In Memoriam

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4 March 2011

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

Cpl. Jordan R. Stanton, 20, of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., died March 4 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

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5 March 2011

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

Staff Sgt. Mark C. Wells, 31, of San Jose, Calif., died March 5 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 45th Sustainment Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

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8 March 2011

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

Pfc. Kalin C. Johnson, 19, of Lexington, S.C., died March 8 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained in a non-combat incident. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.

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9 March 2011

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

Spc. Andrew P. Wade, 22, of Antioch, Ill., died March 9 in Kunduz province, Afghanistan, as a result of a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.

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7 March 2011

Two Navy sailors who were killed in a rollover crash at Camp Pendleton on Monday have been identified as Petty Officer Third Class Daniel M. Shirar and Constructionman Mychael A. Flint.

Navy officials say the two were passengers in a 7 ton water truck that rolled over during a Navy- Marine training exercise called "Pacific Horizon."

Flint, 21, was based in Coronado but grew up in Fort Ann, New York.

"He was just the funniest kid, he was always just happy, I don't care what the situation was, Myke made it good,"said his grandmother Pamela Pecue from her home in Fort Edward, New York.

Pecue says Flint joined the Navy because he wanted to serve his country and learn how to operated heavy equipment.

Flint chose the Navy over the other armed services because he thought it was the "safest of all of them."

Navy officials say Flint and Shirar, 27, who was from Baytown, Texas, were thrown from the water truck as they were delivering drinking water to a campsite.

"I keep asking myself why him? and how did he get thrown from this vehicle, why he couldn't stay in it," said Pecue.

The driver of the truck has not been identified and was taken to a nearby hospital for injuries suffered in the crash.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

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9 March 2011

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

Cpl. Loren M. Buffalo, 20, of Mountain Pine, Ark., died March 9 in Kandahar province of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

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10 March 2011

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

Staff Sgt. Eric S. Trueblood, 27, of Alameda, Calif., died March 10 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 391st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, Spinelli Barracks, Mannheim, Germany.