Hero Stories for Memorials

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spc. Deangelo B. Snow, 22, of Saginaw, Michigan, died September 17, 2010, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with a rocket propelled grenade. Spc. Snow was assigned to the 526th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d

1st Lt. Scott J. Fleming, 24, of Marietta, Georgia, died September 17, 2010, while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. 1st Lt. Fleming was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. </d