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Army Master Sgt. George A. Bannar Jr., 37, died August 20 when he was shot to death by enemy forces. The attack against his unit took place in Wardak Province, Afghanistan. -
The Pentagon has identified the three U.S. soldiers killed in an insurgent attack on Sunday in Afghanistan as Staff Sgt. Octavio Herrera, 26, Sgt. Jamar A. Hicks, 22, and Spc. Keith E. Grace Jr., 26. -
Army Spc. Nickolas S. Welch, 26, died August 6 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, of injuries he suffered July 23 in Afghanistan. -
A 25-year-old active Marine reservist based at Camp Pendleton died of head injuries Tuesday suffered in a fight outside a Pasadena restaurant. Two men and one woman have been arrested in connection with the assault led to the death of Joshua Martinez. -
On August 6, 2011, Afghan insurgents shot down a CH-47 helicopter with 38 men and one military working dog on board. The crash killed everyone on the Chinook, including 30 U.S. service members (17 of whom were Navy SEALs) and eight Afghans. -
Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Lawrence D. Nicholson will present Sgt. Matthew T. Woodall the Silver Star Medal at Camp Pendleton on Friday for his actions while deployed to Afghanistan in 2011. -
The flags over the state capitol have been lowered today to honor Army Spc. Nicholas B. Burley, 22, of Red Bluff, California. Burley died July 30, in Pul-E-Alam, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with indirect fire. -
Army Sgt. Stephen M. New, 29, was killed July 28, in Bagram, Afghanistan. New died of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked by small arms fire. -
Army Spc. Caryn E. Nouv, 29, the mother of two young children, was killed July 27 in Afghanistan when enemy forces attacked her vehicle with an improvised explosive device and small arms fire. Also killed in the attack was Sgt. Eric T. Lawson, 30, according to the Department of Defense. -
President Obama will award Army Staff Sergeant Ty Michael Carter the Medal of Honor on August 26 for his heroic acts during battle in Afghanistan. Carter, who now lives in California, will become just the fifth living recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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