Hero Stories for September 2009

Spc. Corey J. Kowall, 20, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, died September 20, 2009, in Zabul province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained during a vehicle rollover. Spc. Kowall was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. </d

Spc. Corey J. Kowall, 20, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, died September 20, 2009, in Zabul province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained during a vehicle rollover. Spc. Kowall was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. </d

Senior Airman Matthew R. Courtois, 22, of Lucas, Texas, died September 20, 2009, as a result of a non-hostile incident on Abdullah Al Mubarak Airbase, Kuwait. Senior Airman Courtois was assigned to the 366th Security Forces Squadron, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. </d

Senior Airman Matthew R. Court

Sgt. David A. Davis, 28, of Dalhart, Texas, died September 19, 2009, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked Bagram Airfield using indirect fire. Sgt. Davis was assigned to the 32nd Transportation Company, 68th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 43rd Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. </d

Sgt. David A. Davis, 28, of Dalhart, Texas, died September 19, 2009, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked Bagram Airfield using indirect fire. Sgt. Davis was assigned to the 32nd Transportation Company, 68th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 43rd Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. </d

Spc. Michael S. Cote, Jr., 20, of Denham Springs, Louisiana, died September 19, 2009, in Balad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when the Blackhawk helicopter he was in crashed. Spc. Cote was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, Task Force 49, Fort Wainwright, Alaska. </d

Soldiers fighting in Afghanistan will soon see two new test camouflage patterns on the backs of fellow Soldie

Pfc. Jeremiah J. Monroe, 31, of Niskayuna, New York, died September 17, 2009, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. Pfc. Monroe was assigned to the 7th Engineer Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York. </d

In the 1970s, Afghanistan was a major exporter of produce, but since the 1979 Soviet invasion and the subsequent Taliban rule after the Soviets left the country, the nation's agricultural output has decreased dramatical