In Memoriam

**Grace** · 12-22-2009, 05:25 PM

POLAND

19 December 2009

Pfc. Michał Kołek, 22. Polsko-Ukraiński Batalion Sił Pokojowych (Polish-Ukrainian Peace Force Battalion)

Killed in a firefight after a Polish patrol was attacked with small arms and rocket-propelled grenades about 12 miles (20 km) from a Polish forward operating base in Ghazni province, Afghanistan.

**Grace** · 12-22-2009, 05:27 PM

UNITED KINGDOM

19 December 2009

Cpl. Simon Hornby, 29, Liverpool, England.
Arnhem Company, 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment.

Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his foot patrol in Nad-e-Ali district, Helmand province, Afghanistan.

**Grace** · 12-22-2009, 05:29 PM

20 December 2009

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Pfc. Serge Kropov, 21, of Hawley, Pa., died Dec. 20 as a result of a non-hostile incident in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.

This incident is under investigation.

**Grace** · 12-22-2009, 05:30 PM

18 December 2009

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Sgt. Albert D. Ware, 27, of Chicago, Ill., died Dec. 18 in Arghandab River Valley, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 782nd Combat Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

**Grace** · 12-23-2009, 04:45 PM

UNITED KINGDOM
20 December 2009

Lance Cpl. Michael David Pritchard, 22, Maidstone, England.

160 Provost Company, 4th Regiment, Royal Military Police

Killed as a result of small arms fire -- possibly friendly fire, according to the British Ministry of Defense -- in the Sangin area of Helmand province, Afghanistan.