Hero Stories for October 2009

Sgt. Nikolas A. Mueller, 26, of Little Chute, Wisconsin, died October 26, 2009, of wounds suffered when the MH-47 helicopter he was aboard crashed in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan. Sgt. Mueller was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Regiment (Airborne), Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia. </d

Staff Sgt. Shawn H. McNabb, 24, of Terrell, Texas, died October 26, 2009, of wounds suffered when the MH-47 helicopter he was aboard crashed in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan. Staff Sgt. McNabb was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Regiment (Airborne), Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia. </d

Chief Warrant Officer Michael P. Montgomery, 36, of Savannah, Georgia, died October 26, 2009, of wounds suffered when the MH-47 helicopter he was aboard crashed in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan. Chief Warrant Officer Montgomery was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Regiment (Airborne), Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia. </d

Capt. Eric A. Jones, 29, of Westchester, New York, died October 26, 2009, while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Capt. Jones 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

Cpl. Gregory M.W. Fleury, 23, of Anchorage, Alaska, died October 26, 2009, while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Cpl. Fleury 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

The first mine-resistant, ambush-protected all-terrain vehicles designated for southern Afghanistan arrived there Oct. 22 by air transpo

When Maj. Gen. Michael Eyre and Command Sgt. Maj. Mitch Prater cased the colors of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region Division in a ceremony at Al Faw Palace Oct. 23, GRD became the first major division to leave the Iraqi theater as part of the drawdown.

Ten young men wearing tan and brown uniforms and red berets waited for their evaluation to begin. They were jundis, soldiers of the Iraqi army. Over the past three weeks in Camp Mirra, they learned how to apply a tourniquet, maintain a Humvee and assemble an M-

Sgt. Eduviges G. Wolf, 24, of Hawthorne, California, died October 25, 2009, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked her vehicle with a rocket propelled grenade. Sgt. Wolf was assigned to the 704th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. </d

Spc. Brandon K. Steffey, 23, of Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, died October 25, 2009, in Laghman province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. Spc. Steffey was assigned to the 178th Military Police Detachment, 89th Military Police Brigade, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas. </d