Army Capt. Waid C. Ramsey died August 4, 2011 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedomassigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Alabama National Guard, Birmingham, Ala.; died Aug. 4 in Paktika province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked with small-arms fire.
Navy Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class (SEAL) Jason R. Workman died August 6, 2011 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedomassigned to an East Coast-based SEAL team; died Aug. 6 in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when the CH-47 Chinook helicopter in which he was riding was shot down.
Navy Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class (SEAL/Parachutist) Christopher G. Campbell died August 6, 2011 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedomassigned to an East Coast-based SEAL team; died Aug. 6 in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when the CH-47 Chinook helicopter in which he was riding was shot down.
Navy Information Systems Technician Petty Officer 1st Class (Expeditionary Warfare Specialist/Freefall Parachutist) Jared W. Day died August 6, 2011 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom assigned to an East Coast-based SEAL team; died Aug. 6 in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when the CH-47 Chinook helicopter in which he was riding was shot down.
Navy Hospitalman Ryley Gallinger-Long died August 11, 2011 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedomassigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 1, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Aug. 11 in Marjah district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, while conducting a dismounted patrol.
Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph R. Giese died January 7, 2011 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedomassigned to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Jan. 7 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, while conducting combat operations.
Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremiah C. Kinchen died April 4, 2005 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedomassigned to the 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, San Antonio; attached to the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 8, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force; killed April 4 in an explosion during combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.
Army Spc. Chrystal G. Stout died April 6, 2005 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedomassigned to the 228th Signal Brigade, South Carolina Army National Guard, Spartanburg, S.C.; killed April 6 when the CH-47 helicopter in which she was riding crashed in Ghazni, Afghanistan. Fifteen service members were killed or are unaccounted for in the crash.
Army Staff Sgt. Romanes L. Woodard died April 6, 2005 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedomassigned to the 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment, Camp Ederle, Italy; killed April 6 when the CH-47 helicopter in which he was riding crashed in Ghazni, Afghanistan. Fifteen service members were killed or are unaccounted for in the crash.
Lance Cpl. Juan C. Venegas died April 7, 2005 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedomassigned to the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; attached to Regimental Combat Team 8, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force; killed April 7 in a vehicle accident while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq.
Marine Cpl. Michael B. Lindemuth died April 13, 2005 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedomassigned to Inspector/Instructor Staff, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Akron, Ohio; attached to Regimental Combat Team 2, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); died April 13 as a result of wounds sustained from enemy mortar fire at Camp Hit in Anbar province, Iraq.
Army Sgt. Angelo L. Lozada Jr. died April 16, 2005 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedom36, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Hovey, Korea; killed April 16 while conducting combat operations in Ramadi, Iraq.
Army Pfc. Sam W. Huff died April 18, 2005 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedomdied April 18, 2005 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedomassigned to the 170th Military Police Company, 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade, Fort Lewis, Wash.; died April 18 in Baghdad of injuries sustained April 17 when an improvised explosive device detonated near her Humvee in Baghdad.
Army Capt. Stephen W. Frank died April 29, 2005 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedomassigned to 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Irwin, Calif.; killed April 29 when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated as he was conducting a traffic-control-point inspection in Diyarah, Iraq. Also killed was Capt. Ralph J. Harting III.
Army Pfc. Darren A. DeBlanc died April 29, 2005 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedomassigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.; killed April 29 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his dismounted patrol in Baghdad. Also killed was Army Pvt. Charles S. Cooper Jr.
Army Pvt. Charles S. Cooper Jr. died April 29, 2005 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedomassigned to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.; killed April 29 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his dismounted patrol in Baghdad. Also killed was Army Pfc. Darren A. Deblanc.
Army Staff Sgt. Juan De Dios Garcia Arana died April 30, 2005 Serving During Operation Iraqi Freedomassigned to the 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Hovey, Korea; killed April 30 when his Bradley fighting vehicle was attacked by enemy forces using small-arms fire in Khaladiyah, Iraq.
Army Capt. David E. Van Camp died June 29, 2011 Serving During Operation New Dawnassigned to 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas; died June 29 in Badrah, Iraq, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with indirect fire. Also killed was Army Spc. Robert G. Tenney Jr.
Marine Cpl. Kyle R. Schneider died June 30, 2011 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedomassigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died June 30 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, while conducting combat operations.
Army 1st Lt. David A. Johnson died January 25, 2012 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedomassigned to 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regimentt, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.; died Jan. 25 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of injuries caused by an improvised explosive device while conducting a dismounted patrol.
Great Osama Bin Laden Martini patch, I purchased six of them as gifts.
