In Memoriam

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Thank you for keeping this memorial thread going, Gretchen, and for including their photographs now too. God bless you and them.

I check it every day. How much longer, how many more?

Isn't it the truth?? Yes, thank you, Gretchen. I'm just paralyzed to know that this is still happening.

Perhaps this article might answer your questions - or raise more?

From Politico -

Spouses of service members are badly stressed from years of long deployments — so stressed that some have taken their own lives. Children who’ve had a parent away at war for almost their entire conscious lives are leaving home to go off to college. And the troops themselves continue to struggle with substance abuse, post-traumatic stress, and devastating physical and mental wounds.

Some of Washington’s top national security leaders are worried that Americans don’t know — or worse, don’t care.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories...#ixzz1EYI4mccK

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France

Pfc. Clément Chamarier

From: France
Age: 19
Unit: 3e Compagnie, 7e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins (3rd Company, 7th Mountain Infantry Battalion)
Died: February 19, 2011

Killed when his armored vehicle was struck by anti-tank fire during an attack on his unit near the village of Landakhel in Kapisa province, Afghanistan.

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Australia

Sapper Jamie Larcombe

From: Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Age: 21
Unit: 1st Combat Engineer Regiment
Died: February 19, 2011

Killed when his unit attacked by insurgents while on patrol in the Mirabad Valley region of Uruzgan province, Afghanistan.

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19 February 2011

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

Lance Cpl. Andrew P. Carpenter, 27, of Columbia, Tenn., died Feb. 19 of wounds received Feb. 14 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

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21 February 2011


From the Pittsburgh-Post-Gazette -

Aliquippa native dies in Afghanistan
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

By Moriah Balingit, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A decorated soldier from Aliquippa has died in Afghanistan, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Tuesday.

Sgt. Robert C. Sisson Jr., 29, died Monday in a "non-combat related incident" in the Kandahar district of Afghanistan, a news release said. The Army released no further details about his death and Fort Carson spokeswoman Lori Waters said his death is "under investigation."

Sgt. Sisson joined the Army in September 2004 and was deployed to Iraq in March 2008 for a full year. He had been in Afghanistan since July 15.

He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, based in Fort Carson, Colo.

Sgt. Sisson received a dozen awards during his service, including two Army Commendation Medals, two Army Achievement Medals, a National Defense Service Medal and an Iraq Campaign Medal with a Campaign Star.

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20 February 2011

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

1st Lt. Daren M. Hidalgo, 24, of Waukesha, Wis., died Feb. 20 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.

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22 February 2011

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

Cpl. Johnathan W. Taylor, 23, of Homosassa, Fla., died Feb. 22 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.