Hero Stories for June 2010

Spec. Jacob P. Dohrenw

Pfc. David T. Mil

Spec. Andrew R. Loo

Cpl. Joshua R. Du

Lance Cpl. Timothy G. Serwinow

Born: April 7, 1986 in Meridian, Mississippi Died: March 21, 2007 in Taqqadum, Iraq Cpl. Dustin J. Lee of Quitman, Mississippi was a 2004 graduate of Quitman High School where he was a member of the chorus from seventh through twelfth grades. Dustin led a Christian life and was always fair and looked for the good [.

Born: January 15, 1977 Died: May 13, 2005 in Bayji, Iraq Spc. Travis W. Anderson of Hooper, Colorado learned to fish and hunt, and skin his catch at an early age. He even had mice skinned and displayed on his wall, much to his family’s dismay. It was that ability to hunt that led to his [.

Died: June 17, 2010 in Mosul, Iraq Capt. Michael P. Cassidy of Simpsonville, South Carolina was a graduate of Oberlin College in Ohio where he earned a bachelor’s degree in history. He also attended Sherman College to become a chiropractor. In addition to that he had already served several years in the National Guard. But [.

Birth: Died: June 18, 2010 – Helmand Province, Afghanistan Seaman William Ortega, 23, of Miami, Fla., died June 18 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device blast while conducting combat operations against enemy forces. Ortega was assigned as a hospital corpsman to Third Battalion, First Marine Regiment, First Marine Division, I [.

Born: August 11, 1980 Died: August 3, 2005 in Barwanah, Iraq Cpl. David S. Stewart of Bogalusa, Louisiana is the son of Sandra and Joey and was known to many as “Bear”. He was killed at age 24 when his amphibious assault vehicle was attacked by an improvised explosive device while he was conducting combat operations [.