Hero Stories for Missouri

Staff Sgt. Paul F. Brooks, 34, of Joplin, Missouri, died May 21, 2009, near Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds sustained when his unit was attacked while on dismounted patrol by enemy forces using improvise explosive devices. Staff Sgt. Brooks was a National Guardsman assigned to the 935th Aviation Support Battalion, Springfield, Missouri. </d

1st Lt. Roslyn L. Schulte, 25, of St. Louis, Missouri, died May 20, 2009, near Kabul, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device. 1st Lt. Schulte was assigned to the Headquarters, Pacific Air Forces Command, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. </d

Spc. Jacob D. Barton, 20, of Lenox, Missouri, died May 11, 2009, in Camp Liberty, Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered in a non-combat related incident. Spc. Barton was assigned to the 277th Engineer Company, 420th Engineer Brigade, Waco, Texas. </d

Sgt. Edward W. Forrest, Jr., 25, of St. Louis, Missouri, died April 10, 2009, when hi military vehicle was struck by a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in Mosul, Iraq. Sgt. Forrest was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo. </d