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The two members of the U.S. Army killed last week when their helicopter crashed in Afghanistan were, according to the Department of Defense, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jose L. Montenegro Jr., 31, of Houston, Texas, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Thalia S. Ramirez, 28, of San Antonio, Texas. -
Army Pfc. Shane W. Cantu, 20, died August 28 in Afghanistan of wounds caused by shrapnel from an explosion. Cantu had been in Afghanistan for just a month when he was killed. -
Camp Pendleton Marine Lance Cpl. Alec R. Terwiske, 21, was killed September 3rd in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was on his first deployment to Afghanistan. -
Army Staff Sgt. Jeremie S. Border, 28, a Green Beret, was killed in Afghanistan on September 1st when his unit was attacked by small arms fire. Killed in the same attack was Army Staff Sgt. Jonathan P. Schmidt, also 28-years-old. -
Army Spc. Kyle R. Rookey, 23, died September 2nd, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan from a non-combat related incident, according to the Department of Defense. No specifics as to the cause of death were released. -
During a deployment, most Marines are separated from their families. But for one married Marine Corps couple, a deployment is providing the opportunity to connect in a way most would not be able to experience. -
The job Army Spc. Ryan McIntosh is doing this week requires a uniform of a different sort. McIntoch, who lost his leg two years ago in an Afghan land mine explosion, is working as a ball boy at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York City. -
Two Australians who were members of the NATO International Security Assistance Force were killed in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan today. -
The Department of Defense has identified the two soldiers killed by an Afghan soldier on August 27 as Sgt. Christopher J. Birdwell, 25, of Windsor, Colorado and Spc. Mabry J. Anders, 21, of Baker City, Oregon. -
Army Sgt. Louis R. Torres, 23, of Oberlin, Ohio, died Aug. 22, in San Antonio, Texas, of wounds suffered when he encountered an enemy improvised explosive device, Aug. 6, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
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