CSM Robert Gallagher from New Jersey, served with 3rd Ranger Battalion -

 

Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Robert “Bob” Gallagher — who parachuted into Panama during Operation Just Cause, served as a platoon sergeant with Task Force Ranger in the Mogadishu, Somalia, battle made famous by “Black Hawk Down,” and fought on despite being wounded as Task Force 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry, made its way to Baghdad in 2003 — was 52 years old.

SPC Thomas F. Duncan from Texas, served with 2nd Ranger Battalion -

 

Ranger Duncan distinguished himself as a member of the Army’s premier lightinfantry unit, traveled to all corners of the world in support of the Global War on Terrorism, and fought valiantly to "uphold the prestige, honor, and high ‘esprit de corps’ of the Ranger Regiment."

1SG Bill J. Siercks from Missouri, served with 2nd Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division. 
He rose rapidly to be a 1SG in 4-10 MTN, where he was carrying out the Abrams Charter of leading American Soldiers. He was weeks from going home when his FOB (Shank) came under attack and Bill was hit leading his Soldiers.
 RLTW!

SSG Gilbert Horn Sr. from Montana, served with -

 

In 1943, Horn volunteered for assignment with “Merrill’s Marauders,” a deep penetration unit under the command of Maj. Gen. Frank Merrill. During five months of field operations in Burma and western China, Merrill’s Marauders completed an 800-mile trek across the Himalaya Mountains on a mission to cut Japanese communications and supply lines ahead of a planned joint U.S./China attack.