JANUARY  2012
 


Chad R. Regelin - 24

Petty Officer First Class
Marine Special Operations Company Bravo, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 3
Cottonwood, California
01-02-2012
Helmand, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack - While
He Was On Patrol In Southern Afghanistan's Helmand Province, On The Pakistani Border.
USO's 2011 Sailor of the Year


Matthew S. Schwartz - 34

Technical Sergeant
90th Civil Engineer Squadron
Traverse City, Michigan
01-05-2012
Helmand, Shir ghazi, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Bryan R. Bell - 23

Senior Airman
2nd Civil Engineer Squadron
Erie, Pennsylvania
01-05-2012
Helmand, Shir ghazi, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Jonathan M. Metzger - 32

 National Guard Staff Sergeant
81st Troop Command, Indiana National Guard
Indianapolis, Indiana
01-06-2012
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Matthew R. Seidler - 24

Airman First Class
21st Civil Engineer Squadron
Westminster, Maryland
01-06-2012
Helmand, Shir ghazi, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - No Details Of This Heroes Death Have Been Released


Brian J. Leonhardt - 21

 National Guard Specialist
81st Troop Command, Indiana National Guard
Merrillville, Indiana
01-06-2012
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Robert J. Tauteris Jr - 44

 National Guard Specialist
81st Troop Command, Indiana National Guard
Hamlet, Indiana
01-06-2012
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Christopher A. Patterson - 20

 National Guard Specialist
81st Troop Command, Indiana National Guard
Aurora, Illinois
01-06-2012
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


Dustin P. Napier - 20

 Private First Class
1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division
London, Kentucky
01-08-2012
Zabul, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire


Michael W. Pyron - 30

 Private First Class
25th Signal Battalion, 160th Signal Brigade, 335th Signal Command Theater
Hopewell, Virginia
01-10-2012
Parwan, Afghanistan
Non-Hostile - No Details Of This Heroes Death Have Been Released


Neil I. Turner - 21

 Private (Trooper)
1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division
Tacoma, Washington
01-11-2012
Logar, Afghanistan
Non-Hostile - Accident


Benjamin B. Wise - 34

 Seaman
3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group
Little Rock, Arkansas
01-15-2012
Balkh, Afghanistan Wounded and Died At Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire


Kenneth E. Cochran - 20

Lance Corporal
9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force
Wilder, Idaho
01-15-2012
Helmand, Afghanistan
Non-Hostile - No Details Of This Heroes Death Have Been Released


Jon-Luke Bateman - 22

Corporal
2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary
Tulsa, Oklahoma
01-15-2012
Helmand, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - No Details Of This Heroes Death Have Been Released


Keith D. Benson - 27

 Specialist
2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade
Brockton, Massachusetts
01-18-2012
Paktika, Afghanistan
Non-Hostile - No Details Of This Heroes Death Have Been Released


Phillip D. McGeath - 25

Corporal
1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force
Glendale, Arizona
01-18-2012
Helmand, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire  - No Details Of This Heroes Death Have Been Released

Corporal Phillip McGeath's two brothers

 

Six US marines were killed in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, according to a US official, but Nato claimed Taliban fighters were not active in the area at the time. "The cause of the crash is under investigation. However, initial reporting indicates there was no enemy activity in the area at the time of the crash," a spokesman for the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force said on Friday, raising questions about a possible malfunction or pilot error. The Nato spokesman declined to confirm the nationality of the victims but a American official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said all of the dead were US marines. It is the worst crash since August last year when 30 US forces, including 22 elite Navy Seal commandos, died when their helicopter came down in eastern Afghanistan. An investigation into the incident confirmed the Taliban fired a rocket-propelled grenade that hit one of the helicopter's rotary blades and exploded, sending it plunging to the ground and bursting into flames within seconds. All eight Afghans on board were also killed.

Joseph D. Logan - 22

Corporal
Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force
Willis, Texas
01-20-2012
Helmand, Afghanistan
Non-Hostile - Helicopter Crash


Nathan R. McHone - 29

Captain
Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force
Crystal Lake, Illinois
01-20-2012
Helmand, Afghanistan
Non-Hostile - Helicopter Crash


Jesse W. Stites - 23

Corporal
Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force
North Beach, Maryland
01-20-2012
Helmand, Afghanistan
Non-Hostile - Helicopter Crash


Daniel B. Bartle - 27

Captain
Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force
Ferndale, Washington
01-20-2012
Helmand, Afghanistan
Non-Hostile - Helicopter Crash


Kevin J. Reinhard - 25

Corporal
Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force
Colonia, New Jersey
01-20-2012
Helmand, Afghanistan
Non-Hostile - Helicopter Crash


Travis Riddick - 40

Master Sergeant
Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force
Centerville, Iowa
01-20-2012
Helmand, Afghanistan
Non-Hostile - Helicopter Crash


Christopher G. Singer - 23

Corporal
3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force
Temecula, California
01-21-2012
Helmand, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Small Arms Fire


Joshua C. Pairsh - 29

Captain
4th Civil Affairs Group, Marine Forces Reserve
Equality, Illinois
01-22-2012
In United States Of America After Leaving Afghanistan
Non-Hostile - Of A Non-Combat Related Illness

Captain Joshua C. Pairsh, 29, of Equality died at a hospital in Washington, D.C.
Family members said Pairsh contracted pneumonia while serving in
Afghanistan and was transferred to a hospital in Germany where he was diagnosed
with lymphoma and was later transferred to the Washington, D.C., hospital.

His remains were cremated, according to a spokesperson with the Vickery
Funeral Home in Equality, and will be interred in Arlington National Cemetery.


David A. Johnson - 24

 First Lieutenant
5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division
Horicon, Wisconsin
01-25-2012
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire - Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Attack


William C. Stacey - 23

Sergeant
2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force
Redding, California
01-31-2012
Helmand, Afghanistan
Hostile - Hostile Fire  - No Details Of This Heroes Death Have Been Released


THE CURRENT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CASUALTY COUNT FOR JANUARY 2012
 --- 25 ---
Iraq - 00
Afghanistan - 24
United States Of America - 01