11, 2013 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
37, of Kettering, Ohio; assigned to 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.; died March 16 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter crash; this incident is under investigation