- Date of Death: 2009-01-06
SSG Anthony Dee Davis from FL, served with B Company 1st Ranger Battalion -
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SFC Richard Herrema
- Date of Death: 2006-04-25
SFC Richard Herrema from Michigan, served with -
Sgt. 1st Class Richard Herrema, aged 27, of Hudsonville, MI, was taken home to be with his Lord after he was killed in combat during operations, April 25, 2006 in Iraq against known enemies of the United States of America.
MSG Joshua Wheeler
- Date of Death: 2015-10-22
MSG Joshua L. Wheeler from Oklahoma, served with B Company 2nd Ranger Battalion -
Iraq. When Kurdish commandos went on a helicopter raid to rescue about 70 hostages who were about to be executed by Islamic State militants, the plan called for the Americans who accompanied them to offer support, not join in the action, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said on Friday. But then the Kurdish attack on the prison where the hostages were held stalled, and Sergeant Wheeler responded.
Wheeler died from enemy gunfire while in combat near Hawijah,
Iraq. When Kurdish commandos went on a helicopter raid to rescue about 70 hostages who were about to be executed by Islamic State militants, the plan called for the Americans who accompanied them to offer support, not join in the action, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said on Friday. But then the Kurdish attack on the prison where the hostages were held stalled, and Sergeant Wheeler responded.
