Hero Stories for September 2010

Joshua D. Powell

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

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Tags: Army , Memorials , Illinois , OEF

Jonah D. McClellan

Chief Warrant Officer Jonah D. McClellan, 26, of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, died in a helicopter crash September 21, 2010, during combat operations in Zabul province, Afghanistan. Chief Warrant Officer Mclellan was assigned to 5th Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d

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Tags: Army , Memorials , Minnesota , OEF

Denis C. Miranda

Petty Officer 3rd Class (SEAL) Denis C. Miranda, 24, of Toms River, New Jersey, died in a helicopter crash September 21, 2010, during combat operations in the Zabul province, Afghanistan. Petty Officer 3rd Class Miranda was assigned to an East Coast-based SEAL Team. </d

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David B. McLendon

Senior Chief Petty Officer David B. McLendon, 30, of Thomasville, Georgia, died in a helicopter crash September 21, 2010, during combat operations in the Zabul province, Afghanistan. Senior Chief Petty Officer McLendon was assigned to an East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit. </d

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Tags: Memorials , Navy , Georgia , OEF

Brendan J. Looney

Lt. (SEAL) Brendan J. Looney, 29, of Owings, Maryland, died in a helicopter crash September 21, 2010, during combat operations in the Zabul province, Afghanistan. Lt. Looney was assigned to a West Coast-based SEAL Team. </d

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Tags: Memorials , Navy , Maryland , OEF

Marvin R. Calhoun, Jr.

Sgt. Marvin R. Calhoun, Jr., 23, of Elkhart, Indiana, died in a helicopter crash September 21, 2010, during combat operations in Zabul province, Afghanistan. Sgt. Calhoun was assigned to 5th Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d

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Tags: Army , Memorials , Indiana , OEF

Robert F. Baldwin

Lt. Col. Robert F. Baldwin, 39, of Muscatine, Iowa, died in a helicopter crash September 21, 2010, during combat operations in Zabul province, Afghanistan. Lt. Col. Baldwin was assigned to brigade headquarters, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d

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Tags: Army , Memorials , Iowa , OEF

Michael J. Buras

Senior Airman Michael J. Buras, 23, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died September 21, 2010, of wounds suffered as the result of an improvised explosive device detonation in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Senior Airman Buras was assigned to the 99th Civil Engineer Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. </d

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Joshua S. Ose

Pfc. Joshua S. Ose, 19, of Hernando, Mississippi, died September 20, 2010, while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Pfc. Ose was assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. </d

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Eric Yates

1st Lt. Eric Yates, 26, of Rineyville, Kentucky, died September 18, 2010, in the Zhari district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. 1st Lt. Yates was assigned to the1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d

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Tags: Army , Memorials , Kentucky , OEF