Hero Stories for Illinois

Lance Cpl. Alec E. Catherwood, 19, of Byron, Illinois, died October 14, 2010, while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Lance Cpl. Catherwood was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.<

Lance Cpl. Alec E. Catherwood, 19, of Byron, Illinois, died October 14, 2010, while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Lance Cpl. Catherwood was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. </d

Lance Cpl. Alec E. Catherwood, 19, of Byron, Illinois, died October 14, 2010, while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Lance Cpl. Catherwood was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.<

Lance Cpl. John T. Sparks, 23, of Chicago, Illinois, died October 8, 2010, while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Lance Cpl. Sparks was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.<

Lance Cpl. John T. Sparks, 23, of Chicago, Illinois, died October 8, 2010, while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Lance Cpl. Sparks was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. </d

Lance Cpl. John T. Sparks, 23, of Chicago, Illinois, died October 8, 2010, while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Lance Cpl. Sparks was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.<

Senior Airman Daniel J. Johnson, 23, of Schiller Park, Illinois, died October 5, 2010, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Senior Airman Johnson was assigned to the 30th Civil Engineer Squadron, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. </d

Sgt. Mark A. Simpson, 40, of Peoria, Illinois, died September 26, 2010, at Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his military vehicle with an improvised explosive device on September 25 at Forward Operating Base Frontenac, Afghanistan. Sgt. Simpson was assigned to the 20th Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas. </d

Staff Sgt. Joshua D. Powell, 25, of Pleasant Plains, Illinois, died in a helicopter crash September 21, 2010, during combat operations in Zabul province, Afghanistan. Staff Sgt. Powell was assigned to 6th Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d

Lance Cpl. Robert J. Newton, 21, of Creve Coeur, Illinois, died August 23, 2010, while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Lance Cpl. Newtone was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California. </d