Hero Stories for Nevada

Sgt. Frank R. Zaehringer III, 23, of Reno, Nevada, died October 11, 2010, while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Sgt. Zaehringer was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.<

Sgt. Frank R. Zaehringer III, 23, of Reno, Nevada, died October 11, 2010, while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Sgt. Zaehringer was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. </d

Sgt. Frank R. Zaehringer III, 23, of Reno, Nevada, died October 11, 2010, while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Sgt. Zaehringer was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.<

Sgt. Matthew R. Hennigan, 20, of Las Vegas, Nevada, died June 30, 2010, at Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered earlier in Tangi Valley, Afghanistan, when enemy forces attacked his unit with machine gun fire. Sgt. Hennigan was assigned to 173rd Special Troops Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Bamberg, Germany. </d

Pfc. Kevin C. Thomson, 22, of Reno, Nevada, died October 3, 2009, in Kamdesh, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his contingency outpost with small arms, rocket-propelled grenade, and indirect fires. Pfc. Thomson was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. </d

Pfc. Thomas F. Lyons, 20, of Fernley, Nevada, died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an explosive device on September 8, 2009, in Baji, Iraq. Pfc. Lyons was assigned to the 545th Military Police Company, Arctic Military Police Battalion, U.S. Army, Alaska, Fort Richardson, Alaska. </d