I'm posting this here as well as on Wesley's page because there is so much information in it about Babe!

Nathan B. "Nate" Bruckenthal (17 July 1979-24 April 2004) was a Damage Controlman Third Class in the United States Coast Guard. He was the first Coast Guardsman to die in wartime action since the Vietnam War. Bruckenthal died along with two U.S. Navy sailors intercepting a waterborne suicide atta...

Army Specialist Jesse Adam Snow is our beloved son and we're so proud of him. We love him more than anyone will ever know and will do our best to keep his name and memories alive as long as the sun shines on this beautiful earth. On 11 November 2010, Jesse called me for the last time and gave m...

Specialist Etienne Murphy entered the Army at Fort Benning, GA in 2013, where he completed One Station Unit Training (OSUT) as an Infantryman. He was then assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York. After his initi...

Our American Hero Sgt. Robert J. Barrett Hometown-Fall River MA

I volunteered to put my life on the line for freedom and country. For my fellow soldiers, for my little girl, for my weeping mother and father," Robert Barrett wrote. "I am going to a land where American freedom is just a...

I never got to know my father, as he was KIA when I was 4 years old. But I have always been proud of him and he's always been my hero.
What do you miss most about your parent?
Never having the chance to know him.
What message would you like to share with families with a loved one...

2010 Deployment to Afghanistan
1st Battalion 2d Marine Regiment
Camp Lejeune, N.C.

KIA: April 1, 2010 in Helmand province, Afghanistan

Lance Cpl. Tyler O. Griffin, 19, was killed in action (KIA) April 1, 2010, the result of injuries sustained while serving in U...

Bronze Star (Merit)

PFC Rulon Borgstrom was awarded the Purple Heart for his service.

I never met Sgt. Craig Frank but I know his wonderful parents and, through them, I felt the pain of the loss of this remarkable young man. He served our country with honor and bravery. Thanks are not enough to express the depth of my gratitude for his ultimate sacrifice for my freedom.

Thank you so much!

Maurice Padwa is my uncle (my mom’s brother). She was 9 when he was killed. My uncle was the last man in the house because a few years prior my grandfather died of a heart attack. My uncle next of kin is my 2 bothers, my cousin and myself. My uncle was killed the day before he was suppose to leav...

William Disney is the Brother of Arthur B Disney who is also listed as MIA. He was in the Army Air Corps and assigned to the 1st Squadron 6th Ferry Group MIA July 9th 1943 Report states while piloting his P-38 Fighter contact was lost in the area of Trinidad.