Albert M Parsons
Brandon, Missouri, US
CIV
Entergy Mississippi Power Company
8/16/2010, Brandon, US
Bert was not a military hero but he was a civilian hero. He was very patriotic, and grateful to all the soldiers past and present that have fought for our freedom. Including his father, uncles and other family and friends. Bert was a hero not only to [...]
Robert S Greniger
GREENFIELD, MN, US
U.S. Marine Corps
LCPL, 2D CEB, (II MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC
07/12/2011, HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN
Lance Corporal Greniger was born April 1, 1990. Robert enjoyed snowboarding, karate, and baseball. He was a bat boy for his dad’s Rolling Twins softball team. He accepted Christ after basic training. [...]
Click to read more ...Douglas J Green
STERLING, VA, US
U.S. Army
SPC, CO C, 3RD BN, 21ST INF REGT, 1 SBCT, FORT WAINWRIGHT, AK
08/28/2011, SPERWAN GHAR, AFGHANISTAN
People recalled lots and lots of positive things about Douglas Jay Green. According to his aunt, Stacy Dinkel, “Doug was one of the nicest human beings on the face of the Earth. [...]
Click to read more ...Wyatt A Goldsmith
COLVILLE, WA, US
U.S. Army
SFC, CO A, 3RD BN, 1ST SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (AIRBORNE), JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA
07/15/2011, BASTION ROLE III, AFGHANISTAN
Sergeant First Class Goldsmith served as a Special Forces combat medic. Wyatt was born September 21, 1982 in Redmond, WA. Wyatt began his education at “The Little School” in Bellevue [...]
Click to read more ...Ronald W Gebur
DELAVAN, IL, US
U.S. Army
SPC, CO B, 1ST BN, 22D INF, 1 BCT (101 AA), FORT HOOD, TX
05/13/2006, BAGHDAD, IRAQ
Army Specialist Ronald Gebur was a superhero who chose to use his strength for good. He warmed people’s hearts and had this light in his eyes, his sister, Camille Gebur, wrote. He [...]
Click to read more ...Riley Gallinger-Long
CORNELIUS, OR, US
U.S. Navy
HN, 2ND MDIV FMF LNT
08/11/2011, MARJAH, AFGHANISTAN
Hope Gallinger-Long offered thoughts about the death of her husband, killed far from home in Afghanistan. She wants Corpsman Gallinger-Long remembered not as a statistic, but as a vital, loving human being devoted to his family and his nation.
Riley, a 2010 [...]
Ronald D Freeman
PLANT CITY, FL, US
U.S. Marine Corps
LCPL, 2D CEB, (II MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC
04/28/2011, HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN
Ronald “Dougie” Freeman wanted to be the best. Those who knew him knew him as the best student, the best worker, the best brother.
“He could have had anything he wanted,” said his father, [...]
Daniel A Frazier
SAINT JOSEPH, MI, US
U.S. Army
SGT, CO E, 782D BDE SUPPORT BN, 1 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC
11/19/2009, FOB LAGMAN, AFGHANISTAN
Sergeant Daniel Frazier was a quiet, unassuming man. He knew how to enjoy life and found pleasure in simple ways to have fun. He was a man of sound character and loved his family. [...]
Jered W Ewy
EDMOND, OK, US
U.S. Army
2LT, CO B, 1ST BN, 279TH INF RGT, 45TH INF BDE COMBAT TEAM, VINITA, OK
07/29/2011, JANAK KHEYL/PAKTYA, AFGHANISTAN
Friends of Second Lieutenant Ewy recalled a former gymnastics coach as a kind, friendly man who encouraged discipline in his instruction.
“He was one of those people that you didn’t have to know [...]
Garrick L Eppinger
APPLETON, WI, US
U.S. Army
SSG, 395TH ORDNANCE CO, 687TH CSSB, 646TH RSG, 310TH EXP SUST CMD, APPLETON, WI
09/17/2011, BAGRAM, AFGHANISTAN
Staff Sergeant Eppinger enlisted in the Army in 2005 shortly after graduating from Appleton North High School. It was a choice that challenged his parents’ military loyalty.
“He said you all should be proud of [...]
