Hero Stories for Mississippi

Sgt. Eric C. Newman, 30, of Waynesboro, Mississippi, died October 14, 2010, in Akatzai Kalay, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. Sgt. Newman was assigned to 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.<

Sgt. Eric C. Newman, 30, of Waynesboro, Mississippi, died October 14, 2010, in Akatzai Kalay, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. Sgt. Newman was assigned to 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. </d

Sgt. Eric C. Newman, 30, of Waynesboro, Mississippi, died October 14, 2010, in Akatzai Kalay, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. Sgt. Newman was assigned to 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.<

Pfc. William B. Dawson, 20, of Tunica, Mississippi, died September 24, 2010, of wounds suffered while traveling between Ghanzi and Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, when his military vehicle was attacked with an improvised explosive device. Pfc. Dawson was assigned to the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, U.S. Army, Alaska, Fort Richardson, Alaska. </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 Sgt. Robert N. Barton, 35, of Roxie, Mississippi, died June 7, 2010, in Konar, Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. 1st Sgt. Barton was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d

Sgt. Matthew L. Ingram, 25, of Pearl, Mississippi, died August 21, 2009, in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle and his unit came under small arms fire from enemy forces. Sgt. Ingram was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. </d

Sgt. 1st Class Severin W. Summers III, 43, of Bentonia, Mississippi, died from wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device August 2, 2009, in Qole Gerdsar, Afghanistan. Sgt. 1st Class Summers was a member of the Mississippi Army National Guard, and assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Jackson, Mississippi. </d

Staff Sgt. Johnny R. Polk, 39, of Gulfport, Mississippi, died July 25, 2009, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered when his vehicle was struck by an anti-tank grenade on July 23 in Kirkuk, Iraq. Staff Sgt. Polk was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. </d