Hero Stories for Florida

Lance Cpl. Nathaniel J.A. Schultz, 19, of Safety Harbor, Florida, died August 21, 2010, while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Lance Cpl. Shultz was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. </d

Staff Sgt. Michael A. Bock, 26, of Leesburg, Florida, died August 13, 2010, while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Staff Sgt. Bock was assigned to the 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California. </d

Pfc. Paul O. Cuzzupe, 23, of Plant City, Florida, died August 8, 2010, in Akhtar-Mohammad-Khan, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. Pfc. Cuzzupe was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Calvary Regiment, Vilseck, Germany. </d

Pvt. Brandon M. King, 23, of Tallahassee, Florida, died July 14, 2010, at Combat Outpost Nolen, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire. Pvt. King was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d

Spc. Carlos J. Negron, 40, of Fort Meyers, Florida, died July 10, 2010, at Asadabad, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered at Konar, Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked his unit with rifle and small arms fire. Spc. Negron was assigned to 426th Forward Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d

Pfc. Anthony W. Simmons, 25, of Tallahassee, Florida, died July 8, 2010, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked his unit with indirect fire. Pfc. Simmons was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d

Sgt. David W. Thomas, 40, of St. Petersburg, Florida, died June 27, 2010, in Konar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire. Sgt. Thomas was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d

2nd Lt. Michael E. McGahan, 23, of Orlando, Florida, died June 6, 2010, in Khogyani district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit using small arms fire. 2nd Lt. McGahan was assigned to the 1st Brigade Special Troop Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d

Born: January 25, 1982 in Florida Died: January 5, 2006 in Iraq Sgt Adam L. Cann of Davie, Florida was a 2000 graduate of South Plantation High School and as an adult, the minute he walked through door was always like a high school reunion. People just came out of the woodwork. He was quick with [.

Senior Master Sgt. James B. Lackey, 45, of Green Clove Springs, Florida, died April 9, 2010, near Kandahar, Afghanistan, in a crash of a CV-22 Osprey. Senior Master Sgt. Lackey was assigned to the 8th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida. </d