Hero Stories for May 2010

Birth: November 23, 1986 – Austin, Texas Died: February 13, 2010 – Zhari province, Afghanistan Spc Pagan was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado as an infantryman. He was killed while on foot patrol when a suicide bomber rode a motorcycle up to the [.

Birth: November 11, 1989 Died: February 10, 2010 – Baghdad, Iraq PFC Alvarez was assigned to the 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. She was found dead of a gunshot wound – under investigation. Adriana always had dreams of becoming a police officer so after she graduated in 2008 from [.

1st Annual Operation Honor Our Heroes 5K/10K Run & Family Mile Cedar Park, Texas June 12, 2010 One Mile One Hero One Country Raising Funds and Awareness One Mile at a Time We want to say THANK YOU to our men and women in uniform And to the families who support them Austin, Texas (May 3, 2010) Inspired by the tremendous sacrifice of military men and women whose lives have been lost in Iraq and Afghanistan, an Austin-based 501 (c) 3 organization, OPERATION HONOR OUR HEORES, was forme...

Lance Cpl. Anthony A. Dili

Cpl. Jacob C. Leicht, 24, of College Station, Te

Pfc. Jake W. Su

Just a note to say thank you for all the work you do to remember those who are fallen heroes in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. I have had two bracelets now for several years, and wear them regularly. The Washington Post recently created a web site for information on all of those who have died in combat and I was able to get some personal information of the two young men on my bracelets. (Spc. Robert L. DuSang - Army and Spc. Chase R. Whitham - Army). This information helps me to rem...

Born: May 25, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York Died: June 24, 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq Maj. Dwayne M. Kelley of South Orange, New Jersey graduated from John F. Kennedy High School and went on to earn his Bachelors’ Degree in Business Administration from Rutgers University. While at Rutgers, he participated in the ROTC program, earning a [.

Cpl. Jacob C. Lei

Pfc. Christopher R. Barton, 22, of Concord, N.C., died May 24 in Khowst province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. to be updated&#8230;. <