In Memoriam

[Grace]

26 May 2011

The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of SIX soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

They died May 26 of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. They were assigned to the 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

Killed were:

1st Lt. John M. Runkle, 27, of West Salem, Ohio;

Staff Sgt. Edward D. Mills Jr., 29, of New Castle, Pa.;

Staff Sgt. Ergin V. Osman, 35, of Jacksonville, N.C.;

Sgt. Thomas A. Bohall, 25, of Bel Aire, Kan.;

Sgt. Louie A. Ramos Velazquez, 39, of Camuy, Puerto Rico; and

Spc. Adam J. Patton, 21, of Port Orchard, Wash.

Staff Sgt Osman -


Spc. Patton -


Staff Sgt. Bohall -


Staff Sgt. Mills -


Lt. Runkle -


Sgt. Velaquez -

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26 May 2011

The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two airmen who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

The airmen died May 26 in the Shorabak district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device.

Killed were:

Staff Sgt. Joseph J. Hamski, 28, of Ottumwa, Iowa. He was assigned to the 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.

Tech. Sgt. Kristoffer M. Solesbee, 32, of Citrus Heights, Calif. He was assigned to the 775th Civil Engineer Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah.

Staff Sgt. Hamski -

Tech Sgt. Solesbee -

[Grace]

27 May 2011

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

Pfc. John C. Johnson, 28, of Phoenix, Ariz., died May 27 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.

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28 May 2011

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

Spc. Adam S. Hamilton, 22, of Kent, Ohio, died May 28 in Haji Ruf, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 4th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.

[Grace]

England

Lt. Oliver Richard Augustin

From: Kent, England
Age: 23
Unit: Juliet Company, 42 Commando, Royal Marines
Died: May 27, 2011

Marine Samuel Giles William Alexander

From: London, England
Age: 28
Unit: Juliet Company, 42 Commando, Royal Marines
Died: May 27, 2011

Two Royal Marines killed when a roadside bomb detonated during a patrol in the Loy Mandeh area of the Nad-e Ali district in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

Alexander -


Augustin -

[Grace]

Spain

Lt. Pedro Lopez Molina

From: Zaragoza, Spain
Age: 50
Unit: Grupo 31 (31st Group)
Died: May 27, 2011

Died of natural causes as a forward support base in Herat, Afghanistan.

[Grace]

Québec, Canada

Bombardier Karl Manning

From: Chicoutimi, Québec
Age: 31
Unit: 5e Régiment d'Artillerie Légère (5th Light Artillery Regiment)
Died: May 27, 2011

Manning's body was found by fellow soldiers at Forward Operating Base Zangabad, located 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Foul play and enemy action were ruled out as causes of death.

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"For the Fallen" - poem by Lawrence Binion
This is just one stanza from a longer poem. It was part of our worship folder at church yesterday for Memorial Day.


"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."