Hero Stories for October 2009

Spc. Robert K. Charlton, 22, of Malden, Missouri, died October 27, 2009, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident October 23 in Wardak, Afghanistan. Spc. Charlton was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York. </d

Pfc. Brian R. Bates, Jr., 20, of Gretna, Louisiana, died October 27, 2009, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. Pfc. Bates was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington. </d

Maj. David L. Audo, 35, of Saint Joseph, Illinois, died October 27, 2009, in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. Maj. Audo was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 22nd Military Police Battalion, 6th Military Police Group, Fort Lewis, Washington. </d

Among the many ways to judge the continued progress in Iraq is by counting the increasingly fewer number of U.S.-controlled properties inside Baghdad's International Zo

Stretching across the desert is a newly created training area for the 8th Iraqi Army Division, where two platoons of the 32nd and 33rd IA Brigades participated in the Razazah Sands defensive live-fire range to become better prepared to conduct future combat operatio

Two million troops could be sent to Afghanistan and not make a difference unless the government there reforms, a globally recognized authority on counter-insurgency told a standing-room-only Pentagon audience last we

Capt. Kyle R. Van De Giesen, 29, of North Attleboro, Massachusetts, died October 26, 2009, while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Capt. Van De Giesen was assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Camp Pendleton, California. </d

Thursday: The funeral escort TO the Cleveland Hopkins Airport will stage at 1030am at Monreal Funeral Home in Eastlake Ohio. This is located at the NE Corner of State Route 2 and State Route 91. Bikes will be staged for departure at this time. There will be a briefing at 1115am by Chief Arnie Stanko of the Waite Hills Police Department. Bikes must be in good condition and excess gear stowed securely to avoid losing anything along the way. Various police departments will provide an escor...

Capt. David S. Mitchell, 30, of Loveland, Ohio, died October 26, 2009, while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Mitchell was assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Camp Pendleton, California. </d

Sgt. 1st Class David E. Metzger, 32, of San Diego, California, died October 26, 2009, of wounds suffered when the MH-47 helicopter he was aboard crashed in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan. Sgt. 1st Class Metzger was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina. </d