Oct. 2010, cont. Staff Sgt. Aracely Gonzalez-O'Malley, 31 Brawley, California, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 307th Integrated Theater Signal Battalion, 516th Signal Brigade, 311th Signal Command Died on October 22, 2010, in Homburg, Germany, of injuries sustained in a noncombat incident in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan, on October 12 Pvt. Mikkel Jørgensen, 21 Denmark Kompagniet C, I. Bataljon, Den Kongelige Livgarde (Company C, 1st Battalion, Royal Life Guards) Killed when his unit was engaged in a firefight during a patrol east of Patrol Base Bridzar, located four miles (six km) northeast of Gereshk in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on October 23, 2010 Spc. Ronnie Joseph Pallares, 19 Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA 57th Sapper Company, 27th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using a roadside bomb three miles (six km) southwest of Combat Outpost Mulanababa in the Andar district of Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on October 23, 2010 Spc. Thomas Adam Moffitt, 21 Wichita, Kansas, USA Company D, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Died of a gunshot wound suffered when his unit was attacked by insurgents with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades in the Sarobi district of Paktika province, Afghanistan, on October 24, 2010 Sgt. 1st Class Charles Montague Sadell, 34 Columbia, Missouri, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Died on October 24, 2010, at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using a roadside bomb at Arif Kala in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on October 5 Spc. Steven Lloyd Dupont, 20 Lafayette, Louisiana, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using a roadside bomb at Rangrizan in the Maywand district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on October 24, 2010 Sgt. 1st Class Phillip Cecil Tanner, 43 Sheridan, Wyoming, USA 541st Transportation Company, 106th Transportation Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division Tanner was processing through Kuwait after leaving Afghanistan when he collapsed in a non-combat incident at Ali Al Salem, Kuwait, on October 26, 2010 Lance Cpl. Terry Edward Honeycutt Jr., 19 Waldorf, Maryland, USA 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died on October 27, 2010, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds received while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on October 21, 2010 Sgt. Michael Dana Kirspel Jr., 23 Hopatcong, New Jersey, USA Battery A, 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using a roadside bomb near the village of Khwaja Kinti, approximately 15.5 miles (25 km) south of Ghormach, in Baghdis province, Afghanistan, on October 27, 2010 Staff Sgt. Adam Lynn Dickmyer, 26 Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA Company A, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Died when a roadside bomb detonated during a dismounted foot patrol near Kandahar, Afghanistan, on October 28, 2010 Spc. Pedro Antonio Maldonado, 20 Houston, Texas, USA Company B, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Died when his unit came under attack from rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire while on a mounted patrol in Kandalay, Zhari district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on October 29, 2010 Sgt. Diego Alberto Solorzano-Valdovinos, 24 Huntington Park, California, USA Company A, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Died on October 29, 2010, in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small-arms fire in the Yahya Khel district of Paktika province, Afghanistan, on October 27 Sapper William Bernard Blanchard, 39 Gosport, Hampshire, England 221 Field Squadron, 101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment, Territorial Army, attached to the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Task Force Died of a gunshot wound sustained when his team was in the process of destroying an explosive device when they were engaged by small-arms fire in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on October 30, 2010 Cpl. Brett Willie Land, 24 Wasco, California, USA Company C, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Died after his unit was attacked with a roadside bomb in the Zhari district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on October 30, 2010
Nov. 2010 Pfc. Andrew Nimr Mahmoud Meari, 21 Plainfield, Illinois, USA Company A, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Meari and Sgt. Jonathan M. Curtis were guarding the entrance to Combat Outpost Senjaray in the Zhari district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, when they intercepted an insurgent, wired with explosives, attempting to enter on a motorcycle. The insurgent detonated himself, killing Meari and Curtis, on November 1, 2010. Spc. Jonathan Michael Curtis, 24 Belmont, Massachusetts, USA Company A, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Curtis and Pfc. Andrew N. Meari were guarding the entrance to Combat Outpost Senjaray in the Zhari district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, when they intercepted an insurgent, wired with explosives, attempting to enter on a motorcycle. The insurgent detonated himself, killing Curtis and Meari, on November 1, 2010. 1st Lt. James Russell Zimmerman, 25 Aroostook, Maine, USA Company E, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 2, 2010 Cpl. James Chad Young, 25 Rochester, Illinois, USA 323rd Engineer Company, 863rd Engineer Battalion, 372nd Engineer Brigade, Army Reserve Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with a roadside bomb in Nar Kariz, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on November 3, 2010 Sgt. 1st Class Todd Monroe Harris, 37 Tucson, Arizona, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small-arms fire in Badghis province, Afghanistan, on November 3, 2010 Sgt. Jason James McCluskey, 26 McAlester, Oklahoma, USA 264th Engineer Company, 27th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small-arms fire at Zarghun Shahr in the Mohammad Agha district of Logar province, Afghanistan, on November 4, 2010 Lance Cpl. Matthew J. Broehm, 22 Flagstaff, Arizona, USA 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force One of two Marines killed while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 4, 2010 Lance Cpl. Brandon William Pearson, 21 Arvada, Colorado, USA 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force One of two Marines killed while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 4, 2010 Staff Sgt. Jordan Blake Emrick, 26 Hoyleton, Illinois, USA 1st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 5, 2010 Spc. Blake Daniel Whipple, 21 Williamsville, New York, USA 693rd Engineer Company, 7th Engineer Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, 10th Mountain Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with a roadside bomb in the Khugiani district of Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on November 5, 2010 Sgt. Michael Francis Paranzino, 22 Middletown, Rhode Island, USA B Troop, 1st Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with a roadside bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on November 5, 2010 Pfc. Shane Michael Reifert, 23 Cottrellville, Michigan, USA Company B, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small-arms fire in Kunar province, Afghanistan, on November 6, 2010 Lance Cpl. Randy Rashad Braggs, 21 Sierra Vista, Arizona, USA 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 6, 2010 Senior Aircraftman Scott Hughes, 20 Y Felinheli, North Wales No. 1 Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment Hughes died on November 7, 2010, of injuries suffered when he was struck by a power boat operated by British Forces Cyprus while swimming off the coast of Cyprus on November 5. He was redeploying from operations in Afghanistan and his unit was in Cyrus for decompression activities before returning home to the United Kingdom. Spc. Dale Justin Kridlo, 33 Hughestown, Pennsylvania, USA 161st Engineer Company, 27th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade One of two soldiers killed when insurgents attacked their unit with small-arms fire in Kunar province, Afghanistan, on November 7, 2010 Sgt. Aaron Brett Cruttenden, 25 Mesa, Arizona, USA 161st Engineer Company, 27th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade One of two soldiers killed when insurgents attacked their unit with small-arms fire in Kunar province, Afghanistan, on November 7, 2010
Nov. 2010, cont. Spc. Anthony Vargas, 27 Reading, Pennsylvania, USA C Troop, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using a roadside bomb during a patrol in the Khogyani district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on November 8, 2010 Cpl. Andrew Lewis Hutchins, 20 New Portland, Maine, USA Headquarters Company, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Died of wounds suffered by small-arms fire while on guard tower duty at Combat Outpost Sabari in the Sabari district of Khost province, Afghanistan, on November 8, 2010 Lance Cpl. Dakota Ray Huse, 19 Greenwood, Louisiana, USA 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died following a roadside bomb attack during combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 9, 2010 2nd Lt. Robert Michael Kelly, 29 Tallahassee, Florida, USA 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died following a roadside bomb attack during combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 9, 2010 Sgt. Edward Hubalek Bolen, 25 Chittenango, New York, USA Company B, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small-arms fire and a roadside bomb near Forward Operating Base Charkh in Logar province, Afghanistan, on November 10, 2010 Lance Cpl. James Bray Stack, 20 Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan on November 10, 2010 Spc. David Christopher Lutes, 28 Frostburg, Maryland, USA C Troop, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Died on November 11, 2010, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb while on patrol in the Khogyani district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on November 8, 2010 Staff Sgt. Andrew Stephen Bubacz, 23 Dalzell, South Carolina, USA 97th Communications Squadron, 97th Mission Support Group, 97th Air Mobility Wing, assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Nuristan Died after sustaining head injuries while maintaining a communications tower at a forward operating base in Nuristan province, Afghanistan, on November 12, 2010 Spc. Shannon Chihuahua, 25 Thomasville, Georgia, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades in the Wataphur district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, on November 12, 2010 Cpl. Shawn Dee Fannin, 32 Wheelersburg, Ohio, USA Company B, 404th Aviation Support Battalion, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade Died in a non-combat related incident in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan, on November 12, 2010 Cpl. Jacob Russell Carver, 20 Freeman, Missouri, USA Company B, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of three soldiers killed when an insurgent suicide bomber detonated a vest bomb near their unit in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on November 13, 2010 Spc. Jacob Charles Carroll, 20 Clemmons, North Carolina, USA Company B, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of three soldiers killed when an insurgent suicide bomber detonated a vest bomb near their unit in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on November 13, 2010 Staff Sgt. Juan Luis Rivadeneira, 27 Davie, Florida, USA Company B, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of three soldiers killed when an insurgent suicide bomber detonated a vest bomb near their unit in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on November 13, 2010 Spc. Nathan Edward Lillard, 26 Knoxville, Tennessee, USA Company A, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of five soldiers killed during a six-hour firefight that began when insurgents attacked their unit with small-arms fire during an operation to clear out Taliban militants and weapons caches near the Pech River in the Watahpur district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, on November 14, 2010 Pfc. Jørgen Randrup, 27 Denmark Kompagniet B, I Bataljon, Den Kongelige Livgarde (Company B, 1st Battalion, Royal Life Guards) Killed when a roadside bomb detonated during a dismounted patrol east of Gereshk in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 14, 2010 Pfc. Christian Michael Kade Warriner, 19 Mills River, North Carolina, USA Company A, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of five soldiers killed during a six-hour firefight that began when insurgents attacked their unit with small-arms fire during an operation to clear out Taliban militants and weapons caches near the Pech River in the Watahpur district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, on November 14, 2010 Spc. Shane Hasan Ahmed, 31 Chesterfield, Michigan, USA Company A, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of five soldiers killed during a six-hour firefight that began when insurgents attacked their unit with small-arms fire during an operation to clear out Taliban militants and weapons caches near the Pech River in the Watahpur district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, on November 14, 2010 Spc. Scott Thomas Nagorski, 27 Greenfield, Wisconsin, USA Company A, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of five soldiers killed during a six-hour firefight that began when insurgents attacked their unit with small-arms fire during an operation to clear out Taliban militants and weapons caches near the Pech River in the Watahpur district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, on November 14, 2010 Spc. Jesse Adam Snow, 25 Fairborn, Ohio, USA Company A, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of five soldiers killed during a six-hour firefight that began when insurgents attacked their unit with small-arms fire during an operation to clear out Taliban militants and weapons caches near the Pech River in the Watahpur district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, on November 14, 2010 Ranger Aaron McCormick, 22 Coleraine, Londonderry, Northern Ireland Company A, 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment Killed when a roadside bomb detonated during a security patrol in Nad-e Ali, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 14, 2010
Nov. 2010, cont. Staff Sgt. David Paul Senft, 27 Grass Valley, California, USA Company B, 5th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division Died of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on November 15, 2010 Lt. Col. Gwendolyn Ann Locht, 46 Fort Walton Beach, Florida, USA 96th Inpatient Operations Squadron, 96th Medical Group, 96th Air Base Wing Locht died on November 16, 2010, in Houston, Texas. She was medically evacuated from Kandahar, Afghanistan, on May 22, 2010, after being diagnosed with leukemia. Staff Sgt. Javier Orlando Ortiz Rivera, 26 Rochester, New York, USA 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 16, 2010 Staff Sgt. Kevin Matthew Pape, 30 Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA Company C, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment Died of wounds suffered in a heavy firefight with a large number of Taliban in rugged terrain in Kunar province, Afghanistan, on November 16, 2010 Spc. Justin Eric Culbreth, 26 Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA Company D, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Died of wounds after being struck by a roadside bomb in the Panjwayi district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on November 17, 2010 Pfc. Kyle Matthew Holder, 18 Conroe, Texas, USA C Troop, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade Died of injuries sustained in a non-combat incident at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on November 17, 2010 Guardsman Christopher Davies, Unavailable St. Helens, Merseyside, England No. 1 Company, 1st Battalion, Irish Guards Killed when he was struck by small-arms fire during a security patrol in Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 17, 2010 Sgt. Jason Thomas Smith, 28 Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA Explosive Ordnance Disposal Branch, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 19, 2010 Sgt. David S. Robinson, 25 Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA Company D, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment Died of injuries suffered in a non-combat related accident in Qalat, Afghanistan, on November 20, 2010 Spc. William Kyle Middleton, 26 Norfolk, Virginia, USA Company A, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of two soldiers killed when insurgents attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in the village of Ghotamudkha, Zhari district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on November 22, 2010 Staff Sgt. Sean Michael Flannery, 29 Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, USA Company A, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of two soldiers killed when insurgents attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in the village of Ghotamudkha, Zhari district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on November 22, 2010 Lance Cpl. Ardenjoseph Ayuson Buenagua, 19 San Jose, California, USA Company D, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 24, 2010 1st Lt. William James Donnelly IV, 27 Picayune, Mississippi, USA 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 25, 2010
Nov. 2010 cont. Pvt. Enlisted Grade 2 Devon Jemail Harris, 24 Mesquite, Texas, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with a rocket-propelled grenade in the Sayed Abad district of Wardak province, Afghanistan, on November 27, 2010 Spc. Matthew Wayne Ramsey, 20 Quartz Hill, California, USA 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of six soldiers killed when an Afghan border policeman opened fire on them during a training mission at Combat Outpost Lonestar in the Pachir Wa Agam district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on November 29, 2010 Pfc. Jacob Alexander Gassen, 21 Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of six soldiers killed when an Afghan border policeman opened fire on them during a training mission at Combat Outpost Lonestar in the Pachir Wa Agam district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on November 29, 2010 Pvt. Buddy Wendall McLain, 24 Mexico, Maine, USA 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of six soldiers killed when an Afghan border policeman opened fire on them during a training mission at Combat Outpost Lonestar in the Pachir Wa Agam district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on November 29, 2010 Staff Sgt. Curtis Allen Oakes, 29 Athens, Ohio, USA 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of six soldiers killed when an Afghan border policeman opened fire on them during a training mission at Combat Outpost Lonestar in the Pachir Wa Agam district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on November 29, 2010 Sgt. 1st Class Barry Edward Jarvis, 36 Tell City, Indiana, USA 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of six soldiers killed when an Afghan border policeman opened fire on them during a training mission at Combat Outpost Lonestar in the Pachir Wa Agam district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on November 29, 2010 Pfc. Austin Garrett Staggs, 19 Senoia, Georgia, USA 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of six soldiers killed when an Afghan border policeman opened fire on them during a training mission at Combat Outpost Lonestar in the Pachir Wa Agam district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on November 29, 2010 1st Lt. Scott F. Milley, 23 Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small-arms fire in Logar province, Afghanistan, on November 30, 2010
December 2010 Cpl. Chad Stafford Wade, 22 Bentonville, Arkansas, None 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 1, 2010 Sgt. Matthew Thomas Abbate, 26 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan on December 2, 2010 Sgt. 1st Class James Earl Thode, 45 Kirtland, New Mexico, USA 118th Engineer Company, 1457th Engineer Battalion, 204th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Utah Army National Guard Killed when insurgents attacked his unit with a roadside bomb in the Sabari district of Khost province, Afghanistan, on December 2, 2010 Lance Cpl. Lucas Christopher Scott, 20 Peebles, Ohio, USA 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 3, 2010 Staff Sgt. Vincent Wayne Ashlock, 45 Seaside, California, USA 287th Engineer Company, 890th Engineer Battalion, 168th Engineer Brigade, Mississippi Army National Guard Died in a non-combat related incident at Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost province, Afghanistan, on December 4, 2010 Pvt. John Howard, 23 Wellington, New Zealand Company B, 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, attached to Brigade Reconnaissance Force, 16 Air Assault Brigade Howard was killed when he was shot during a patrol six miles (10 km) southwest of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 5, 2010. An investigation is being conducted as the British Ministry of Defense said his death may have been the result of friendly fire. Staff Sgt. Nicholas Jose Aleman, 24 Brooklyn, New York, USA Marine Corps reservist assigned to Deployment Processing Command-East Killed along with a U.S. soldier when a roadside bomb detonated at a bazaar near an International Security Assistance Force operating base in the Gardez district of Paktia province, Afghanistan, on December 5, 2010 Staff Sgt. Jason Allen Reeves, 32 Odessa, Texas, USA Company A, 2nd Military Intelligence Battalion, 66th Military Intelligence Brigade Killed along with a U.S. Marine when a roadside bomb detonated at a bazaar near an International Security Assistance Force operating base in the Gardez district of Paktia province, Afghanistan, on December 5, 2010 Pfc. Colton Wesley Rusk, 20 Orange Grove, Texas, USA 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 6, 2010 Cpl. Derek Allen Wyatt, 25 Akron, Ohio, USA 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 6, 2010 Sgt. Jason Darren Peto, 31 Vancouver, Washington, USA 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died on December 7, 2010, at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, from wounds received during combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on November 24, 2010
Dec. 2010, cont. Lance Cpl. Michael Erick Geary, 20 Derry, New Hampshire, USA 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 8, 2010 Spc. Kelly Joseph Mixon, 23 Yulee, Florida, USA Company B, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment One of two soldiers killed when an insurgent attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in Chehel Gazi, Balkh province, Afghanistan, on December 8, 2010 Sgt. James Anthony Ayube II, 25 Salem, Massachusetts, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment One of two soldiers killed when an insurgent attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in Chehel Gazi, Balkh province, Afghanistan, on December 8, 2010 Staff Sgt. Stacy Andru Green, 34 Alexander City, Alabama, USA 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 10, 2010 Spc. Ethan Louis Goncalo, 21 Fall River, Massachusetts, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts Army National Guard Died of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 11, 2010 Cpl. Patrick David Deans, 22 Orlando, Florida, USA Company B, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of six soldiers killed when an insurgent drove a minibus packed with an estimated 1,000 pounds of explosives past a security checkpoint and then detonated next to a small building at a newly established combat outpost, causing it to collapse on the soldiers, in Howz-e Madad, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on December 12, 2010 Sgt. Sean Martin Collins, 25 Ewa Beach, Hawaii, USA Company B, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of six soldiers killed when an insurgent drove a minibus packed with an estimated 1,000 pounds of explosives past a security checkpoint and then detonated next to a small building at a newly established combat outpost, causing it to collapse on the soldiers, in Howz-e Madad, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on December 12, 2010 Cpl. Kenneth Edward Necochea Jr., 21 San Diego, California, USA Company B, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of six soldiers killed when an insurgent drove a minibus packed with an estimated 1,000 pounds of explosives past a security checkpoint and then detonated next to a small building at a newly established combat outpost, causing it to collapse on the soldiers, in Howz-e Madad, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on December 12, 2010 Cpl. Jorge Emmanuel Villacis, 24 Sunrise, Florida, USA Company B, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of six soldiers killed when an insurgent drove a minibus packed with an estimated 1,000 pounds of explosives past a security checkpoint and then detonated next to a small building at a newly established combat outpost, causing it to collapse on the soldiers, in Howz-e Madad, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on December 12, 2010 Cpl. Derek Todd Simonetta, 21 Redwood City, California, USA Company B, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of six soldiers killed when an insurgent drove a minibus packed with an estimated 1,000 pounds of explosives past a security checkpoint and then detonated next to a small building at a newly established combat outpost, causing it to collapse on the soldiers, in Howz-e Madad, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on December 12, 2010 Sgt. Willie Atlas McLawhorn Jr., 23 Conway, North Carolina, USA Company B, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of six soldiers killed when an insurgent drove a minibus packed with an estimated 1,000 pounds of explosives past a security checkpoint and then detonated next to a small building at a newly established combat outpost, causing it to collapse on the soldiers, in Howz-e Madad, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on December 12, 2010 Lance Cpl. Jose Alonzo Hernandez, 19 West Palm Beach, Florida, USA 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died following a roadside bomb attack during combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 14, 2010
Dec. 2010, cont. Gunnery Sgt. Justin Edward Schmalstieg, 28 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 1st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 15, 2010 Spc. Sean Russell Cutsforth, 22 Radford, Virginia, USA Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small-arms fire in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on December 15, 2010 Cpl. Sean A. Osterman, 21 Princeton, Minnesota, USA 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died on December 16, 2010 from wounds received while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 14 Capt. Benoît Dupin, 34 France 3e Compagnie, 2e Régiment Etranger de Génie, Légion étrangère (3rd Company, 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment, French Foreign Legion) Killed when a detachment of French, U.S., Romanian and Afghan soldiers engaged in a reconnaissance operation at the entrance to Alasay Valley were attacked by insurgents with small-arms fire in Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on December 17, 2010 Lance Cpl. Jose Luis Maldonado, 21 Mathis, Texas, USA 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 17, 2010 Cpl. Oliver O., 21 Waldhausen, Germany 2. Kompanie, Gebirgsjägerbataillons 232, Gebirgsjägerbrigade 23 (2nd Company, 232nd Mountain Infantry Battalion, 23rd Mountain Infantry Brigade) Died of a non-hostile gunshot wound at a German Provincial Reconstruction Team outpost in Pul-i Khumri, Afghanistan, on December 17, 2010 Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Lefort, 28 Pompey, France Commando Trepel, Commandos Marine (Commando Trepel, Naval Commandos) Killed when a detachment of the Special Forces Brigade Lafayette and Afghan security forces were attacked by insurgents using small-arms fire in an operation in southern Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on December 18, 2010 Cpl. Steve Martin, 24 Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Canada 3rd Batallion, Royal 22e Régiment (3rd Battalion, 22nd Royal Regiment) Killed when a roadside bomb detonated while on operations in the Panjwayi district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on December 18, 2010 Cpl. Eric M. Torbert Jr., 25 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died after a roadside bomb attack in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 18, 2010 Pfc. Conrado D. Javier Jr., 19 Marina, California, USA 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with a roadside bomb in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on December 19, 2010 Lance Cpl. William H. Crouse IV, 22 Woodruff, South Carolina, USA 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died following a roadside bomb explosion during combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2010 Cpl. Steven Thomas Dunn, 27 Gateshead, England 216 Parachute Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, attached to 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment Battlegroup Killed when his Jackal patrol vehicle struck a roadside bomb during an operation to disrupt insurgent freedom of movement in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 21, 2010
Dec. 2010, cont. Lance Cpl. Kenneth A. Corzine, 23 Bethalto, Illinois, USA 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died on December 24, 2010, at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, of wounds received during combat operations in the Sangin district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 5, 2010 Sgt. Garrett Anderson Misener, 25 Cordova, Tennessee, USA 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died after a roadside bomb exploded during combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 27, 2010 Cpl. Tevan L. Nguyen, 21 Hutto, Texas, USA 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died following a roadside bomb attack while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 28, 2010 Warrant Officer Class 2 Charles Henry Wood, 34 Middlesborough, England 518 Squadron, 23 Pioneer Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps, assigned to the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Task Force Killed when a roadside bomb detonated while his unit was clearing a route through the Khushdal Kalay area of the Helmand River Valley in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on December 28, 2010 Cpl. Maj. Matteo Miotto, 24 Thiene, Italy 7° Reggimento Alpini (7th Alpine Regiment) Shot by a sniper while on duty in a guard tower at an Italian forward operating base in the Gulistan district of Farah province, Afghanistan, on December 31, 2010 Sgt. Michael J. Beckerman, 25 Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, USA Company A, 2nd Brigade Support Troop Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with a roadside bomb in Howz-e Madad, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on December 31, 2010
Jan. 2011 Lance Cpl. Maung Phyothu Htaik, 20 Hagerstown, Maryland, USA 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on January 1, 2011 Pvt. Joseva Saqanagonedau Vatubua, 24 Suva, Fiji Company B, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland Killed when a roadside bomb exploded during an operation to interdict enemy fighters north of the village of Saidabad Kalay in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on January 1, 2011 Cpl. Jacob Allen Tate, 21 Columbus, Ohio, USA 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died after a roadside bomb attack while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on January 2, 2011 Staff Sgt. Eric Marcel Nettleton, 26 Wichita, Kansas, USA Company B, 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment Died at Forward Operating Base Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with a roadside bomb in Dehjawz-e Hasanzay, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, on January 5, 2011 Spc. Christian Joseph Romig, 24 Kenner, Louisiana, USA A Troop, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of two soldiers killed when insurgents attacked their unit during convoy operations with a roadside bomb in the Khugyani district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on January 5, 2011 Sgt. 1st Class Robert Wayne Pharris, 48 Seymour, Missouri, USA Agri-Business Development Team IV, Missouri Army National Guard One of two soldiers killed when insurgents attacked their unit during convoy operations with a roadside bomb in the Khugyani district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on January 5, 2011 Sgt. Ethan Carroll Hardin, 25 Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA Company B, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division One of two soldiers killed when insurgents attacked their unit with a roadside bomb and small-arms fire in the Charkh district of Logar province, Afghanistan, on January 7, 2011 Lance Cpl. Joseph Ryan Giese, 24 Winder, Georgia, USA 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died when a roadside bomb detonated during combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on January 7, 2011 Pfc. Robert James Near, 21 Granger, Washington, USA Company C, 86th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 11th Signal Brigade Died in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on January 7, 2011 Pfc. Ira Benjamin Laningham IV, 22 Zapata, Texas, USA Company B, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division One of two soldiers killed when insurgents attacked their unit using a roadside bomb and small-arms fire in the Charkh district of Logar province, Afghanistan, on January 7, 2011
Jan. 2011 cont. Cpl. Herve Guinaud, 42 Poitiers, France Régiment d'Infanterie de Chars de Marine (Marine Armored Infantry Regiment) Died when his armored vehicle struck a roadside bomb during an operation in southern Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on January 8, 2011 Pfc. Samuel Enig, 23 Grejs, Denmark Charlie Kompagniet, II Bataljon, Den Kongelige Livgarde (Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Life Guard) Killed when a roadside bomb detonated during a dismounted patrol west of Patrol Base Line, six miles northeast of Gereshk, Afghanistan, on January 9, 2011 Staff Sgt. Omar Aceves, 30 El Paso, Texas, USA 693rd Engineer Company, 7th Engineer Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, 10th Mountain Division One of three soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in the Gelan district of Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on January 12, 2011 Sgt. Zainah Caye Creamer, 28 Texarkana, Texas, USA 212th Military Police Detachment, Fort Belvoir Headquarters Battalion Creamer died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked her unit with a roadside bomb in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on January 12, 2011. A military dog handler, Creamer's dog Jofa was unharmed in the incident and is returning to the United States. Cpl. Jarrid Lee King, 20 Erie, Pennsylvania, USA 693rd Engineer Company, 7th Engineer Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, 10th Mountain Division One of three soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in the Gelan district of Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on January 12, 2011 Pfc. Zachary Steven Salmon, 21 Harrison, Ohio, USA A Troop, 1st Battalion, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small-arms fire in the Nari district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, on January 12, 2011 Maj. Evan Jan Mooldyk, 47 Ranch Murieto, California, USA 19th Sustainment Command, 377th Theater Sustainment Command, Army Reserve Died in a non-combat related incident in Khost province, Afghanistan, on January 12, 2011 Spc. Benjamin Gerald Moore, 23 Robbinsville, New Jersey, USA 693rd Engineer Company, 7th Engineer Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, 10th Mountain Division One of three soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in the Gelan district of Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on January 12, 2011
Jan. 2011, cont. Cpl. Joseph Charles Whitehead, 22 Axis, Alabama, USA 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died following a roadside bomb attack while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on January 17, 2011 Cpl. Maj. Luca Sanna, 32 Oristano, Italy 8° Reggimento Alpini (8th Alpine Regiment) Sanna was one of two Italian soldiers who were cleaning their weapons at an ISAF combat outpost near Bala Morghab in Badghis province, Afghanistan, on January 18, 2011, when an Afghan Army soldier asked to use their equipment to clean his weapon. The two soldiers noticed the Afghan soldier's weapon was loaded and asked him to unload it. The Afghan soldier then shot the two soldiers and fled the combat outpost. Sanna was killed while the other Italian soldier was wounded. Spc. Joshua Trevyn Lancaster, 22 Millbrook, Alabama 723rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 184th Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked Kandahar Airfield with indirect fire in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on January 19, 2011 Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique Dionne Cruz, 26 Panama City, Florida, USA Assigned to the guided missile destroyer USS Halsey Cruz was found during search and rescue operations in the Gulf of Oman, about 75 miles east of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, on January 19, 2011. Search operations began after she did not report to watch duty and was declared missing on January 18. Pfc. Amy Renee Sinkler, 23 Chadbourn, North Carolina, USA 109th Transportation Company, 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade Sinkler, the gunner in the turret of her Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected vehicle, was killed when the vehicle was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade while in a convoy en route to Forward Operating Base Killaghey in Baghlan province, Afghanistan, on January 20, 2011. Sgt. Jason Gil Amores, 29 Lehigh Acres, Florida 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died following a roadside bomb while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on January 20, 2011
Jan. 2011, cont. Marcin Knap, 34 Lublin, Poland Wojewodzkiej Pogotowia Ratunkowego (Provincial Emergency Service) Knap, a medic attached to the Polish Army, was killed along with a Polish soldier when a roadside bomb detonated during a patrol southeast of Ghazni in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on January 22, 2011 Pvt. Marcin Pastusiak, 26 Poland Oddziale Specjalnym Zandarmerii Wojskowej (Militay Police Special Branch) Killed along with a civilian medic when a roadside bomb detonated during a patrol southeast of Ghazni in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on January 22, 2011 Tech. Sgt. Leslie D. Williams, 36 Juneau, Alaska, USA 4th Maintenance Group, 4th Fighter Wing Died due to a non-combat related incident at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on January 25, 2011 Pvt. Martin Simon George Bell, 24 Bradford, England Company C, 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment Killed when a roadside bomb detonated as he was moving to assist a fellow soldier wounded in a previous explosion in Spoor Kalay, a small village in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on January 25, 2011 Sgt. 1st Class Anthony Venetz Jr., 30 Long Island, New York, USA Company A, 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group Sgt. 1st Class Jr. 30 of , Va., Fort Bragg, N.C. Died of injuries sustained in a non-combat incident at Bagram Airfield in Parwan province, Afghanistan, on January 28, 2011 Spc. Joshua Ross Campbell, 22 Bennett, Colorado, USA 546th Transportation Company, 82nd Special Troops Battalion, 82nd Sustainment Brigade One of two soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb 10 miles northeast of Forward Operating Base Budwan, located north of Gereshk, in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on January 29, 2011 Spc. Shawn Andrew Muhr, 26 Coon Rapids, Iowa, USA 546th Transportation Company, 82nd Special Troops Battalion, 82nd Sustainment Brigade One of two soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb 10 miles northeast of Forward Operating Base Budwan, located north of Gereshk, in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on January 29, 2011 Spc. Omar Soltero, 28 San Antonio, Texas, USA 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using a roadside bomb in Wardak province, Afghanistan, on January 31, 2011
Feb. 2010 Cpl. Richard Atkinson, 22 Hobart, Australia 1st Combat Engineer Regiment Killed when a roadside bomb detonated during a joint Australian-Afghan patrol in the Tangi Valley of the Deh Rawod district of Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, on February 1, 2011 Spc. Ryan A. Gartner, 23 Dumont, New Jersey, USA 201st Military Intelligence Battalion, 470th Military Intelligence Brigade Died of wounds sustained in a non-combat incident in Bagram, Afghanistan, on February 1, 2011 Ranger David Dalzell, 20 Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland Company A, 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment Died as a result of an operational accident while working in Check Point Ranger near the village of Saidabad in the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 4, 2011 Warrant Officer Class 2 Colin Beckett, 36 Peterborough, England Company sergeant major, Company C, 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment Killed when a roadside bomb detonated as he was moving into position to cover his fellow patrol members near Shaheed, a village on the Nahr-e Bughra canal in the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 5, 2011 Cpl. Lucas Todd Pyeatt, 24 West Chester, Ohio, USA 2nd Radio Battalion, Headquarters Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died following a roadside bomb attack during combat operations near Kajaki in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 5, 2011 Lance Cpl. Aaron M. Swanson, 21 Jamestown, New York, USA Company I, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve Died following a roadside bomb attack while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 7, 2011 Sgt. Patrick Ryan Carroll, 25 Norwalk, Ohio, USA Headquarters Company, 319th Military Intelligence Battalion, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade Died of wounds sustained when a suicide bomber attacked his unit in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on February 7, 2011
Feb. 2011, cont. Cpl. Nathan Brock Carse, 32 Harrod, Ohio, USA 595th Sapper Company, 2nd Engineer Battalion, 176th Engineer Brigade Killed when insurgents attacked his unit with a roadside bomb in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on February 8, 2011 Pvt. Lewis Hendry, 20 Norwich, England Company A, 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment One of two British soldiers killed when their foot patrol was engaged in firefight in a small village north of the Nahr-e Bughra Canal in the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 9, 2011 Pvt. Conrad Lewis, 22 Bournemouth, England 4th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, attached to Company A, 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment One of two British soldiers killed when their foot patrol was engaged in firefight in a small village north of the Nahr-e Bughra Canal in the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 9, 2011 Pvt. Robert Wood, 28 Hampshire, England 17 Port and Maritime Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps, attached to Transport Troop, Theatre Logistic Group One of two British soldiers killed in a fire at Camp Bastion, the main British logistics base located northwest of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 14, 2011 Lance Cpl. Kyle Cleet Marshall, 23 Newcastle, England Company B, 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment Killed when a roadside bomb detonated while extracting from a compound after an engagement with insurgents near the village of Padaka in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 14, 2011 Pvt. Dean Hutchinson, 23 Newcastle, England 9 Regiment, The Royal Logistic Corps, attached to Transport Troop, Theatre Logistic Group One of two British soldiers killed in a fire at Camp Bastion, the main British logistics base located northwest of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 14, 2011 1st Lt. Jukka Tapio Kansonen, 36 Kotka, Finland Kotkan Rannikkopataljoona (Kotka Coastal Command Battalion) Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his armored vehicle while his unit was traveling to firearms training nine miles (14.5 kilometers) southeast of Aybak in Samangan province, Afghanistan, on February 15, 2011 Pvt. Kirifi Mila, 27 Samoa 2nd/1st Battalion, Royal New Zeland Infantry Regiment Died when his Humvee rolled off the road and down a 100-foot (30 meter) cliff during a patrol in northeastern Bamiyan province, Afghanistan, on February 15, 2011
Staff Sgt. Bradley C. Hart, 25 Perrysburg, Ohio, USA Special Operations Logistics Support Element, U.S. Army Special Operations Command Died of injuries sustained in a non combat incident at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, Africa, on February 17, 2011 Spc. Jonathan A. Pilgeram, 22 Great Falls, Montana, USA Company D, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small-arms fire in the Ghaziabad district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, on February 17, 2011 Sgt. 1st Class Georg Missulia, 30 Langdorf, Germany 4. Kompanie, Panzergrenadierbatallion 112, 12 Panzerbrigade, 10. Panzerdivision (4th Company, 112th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, 12th Armored Brigade, 10th Armored Division) One of three German soldiers killed when a gunman opened fire on them while they were performing maintenance on a vehicle at an observation post in Baghlan province, Afghanistan, on February 18, 2011 Spc. Georg Kurat, 22 Munich, Germany 4. Kompanie, Panzergrenadierbatallion 112, 12 Panzerbrigade, 10. Panzerdivision (4th Company, 112th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, 12th Armored Brigade, 10th Armored Division) One of three German soldiers killed when a gunman opened fire on them while they were performing maintenance on a vehicle at an observation post in Baghlan province, Afghanistan, on February 18, 2011 Pfc. Konstantin Alexander Menz, 21 Adelzhausen, Germany 4. Kompanie, Panzergrenadierbatallion 112, 12 Panzerbrigade, 10. Panzerdivision (4th Company, 112th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, 12th Armored Brigade, 10th Armored Division) One of three German soldiers killed when a gunman opened fire on them while they were performing maintenance on a vehicle at an observation post in Baghlan province, Afghanistan, on February 18, 2011 Sgt. Matthew James Deyoung, 26 Talent, Oregon, USA 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 18, 2011 Lance Cpl. Andrew Paul Carpenter, 27 Columbia, Tennessee, USA 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died on February 19, 2011, at Lanstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds received when he was shot in the neck during combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 14, 2011 Pfc. Clément Chamarier, 19 France 3e Compagnie, 7e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins (3rd Company, 7th Mountain Infantry Battalion) Killed when his armored vehicle was struck by anti-tank fire during an attack on his unit near the village of Landakhel in Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on February 19, 2011 Sapper Jamie Larcombe, 21 Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia 1st Combat Engineer Regiment Killed when his unit attacked by insurgents while on patrol in the Mirabad Valley region of Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, on February 19, 2011 1st Lt. Daren Miguel Hidalgo, 24 Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA Company G, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using a roadside bomb in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on February 20, 2011 Sgt. Robert Curtis Sisson Jr., 29 Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, USA Company A, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Died in a non-combat related incident in Saryah Kalach, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on February 21, 2011 Cpl. Giorgi Avaliani, Unavailable Kutaisi, Georgia 32nd Battalion, III Infantry Brigade Killed when a roadside bomb exploded during operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 22, 2011
Cpl. Johnathan Wesley Taylor, 23 Homosassa, Florida, USA Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in the Sangin district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on February 22, 2011 Staff Sgt. Jerome Firtamag, 29 Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia Company B, 96th Combat Support Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division Firtamag was medically evacuated from Kandahar, Afghanistan, to the United States for treatment of a non-combat related illness on December 1, 2010. He died, under hospice care, of metastatic liver cancer on February 24, 2011, in Pembroke, Kentucky. Sgt. Maj. Bruno Fauquembergue, 42 Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, France Commandement Des Forces Terrestres (Land Forces Command) Died of natural causes in Kabul, Afghanistan, on February 24, 2010 Cpl. Andrew Charles Wilfahrt, 31 Rosemount, Minnesota, USA 552nd Military Police Company, 504th Military Police Battalion, 8th Military Police Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using a roadside bomb near a checkpoint in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on February 27, 2011 Spc. Brian Tabada, 21 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his mounted patrol with small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire in the Darah-Ye district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, on February 27, 2011 Sgt. Kristopher J. Gould, 25 Saginaw, Michigan, USA 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using a roadside bomb in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on February 27, 2011 Staff Sgt. Chauncy Ryan Mays, 25 Cookville, Texas, USA 705th Ordnance Company, 63rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion, 20th Support Command One of two soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in the Saydabad district of Wardak province, Afghanistan, on February 28, 2011 Spc. David Richard Fahey Jr., 23 Norwalk, Connecticut, USA 170th Military Police Company, 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using a roadside bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on February 28, 2011 Spc. Rudolph Ryan Hizon, 22 Los Angeles, California, USA Company B, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using a roadside bomb in Charkh Bazaar, Logar province, Afghanistan, on February 28, 2011 Spc. Christopher Glenn Stark, 22 Monett, Missouri, USA 705th Ordnance Company, 63rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion, 20th Support Command One of two soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in the Saydabad district of Wardak province, Afghanistan, on February 28, 2011 Capt. Massimo Ranzani, 36 Ferrara, Italy 5° Reggimento Alpini, Brigata Alpina Julia (5th Alpine Regiment, Julia Alpine Brigade) Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his Lynx armored vehicle returning from a patrol 15.5 miles (25 kilometers) north of Shindand in Herat province, Afghanistan, on February 28, 2010 (sic)
Mar 2011 Lance Cpl. Liam Richard Tasker, 26 Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland 104 Military Working Dog Squadron, 1st Military Working Dog Regiment, Royal Army Veterinary Corps, attached to 1st Battalion, Irish Guards Tasker, an arms and explosives search dog handler, was killed when his patrol was engaged by small-arms fire in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 1, 2011. Tasker's dog, Theo, returned to Camp Bastion but suffered a seizure and died. Senior Airman Nicholas Jerome Alden, 25 Williamston, South Carolina, USA 48th Security Forces Squadron, 48th Mission Support Group, 48th Fighter Wing Alden was killed when a man opened fire on a group of U.S. airmen on a bus at Frankfurt International Airport in Germany, on March 2, 2011. The bus was transporting a 15-member security forces team from the airport to Ramstein Air Base before deploying to Afghanistan. The bus driver, Airman 1st Class Zachary R. Cuddeback, also died of gunshot wounds. Sgt. Jason Michael Weaver, 22 Anaheim, California, USA 170th Military Police Company, 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using a roadside bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 3, 2011 Cpl. Jordan Robert Stanton, 20 Rancho Santa Margarita, California, USA 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died following a roadside bomb attack during combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 4, 2011 Staff Sgt. Mark Christopher Wells, 31 San Jose, California, USA 74th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 303rd Ordnance Battalion, 45th Sustainment Brigade Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with a roadside bomb in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 5, 2011 Pfc. Kalin Christopher Johnson, 19 Lexington, South Carolina, USA Company G, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment Died of injuries sustained in a non-combat incident in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on March 8, 2011 Lance Cpl. Stephen McKee, 27 Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland Company D, 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment Killed when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb during an operation to disrupt insurgent activity in the northern Dashte area of Nad-e Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 9, 2011 Cpl. Loren Miles Buffalo, 20 Mountain Pine, Arkansas, USA B Troop, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with a roadside bomb in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on March 9, 2011 Spc. Andrew Paul Wade, 22 Antioch, Illinois, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Died as a result of a non-combat related incident in Kunduz province, Afghanistan, on March 9, 2011
Mar 2011, cont. Staff Sgt. Eric Stanley Trueblood, 27 Alameda, California, USA 720th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 391st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with a roadside bomb in the Arghandab district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on March 10, 2011 Pfc. Andrew Martin Harper, 19 Maidsville, West Virginia, USA Company C, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment Died of injuries sustained in a non-combat vehicle roll-over accident in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 11, 2011 Cpl. Ian M. Muller, 22 Danville, Vermont, USA 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died in a roadside bomb attack during combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 11, 2011 Pfc. Arturo Emmanuel Rodriguez, 19 Bellflower, California, USA Company B, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Died after being struck by small-arms fire while on dismounted patrol in the Giyan district of Paktika province, Afghanistan, on March 12, 2011 Sgt. 1st Class Dae Han Park, 36 Lacey, Washington, USA Company C, 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group Died after his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in the vicinity of Dahan-e Say in Wardak province, Afghanistan, on March 12, 2011 Cpl. Valeri Verskiani, Unavailable Kutaisi, Georgia 32nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Brigade Died on March 14, 2011, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany of wounds sustained in an explosion in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 5, 2011 Staff Sgt. Travis Martin Tompkins, 31 Lawton, Oklahoma, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Died on March 16, 2011, of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with a rocket-propelled grenade on March 15 in Logar province, Afghanistan Lance Cpl. Christopher Steele Meis, 20 Bennett, Colorado, USA 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died of wounds sustained in a firefight while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 17, 2011
Mar 2011, cont. Pvt. Daniel Steven Prior, 27 Peacehaven, Sussex, England Company D, 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment Died on March 18, 2011, at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, of wounds sustained on March 16, 2011, when a roadside bomb detonated near his patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province Master Sgt. Jamal Hasan Bowers, 41 Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Company A, 6th Battalion, 4th Military Information Support Group Died as a result of a non-combat related incident at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti on March 18, 2011 Staff Sgt. Mecolus Chevette McDaniel, 33 Fort Hood, Texas, USA A Troop, 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with a roadside bomb and small-arms fire in the Shamul district of Khost province, Afghanistan, on March 19, 2011 Sgt. Donald Ray Mickler Jr., 29 Bucyrus, Ohio, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Calvary Regiment One of two soldiers killed when they were allegedly shot with small-arms fire by an individual from a military security group in the Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on March 19, 2011 Spc. Rudy Alexander Acosta, 19 Canyon Country, California, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Calvary Regiment One of two soldiers killed when they were allegedly shot with small-arms fire by an individual from a military security group in the Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on March 19, 2011 Staff Sgt. James Michael Malachowski, 25 Westminster, Maryland, USA 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died following a roadside bomb attack during combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 20, 2011 Petty Officer 1st Class Vincent Anthony Filpi III, 41 Fort Walton Beach, Florida, USA Assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise as an aviation ordnanceman Filpi was found dead as a result of a non-combat related incident aboard the USS Enterprise in the Arabian Sea on March 22, 2011 Staff Sgt. Joshua Seth Gire, 28 Chillicothe, Ohio, USA 541st Engineer Company, 54th Engineer Battalion, 18th Engineer Brigade One of two soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb, rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire in Bondola, Logar province, Afghanistan, on March 22, 2011 Pfc. Michael Christopher Mahr, 26 Homosassa, Florida, USA 541st Engineer Company, 54th Engineer Battalion, 18th Engineer Brigade One of two soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb, rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire in Bondola, Logar province, Afghanistan, on March 22, 2011 Lance Sgt. Mark Terence Burgan, 28 Liverpool, England No. 3 Company, 1st Battalion, Irish Guards One of two British soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated while they were returning from an operation in Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 23, 2011 Maj. Matthew James Collins, 38 Backwell, Somerset, England Commander, No. 3 Company, 1st Battalion, Irish Guards One of two British soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated while they were returning from an operation in Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 23, 2011
Mar 2011, cont. Cpl. Justin David Ross, 22 Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA 428th Engineer Company, 863rd Engineer Battalion, 372nd Engineer Brigade, Army Reserve Died of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked with small-arms fire in Saubalgay, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 26, 2011 Cpl. Yannick Scherrer, 24 Victoriaville, Québec, Canada 1er Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment (1st Battalion, 22nd Royal Regiment) Killed when a roadside bomb detonated during a dismounted partnered patrol in the Panjwayi district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on March 27, 2011 Staff Sgt. Frank Edward Adamski III, 26 Moosup, Connecticut, USA Company C, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of three soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with small-arms fire during a joint U.S.-Afghan operation in the Sarkani district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, on March 29, 2011 Sgt. 1st Class Ofren Arrechaga, 28 Hialeah, Florida, USA Company B, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of three soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with small-arms fire in Sarkani district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, on March 29, 2011 Pfc. Jeremy Pat Faulkner, 23 Griffin, Georgia, USA Company C, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Killed when enemy forces attacked his unit with small-arms fire in the Sarkani district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, on March 29, 2011 Staff Sgt. Bryan Allan Burgess, 29 Cleburne, Texas, USA Company C, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of two soldiers that died at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered during a joint U.S.-Afghan operation in the Sarkani and Marawara districts of Kunar province, Afghanistan, on March 29, 2011 Spc. Jameson Lynn Lindskog, 23 Pleasanton, California, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of three soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with small-arms fire in the Sarkani district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, on March 29, 2011 Spc. Dustin James Feldhaus, 20 Glendale, Arizona, USA Company C, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division One of two soldiers that died at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered during a joint U.S.-Afghan operation in the Sarkani and Marawara districts of Kunar province, Afghanistan, on March 29, 2011 Colour Sgt. Alan Cameron, 42 Livingston, Scotland Company B, 1st Battalion, Scots Guards Colour Sergeant Cameron collapsed and died on March 31, 2011, at his home in Livingston, Scotland. He had been recovering from serious head injuries received when a roadside bomb detonated when during a foot patrol north of Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan, on April 13, 2010. A post-mortem found that his death was directly attributable to the injuries he suffered in 2010. Spc. Dennis Cullen Poulin, 26 Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts Army National Guard Died on March 31, 2011, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained when his Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle rolled over in the Tsowkey district of Kunar province, Afghanistan, on March 28
April, 2011 Lt. Col. Siri Skare, 52 Oslo, Norway Norwegian Air Force officer working as a military adviser to the United Nations Skare, the first female military pilot in the Norwegian Air Force, was killed during an attack on a United Nations office in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan, on April 1, 2011. Chief Warrant Officer Bartosz Spychala, 39 Lubliniec, Poland 1 Pulku Specjalnym Komandosow (1st Special Commando Regiment) Died in a non-combat related incident in Ghanzi, Afghanistan, on April 3, 2011 1st Lt. Robert Forrest Welch III, 26 Denton, Texas, USA Company B, 201st Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked Forward Operating Base Salerno with indirect fire in Khost province, Afghanistan, on April 3, 2011 Lance Cpl. Harry Lew, 21 Santa Clara, California, USA 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 3, 2011 Staff Sgt. Michael Scott Lammerts, 26 Tonawanda, New York, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team One of two soldiers killed when an individual in an Afghan Border Police uniform opened fire on them in an Afghan Border Police compound in Meymaneh, Faryab province, Afghanistan, on April 4, 2011 Staff Sgt. Scott Hamilton Burgess, 32 Franklin, Texas, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team One of two soldiers killed when an individual in an Afghan Border Police uniform opened fire on them in an Afghan Border Police compound in Meymaneh, Faryab province, Afghanistan, on April 4, 2011 Seaman Benjamin David Rast, 23 Niles, Michigan, USA Navy corpsman assigned to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve Killed along with a Marine in a friendly fire incident, possibly by a missile fired from a U.S. military drone, during a dismounted patrol northeast of Patrol Base Alcatraz in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 6, 2011 Staff Sgt. Jeremy Daniel Smith, 26 Arlington, Texas, USA 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve Killed along with a Navy corpsman in a friendly fire incident, possibly by a missile fired from a U.S. military drone, during a dismounted patrol northeast of Patrol Base Alcatraz in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 6, 2011 Staff Sgt. Jason Aaron Rogers, 28 Brandon, Mississippi, USA 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died following a roadside bomb attack during combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 7, 2011 Sgt. Keith Thomas Buzinski, 26 Daytona Beach, Florida, USA Company B, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small-arms fire near Forward Operating Base Shank, located close to Pul-i-Alam in Logar province, Afghanistan, on April 7, 2011
Apr 2011, cont. Staff Sgt. Jose Manuel Caraballo Pietri, 32 Yauco, Puerto Rico, None Battery C, 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small-arms fire in the Ghormach district of Badghis province, Afghanistan, on April 10, 2011 Pfc. Brandon Thomas Pickering, 21 Fort Thomas, Kentucky, USA Company C, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Died on April 10, 2011, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small-arms fire and a rocket-propelled grenade in Wardak province, Afghanistan, on April 8 Sgt. Brent Matthew Maher, 31 Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA Company B, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Iowa Army National Guard Killed when the Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle in which he was the gunner was struck by a roadside bomb during a mounted patrol in Paktia province, Afghanistan, on April 11, 2011 Spc. Donald Lee Nichols, 21 Shell Rock, Iowa, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Iowa Army National Guard Died of wounds suffered when his Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected All-Terrain Vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the Mehtar Lam district of Laghman province, Afghanistan, on April 13, 2011 Spc. Joseph Alan Kennedy, 25 St. Paul, Minnesota, USA Company D, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small-arms fire in Sini, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on April 15, 2011
Apr. 2011, cont. Sgt. Paul Jed Atim, 27 Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Company A, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division One of three soldiers killed when insurgents attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in Ahmad Khan, Nimroz province, Afghanistan, on April 16, 2011 Cpl. Charles Jeffrey Wren, 25 Beeville, Texas, USA Company A, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division One of three soldiers killed when insurgents attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in Ahmad Khan, Nimroz province, Afghanistan, on April 16, 2011 Spc. Joseph Brian Cemper, 21 Warrensburg, Missouri, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 101st Special Troops Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division One of five soldiers killed in a suicide attack by an Afghan National Army soldier at Forward Operating Base Gamberi in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on April 16, 2011 Spc. Joel Alvarez Ramirez, 22 Waxahachie, Texas, USA Company A, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division One of three soldiers killed when insurgents attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in Ahmad Khan, Nimroz province, Afghanistan, on April 16, 2011 Staff Sgt. Cynthia Renea Taylor, 39 Columbus, Georgia, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 101st Special Troops Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division One of five soldiers killed in a suicide attack by an Afghan National Army soldier at Forward Operating Base Gamberi in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on April 16, 2011 Capt. Charles Edward Ridgley Jr., 40 Baltimore, Maryland, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade One of five soldiers killed in a suicide attack by an Afghan National Army soldier at Forward Operating Base Gamberi in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on April 16, 2011 Sgt. Linda Lamour Pierre, 28 Immokalee, Florida, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 101st Special Troops Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division One of five soldiers killed in a suicide attack by an Afghan National Army soldier at Forward Operating Base Gamberi in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on April 16, 2011 Sgt. 1st Class Charles Lewis Adkins, 36 Sandusky, Ohio, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 101st Special Troops Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division One of five soldiers killed in a suicide attack by an Afghan National Army soldier at Forward Operating Base Gamberi in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on April 16, 2011 Sgt. Sonny Jade Moses, 22 Koror, Palau Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 101st Special Troops Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division Moses died on April 18, 2011, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered in a suicide attack by an Afghan National Army soldier at Forward Operating Base Gamberi in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, on April 16, 2011. Five other soldiers were killed in the attack. Pfc. John Francis Kihm, 19 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Company B, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Died as a result of a non-battle related injury in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on April 19, 2011 Capt. Lisa Jade Head, 29 Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England 321 Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Squadron, 11 EOD Regiment Died on April 19, 2011, at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, of wounds received when a roadside bomd detonated as she was attempting to defuse it in the Nahr-e-Saraj district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 27, 2011 Cpl. Alexandre Riviere, 23 Sainte-Marie, France 2e Regiment d’Infanterie de Marine (2nd Marine Infantry Regiment) Killed when his armored vehicle struck a roadside bomb near the village of Payendakhel in Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on April 20, 2011 Sgt. John Paul Castro, 25 Andrews, Texas, USA Company D, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Died of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked by insurgents with small-arms fire in Paktika province, Afghanistan, on April 22, 2011 Capt. Joshua Michael McClimans, 30 Akron, Ohio, USA 848th Forward Surgical Team, 256th Combat Support Hospital, Army Reserve Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with indirect fire at Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost province, Afghanistan, on April 22, 2011
Apr 2011, cont. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Terry Lee Varnadore II, 29 Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA Company C, 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division Died of wounds suffered when his helicopter went down due to an undetermined cause in the Alah Say district of Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on April 23, 2011 Lance Cpl. Dominic John Ciaramitaro, 19 South Lyon, Michigan, USA 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force One of two Marines killed while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 23, 2011 Sgt. Sean Timothy Callahan, 23 Warrenton, Virginia, USA 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force One of two Marines killed while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 23, 2011 Staff Sgt. James Alan Justice, 32 Grimes, Iowa, USA A Troop, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Iowa Army National Guard Killed when insurgents attacked his unit with small-arms fire during rescue operations of a U.S. Army OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter crew who were injured when their aircraft made a hard landing in the Alah Say district of Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on April 23, 2011 Master Sgt. Benjamin Franklin Bitner, 37 Greencastle, Pennsylvania, USA Company C, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using a roadside bomb while on patrol in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on April 23, 2011 Lance Cpl. Joe Michael Jackson, 22 White Swan, Washington, USA 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 24, 2011 Staff Sgt. David Pirie Day, 26 Gaylord, Michigan, USA 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, Marine Special Operations Regiment Died of wounds received in a roadside bomb attack during combat operations in Badghis province, Afghanistan, on April 24, 2011 Sgt. 1st Class Bradley Scott Hughes, 41 Newark, Ohio, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 528th Sustainment Brigade Died of a non-combat incident Camp Brown in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on April 24, 2011 Tech. Sgt. Tara Reniece Brown, 33 Deltona, Florida, USA Air Force Office of Special Investigations One of eight airmen killed when a disgruntled Afghan Air Force officer opened fire at Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan on April 27, 2011 Capt. Charles Anthony Ransom, 31 Midlothian, Virginia, USA 83rd Network Operations Squadron, 26th Network Operations Group, 67th Network Warfare Wing One of eight airmen killed when a disgruntled Afghan Air Force officer opened fire at Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan on April 27, 2011 Pfc. Jonathan Michael Villanueva, 19 Jacksonville, Florida, USA Company D, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms-fire in Wardak province, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2011 Lt. Col. Frank Diehl Bryant Jr., 37 Knoxville, Tennessee, USA 56th Operations Group, 56th Fighter Wing One of eight airmen killed when a disgruntled Afghan Air Force officer opened fire at Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan on April 27, 2011 Maj. Philip Dave Ambard, 44 Edmonds, Washington, USA U.S. Air Force Academy professor deployed with the 460th Space Communications Squadron One of eight airmen killed when a disgruntled Afghan Air Force officer opened fire at Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan on April 27, 2011 Capt. Nathan Jay Nylander, 35 Hockley, Texas, USA 25th Operational Weather Squadron, 612th Air Operations Group One of eight airmen killed when a disgruntled Afghan Air Force officer opened fire at Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan on April 27, 2011 Maj. Raymond Gray Estelle II, 40 New Haven, Connecticut, USA Headquarters, Air Combat Command One of eight airmen killed when a disgruntled Afghan Air Force officer opened fire at Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan on April 27, 2011 Maj. Jeffrey Onial Ausborn, 41 Gadsden, Alabama, USA 99th Flying Training Squadron, 12th Operations Group, 12th Flying Training Wing, deployed to the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing One of eight airmen killed when a disgruntled Afghan Air Force officer opened fire at Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan on April 27, 2011 Cpl. Adam Douglas Jones, 29 Germantown, Ohio, USA 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died following a roadside bomb attack while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 27, 2011 Maj. David Lawrence Brodeur, 34 Auburn, Massachusetts, USA 11th Air Force, deployed as an advisor to the Afghan Command and Control Center under NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan One of eight airmen killed when a disgruntled Afghan Air Force officer opened fire at Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan on April 27, 2011 Lance Cpl. Ronald Douglas Freeman, 25 Plant City, Florida, USA 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on April 28, 2011 Staff Sgt. Matthew Daniel Hermanson, 22 Appleton, Wisconsin, USA Company A, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Died at Forward Operating Base Shank of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms-fire in Wardak province, Afghanistan, on April 28, 2011 Spc. Preston John Dennis, 23 Redding, California, USA Company C, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Died of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with a roadside bomb in Nalgham, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on April 28, 2011
May 2011 Cpl. Kevin Wilson White, 22 Westfield, New York, USA Company D, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using a roadside bomb in Kunar province, Afghanistan, on May 2, 2011 Spc. Riley Sheridan Spaulding, 21 Sheridan, Texas, USA Company C, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment Died of injuries sustained in a non-combat incident in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on May 4, 2011 Cpl. Constantin Laurentiu Lixandru, 30 Romania Batalionul 26 Infanterie (26th Infantry Battalion) Killed when a roadside bomb detonated during a reconnaissance patrol on Highway A1 in Zabul province, Afghanistan, on May 4, 2011 Sgt. Ken King Hermogino, 30 Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Died of injuries sustained in a non-combat related vehicle accident in Herat province, Afghanistan, on May 9, 2011 Pfc. Loic Roperh, 24 France 13e Regiment du Genie (13th Engineer Regiment) Died of wounds sustained when a roadside bomb detonated during a reconnaissance mission in the Tagab Valley in Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on May 10, 2011 1st Lt. Demetrius Montez Frison, 26 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Company A, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using a roadside bomb in Chergataw, Khost province, Afghanistan, on May 10, 2011 Cpl. Catalin Ionel Marinescu, 28 Romania Batalionul 26 Infanterie (26th Infantry Battalion) Died of wounds sustained when a roadside bomb detonated during a patrol mission on Highway A1 in Zabul province, Afghanistan, on May 10, 2011 Sgt. Kevin Brian Balduf, 27 Nashville, Tennessee, USA 8th Communications Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force One of two Marines killed when an Afghan police officer opened fire in a police compound in southwestern Helmand province, Afghanistan, on May 12, 2011 Lt. Col. Benjamin James Palmer, 43 Modesto, California, USA Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force One of two Marines killed when an Afghan police opened fire in a police compound in southwestern Helmand province, Afghanistan, on May 12, 2011 Sgt. Amaru Aguilar, 26 Miami, Florida, USA A Troop, 4th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Died of wounds suffered when his unit encountered small-arms fire in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on May 13, 2011 Sgt. Robert C. Schlote, 26 Norfolk, Nebraska, USA 195th Forward Support Company, Nebraska Army National Guard Died while on leave from Afghanistan from a non-combat related medical illness at Methodist Hosptital in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 14, 2011
May 2011, cont. Marine Nigel Dean Mead, 19 Carmarthen, Wales Lima Company, 42 Commando, 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines Died as a result of wounds sustained when a roadside bomb exploded during an operation to search a compound in the Loy Mandeh wadi area of the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on May 15, 2011 Spc. Brian D. Riley Jr., 24 Longwood, Florida, USA 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Died in Kunar province, Afghanistan, on May 15, 2011 Pvt. Cheizray Pressley, 21 North Charleston, South Carolina, USA 73rd Engineer Company, Brigade Troops Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated in Spin Ghbarga, Zabul province, Afghanistan, on May 16, 2011 Pvt. Lamarol Jerome Tucker, 26 Gainesville, Florida, USA 73rd Engineer Company, Brigade Troops Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated in Spin Ghbarga, Zabul province, Afghanistan, on May 16, 2011 Staff Sgt. David Dwayne Self, 29 Pearl, Mississippi, USA Engineer Troop, Fires Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated in Spin Ghbarga, Zabul province, Afghanistan, on May 16, 2011 Spc. Bradley Louis Melton, 29 Rolla, Missouri, USA 73rd Engineer Company, Brigade Troops Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division One of four soldiers killed when a roadside bomb detonated in Spin Ghbarga, Zabul province, Afghanistan, on May 16, 2011 Cpl. Andras Dalnoki, 26 Nyírmeggyes, Hungary 5 István Bocskai Loveszdandar (5th István Bocskai Infantry Brigade) One of two Hungarian soldiers killed when their Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected armored vehicle overturned in a traffic accident near Mazar-e Sharif in Baghlan province, Afghanistan, on May 17, 2011 Sgt. Orsolya Roth, 24 Besnyo, Hungary 5 István Bocskai Loveszdandar (5th István Bocskai Infantry Brigade) One of two Hungarian soldiers killed when their Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected armored vehicle overturned in a traffic accident near Mazar-e Sharif in Baghlan province, Afghanistan, on May 17, 2011 Spc. Brandon Michael Kirton, 25 Centennial, Colorado, USA Company C, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small-arms fire and mortar rounds in Bur-Mohammad, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on May 18, 2011 1st Lt. Majid Amir Abu Qdairi, Unavailable Jordan Jordan Armed Forces Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near the humanitarian aid convoy his unit was escorting in Logar province, Afghanistan, on May 22, 2011 Pfc. Andrew Mark Krippner, 20 Garland, Texas, USA Company A, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division One of four soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in Kunar province, Afghanistan, on May 23, 2011 Colour Sgt. Kevin Charles Fortuna, 36 Cheltenham, England Company A, 1st Battalion, The Rifles Killed when a roadside bomb detonated while he was leading a patrol to disrupt enemy forces in the Saidabad Kalay area of the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province on May 23, 2011 Pfc. William Seth Blevins, 21 Sardinia, Ohio, USA Company A, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division One of four soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in Kunar province, Afghanistan, on May 23, 2011 Staff Sgt. Kristofferson Bernardo Lorenzo, 33 Chula Vista, California, USA Company A, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division One of four soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in Kunar province, Afghanistan, on May 23, 2011 Sgt. Brett Wood, 32 Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia 2nd Commando Regiment Killed when a roadside bomb detonated during a dismounted patrol in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, on May 23, 2011 Pfc. Thomas Craig Allers, 23 Plainwell, Michigan, USA Company A, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division One of four soldiers killed when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in Kunar province, Afghanistan, on May 23, 2011
May 2011, cont. Junior Sgt. Lavrosi Ivaniadze, Unavailable Kutaisi, Georgia Company B, 33rd Infantry Battalion Killed when a roadside bomb detonated during a patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on May 24, 2011 Capt. Markus Matthes, 33 Stadtallendorf, Germany Stabskompanie Division Spezielle Operation (Staff of Special Forces Division) Killed when a roadside bomb detonated while on patrol in the Chahar Dara district of Kunduz province, Afghanistan, on May 25, 2011 Chief Warrant Officer 2 Christopher Roy Thibodeau, 28 Chesterland, Ohio, USA Company C, 1st Battalion, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade Died of injuries sustained when his AH-64D Apache attack helicopter crashed during combat operations in the Nikeh district Paktika province, Afghanistan, on May 26, 2011 Staff Sgt. Ergin Vidot Osman, 35 Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA Company F, 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division One of six soldiers killed along with two airmen when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in the Shorabak district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on May 26, 2011 Spc. Adam James Patton, 21 Port Orchard, Washington, USA Company F, 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division One of six soldiers killed along with two airmen when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in the Shorabak district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on May 26, 2011 Sgt. Louie A. Ramos Velazquez, 39 Camuy, Puerto Rico, USA Company A, 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division One of six soldiers killed along with two airmen when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in the Shorabak district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on May 26, 2011 Staff Sgt. Joseph John Hamski, 28 Ottumwa, Iowa, USA 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron, 52nd Mission Support Group, 52nd Fighter Wing One of two airmen killed along with six soldiers when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in the Shorabak district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on May 26, 2011 Staff Sgt. Edward David Mills Jr., 29 New Castle, Pennsylvania, USA Company F, 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division One of six soldiers killed along with two airmen when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in the Shorabak district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on May 26, 2011 Sgt. Thomas Andrew Bohall, 25 Bel Aire, Kansas, USA Company F, 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division One of six soldiers killed along with two airmen when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in the Shorabak district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on May 26, 2011 1st Lt. John Marshall Runkle, 27 West Salem, Ohio, USA Company F, 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division One of six soldiers killed along with two airmen when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in the Shorabak district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on May 26, 2011 Tech. Sgt. Kristoffer Michael Solesbee, 32 Citrus Heights, California, USA 775th Civil Engineer Squadron, 75th Civil Engineer Group, 75th Air Base Wing One of two airmen killed along with six soldiers when enemy forces attacked their unit with a roadside bomb in the Shorabak district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on May 26, 2011 Bombardier Karl Manning, 31 Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada 5e Régiment d'Artillerie Légère (5th Light Artillery Regiment) Manning's body was found by fellow soldiers at Forward Operating Base Zangabad, located 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on May 27, 2011. Foul play and enemy action were ruled out as causes of death. Pfc. John Corey Johnson, 28 Phoenix, Arizona, USA Company C, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle with recoilless rifle fire and rocket-propelled grenades as it traveled in a convoy in the Nalgham area of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on May 27, 2011 Lt. Oliver Richard Augustin, 23 Kent, England Juliet Company, 42 Commando, Royal Marines One of two Royal Marines killed when a roadside bomb detonated during a patrol in the Loy Mandeh area of the Nad-e Ali district in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on May 27, 2011 Marine Samuel Giles William Alexander, 28 London, England Juliet Company, 42 Commando, Royal Marines One of two Royal Marines killed when a roadside bomb detonated during a patrol in the Loy Mandeh area of the Nad-e Ali district in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on May 27, 2011 Lt. Pedro Lopez Molina, 50 Zaragoza, Spain Ala 31 (31st Wing) Died of natural causes as a forward support base in Herat, Afghanistan, on May 27, 2011
May 2011, cont. Spc. Adam Scott Hamilton, 22 Kent, Ohio, USA A Troop, 4th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with a roadside bomb in Haji Ruf, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on May 28, 2011 Lance Cpl. Peter James Clore, 23 New Philadelphia, Ohio, USA 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on May 28, 2011 Sgt. 1st Class Tobias Lagenstein, 31 Hanover, Germany Feldjägerbataillons 152 (Military Police Battalion 152) One of two German soldiers killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at a high-level meeting of Afghan and coalition officials in a governor's office in Taloqan, Afghanistan, on May 28, 2011 Maj. Thomas Tholi, 43 Kastellaun, Germany Führungsunterstützungsbataillon 282 (Command Support Battalion 282) One of two German soldiers killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at a high-level meeting of Afghan and coalition officials in a governor's office in Taloqan, Afghanistan, on May 28, 2011 Sgt. Aaron Joseph Blasjo, 25 Riverside, California, USA Group Support Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group One of three soldiers killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb while on mounted patrol in Wardak province, Afghanistan, on May 29, 2011 Capt. Joseph William Schultz, 36 Port Angeles, Washington, USA Company C, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group One of three soldiers killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb while on mounted patrol in Wardak province, Afghanistan, on May 29, 2011 Staff Sgt. Martin Ramon Apolinar, 28 Glendale, Arizona, USA Company C, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group One of three soldiers killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb while on mounted patrol in Wardak province, Afghanistan, on May 29, 2011 Pfc. Anthony Michael Nunn, 19 Burnet, Texas, USA Company A, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using a roadside bomb while on dismounted patrol in the Nikeh district of Paktika province, Afghanistan, on May 30, 2011 Lt. Marcus Sean Case, 27 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 6th Aviation Regiment Died of injuries sustained when an Australian Chinook helicopter flying a resupply mission accidentally crashed 56 miles (90 kilometers) east of Tarin Kot in Zabul province, Aghanistan, on May 30, 2011 Lance Cpl. Andrew Gordon Jones, 25 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 9th Force Support Battalion Jones was performing guard duty when was shot by an Afghan National Army soldier who was also manning a security guard tower at Patrol Base Mashal in the Chorah Valley north of Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan province, Aghanistan, on May 30, 2011 Spc. Richard Charlton Emmons III, 22 North Granby, Connecticut, USA Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with a rocket-propelled grenade in western Logar province, Afghanistan, on May 31, 2011 Sgt. Roberta Vyroubala, 31 Praslavice, Czech Republic 73. Tankového Praporu (73rd Tank Battalion) Killed when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Wardak province, Afghanistan, on May 31, 2011
June 2011 Cpl. Guillaume Nunes-Patego, 30 Montauban, France 17e Regiment du Genie Parachutiste (17th Paratrooper Engineer Regiment) Killed when his unit was attacked by insurgents during a mission to search for weapons caches near the village of Shinza in the Alasay Valley of Kapisa province, Afghanistan, on June 1, 2011 Cpl. Jaroslaw Mackowiak, 27 Gniezna, Poland 2. Kompanii Piechoty Zmotoryzowanej, 17. Wielkopolska Brygada Zmechanizowana (2nd Motorized Infantry Company, 17th Wielkopolska Mechanized Brigade) Killed when insurgents attacked his unit with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades while on patrol near Giru in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on June 2, 2011 Sgt. Jeffrey Chul Soon Sherer, 29 Four Oaks, North Carolina, USA Company B, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Died of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with a roadside bomb in Shah Joy, Zabul province, Afghanistan, on June 2, 2011 Cpl. Alexej Kobelew, 23 Augustdof, Germany 2 Kompanie, Panzergrenadierbataillon 212, Panzerbrigade 21 (2nd Company, 212th Infantry Battalion, 21st Panzer Brigade) Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his Marder armored vehicle 22 miles (36 kilometers) south of Kunduz in Baghlan province, Afghanistan, on June 2, 2011 Cpl. Michael John Pike, 26 Huntly, Scotland The Highlanders, Company A, 4th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland Killed during a contact with a group of insurgents while leading a patrol in the vicinity of Popalzai along Highway 601 in the Lashkar Gah district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 3, 2011 Cpl. Paul William Zanowick II, 23 Miamisburg, Ohio, USA 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on June 3, 2011 Sgt. Joshua David Powell, 28 Quitman, Texas, USA 164th Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police Battalion, 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade One of four soldiers killed when their mounted patrol was attacked with a roadside bomb in Laghman province, Afghanistan, on June 4, 2011 Spc. Devin Arielle Snyder, 20 Cohocton, New York, USA 164th Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police Battalion, 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade One of four soldiers killed when their mounted patrol was attacked with a roadside bomb in Laghman province, Afghanistan, on June 4, 2011 Pfc. Robert Lee Voakes Jr., 21 L'Anse, Michigan, USA 164th Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police Battalion, 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade One of four soldiers killed when their mounted patrol was attacked with a roadside bomb in Laghman province, Afghanistan, on June 4, 2011 Sgt. Christopher Roger Bell, 21 Golden, Mississippi, USA 164th Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police Battalion, 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade One of four soldiers killed when their mounted patrol was attacked with a roadside bomb in Laghman province, Afghanistan, on June 4, 2011