Hero Stories for Wisconsin

Cpl. Justin J. Cain, 22, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, died October 13, 2010, while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Cpl. Cain was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.<

Cpl. Justin J. Cain, 22, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, died October 13, 2010, while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Cpl. Cain was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. </d

Cpl. Justin J. Cain, 22, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, died October 13, 2010, while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Cpl. Cain was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.<

Staff Sgt. Matthew J. West, 36, of Conover, Wisconsin, died August 30, 2010, in the Arghandab River Valley, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Staff Sgt. West was assigned to the 71st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group, Fort Carson, Colorado. </d

Pvt. Adam J. Novak, 20, of Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device August 27, 2010, in Paktiya, Afghanistan. Pvt. Novak was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d

Lance Cpl. Jacob A. Meinert, 20, of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, died January 10, 2010, while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Lance Cpl. Meinert was assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. </d

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

Sgt. Ryan C. Adams, 26 of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, died October 2, 2009, in Logar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle using rocket-propelled grenade fire. Sgt. Adams was assigned to the 951st Engineer Company (Sapper), Wisconsin Army National Guard, Rhinelander, Wisconsin. </d

Sgt. Earl D. Werner, 38, of Mondovi, Wisconsin, died August 28, 2009, in Rashid, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an explosively formed penetrator. Sgt. Werner was assigned to the 41st Special Troops Battalion, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Oregon Army National Guard, Portland, Oregon. </d

Pvt. Steven T. Drees, 19, of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, died June 28, 2009, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained June 24 in Konar Province, Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire and a rocket-propelled-grenade launcher. Pvt. Drees was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. </d