Soldiers killed while actively looking for Bergdahl.
(6-14 KIA during the search with many seriously wounded)
Died September 11, 2009 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
20, of DeKalb, Ill; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died Sept. 11 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, of wounds sustained in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Sept. 4 when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised-explosive device followed by a rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire.
September 11, 2009
RIP
Staff Sgt. Kurt Robert Curtiss and his family.
KIA Staff Sgt. Kurt Robert Curtiss
Died August 26, 2009 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
27, of Murray, Utah; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died Aug. 26 in Sar Howzeh, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when he was shot while his unit was supporting Afghan security forces during an enemy attack.shot in a firefight as his unit tried to clear a group of insurgents out of a hospital in Paktika province
August 26, 2009
RIP
SSG Clayton Bowen
SSG Clayton Bowen with his Mom
About one month before an improvised explosive device ended his life, Army Staff Sgt. Clayton P. Bowen offered his fellow soldiers at a remote Afghanistan outpost a parcel that made their jaws drop.
Addressed to him, the package contained a collection of heavy-duty construction tools the soldiers later would use to improve living conditions at the crude desert outpost, where plywood huts serve as sleeping quarters.
“I’ve got connections,” Bowen, 29, explained.
Earlier, the 12-year Army veteran had asked his stepfather and mother, who publish a construction industry newspaper, to print an ad asking for donations. The tools had poured in…Source
SSG Clayton Bowen,
Died August 18, 2009 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
29, of San Antonio; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died Aug. 18 in Dila, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Also killed was Pfc. Morris L. Walker.
August 18, 2009
RIP
PFC Morris Walker
23, of Chapel Hill, N.C.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died Aug. 18 in Dila, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Also killed was Staff Sgt. Clayton P. Bowen.
PFC Morris Walker
The former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student never wanted a desk job.
Died August 18, 2009 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
23, of Chapel Hill, N.C.; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died Aug. 18 in Dila, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Also killed was Staff Sgt. Clayton P. Bowen.
August 18, 2009
RIP
Second LT Darryn Andrews
Second LT Darryn Andrews and his family.
His wife was pregnant with their second child
Died September 4, 2009 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
“Second Lieutenant Darry Andrews Andrews fatally placed himself between the incoming enemy fire and his fellow comrades. His courage under fire was essential in saving another Soldier’s life, and saving the lives of five other Soldiers who were with him.”
By the official count, Andrews had saved a total of six fellow soldiers at the expense of his own life.”
September 4, 2009
RIP
PFC Joey Cox with his best friend (laying on the tire) SSG Mike Murprhey. They had been out for 10 days looking for Bergdahl. Source
(MC -I’d love the NYSlimes see this picture and the story behind it.)
A family photo of SSG Michael Murphrey with wife Ashley and son Jaden
Died September 6, 2009 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
25, of Snyder, Texas; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska; died Sept. 6 in FOB Sharana, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
September 6, 2009
RIP
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Blessed are they who mourn for they shall be comforted. Mathew 5.
