In Memoriam

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Australia

Lt. Marcus Sean Case

From: Melbourne, Victoria
Age: 27
Unit: 6th Aviation Regiment
Died: May 30, 2011

Died of injuries sustained when an Australian Chinook helicopter flying a resupply mission crashed 56 miles (90 kilometers) east of Tarin Kot in Zabul province, Aghanistan.

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30 May 2011

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

Pfc. Anthony M. Nunn, 19, of Burnet, Texas, died May 30, in Paktika province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.

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29 May 2011

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

They died May 29, in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Killed were:

Capt. Joseph W. Schultz, 36, of Port Angeles, Wash.

Staff Sgt. Martin R. Apolinar, 28, of Glendale, Ariz.

Sgt. Aaron J. Blasjo, 25, of Riverside, Calif.

Capt. Schultz -


Staff Sgt. Apolinar -


Sgt. Blasjo -

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31 may 2011

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

Spc. Richard C. Emmons III, 22, of North Granby, Conn., died May, 31, in Logar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with a rocket propelled grenade. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Polk, La.

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Germany

Sgt. 1st Class Tobias Lagenstein

From: Hanover, Germany
Age: 31
Unit: Feldjägerbataillons 152 (Military Police Battalion 152)
Died: May 28, 2011


Maj. Thomas Tholi

From: Kastellaun, Germany
Age: 43
Unit: Führungsunterstützungsbataillon 282 (Command Support Battalion 282)
Died: May 28, 2011

Two German soldiers killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at a high-level meeting of Afghan and coalition officials in a governor's office in Taloqan, Afghanistan.

Sgt. Lagenstein -


Major Tholi -

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France

Cpl. Guillaume Nunes-Patego

From: Montauban, France
Age: 30
Unit: 17e Regiment du Genie Parachutiste (17th Paratrooper Engineer Regiment)
Died: June 1, 2011

Killed when his unit was attacked by insurgents during a mission to search for weapons caches near the village of Shinza in the Alasay Valley of Kapisa province, Afghanistan.

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Poland

Cpl. Jaroslaw Mackowiak

From: Poland
Age: 27
Unit: 2. Kompanii Piechoty Zmotoryzowanej, 17. Wielkopolska Brygada Zmechanizowana (2nd Motorized Infantry Company, 17th Wielkopolska Mechanized Brigade)
Died: June 2, 2011

Killed when insurgents attacked his unit with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades while on patrol near Giru in Ghazni province, Afghanistan.