
(Sgt. Billings is pictured on the right)
30, of Clarksville, Virginia; assigned to 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.; died October 13, 2012 in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, of wounds caused by an i...

Uncle Jim died four years before I was born, so unfortunately, I never knew him in person. However, when I was a child the photo on this page often was out on Memorial Day in remembrance of him. My father (Fred) was very close to his younger brother Jim. I know Uncle Jim’s loss hurt him deeply an...


Cameron A. Meddock, 26, of Spearman, Texas, died Jan. 17, 2019, in Landstuhl, Germany, as a result of wounds sustained from small arms fire on Jan. 12, 2019, in Badghis Province, Afghanistan while serving with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washi...

Private Francis Pedrotti was awarded the Purple Heart.

James Orvel Adams, son of James A. and Mona (Waldo) Adams, was born in Anthon on September 2, 1910. He enlisted in the United States army in February 1940 and spent the next 10 years in service during which he saw action in the Pacific theater during WWII. He served two years in the army of occup...

Holly loved the children in Iraq. She asked me to send candy all of the time so that she could give it to the children.

SPC. Chris Kube was a pretty cool guy. He was my friend, roommate, fellow soldier and a Hero. It has been 15 years since the day that we all lost a great human! To Kube, who resides in the halls of Valhalla! Until Valhalla Brother! STEEL!!

Purple Heart


Kenneth V Welch was a great Son, and a wonderful Brother.
Kenneth was the Father of two sons who were 6 and 8 years old when he was killed.
The story of his death
On September 20, 1984 they took Ken Welch from the world in a hit on the US Embassy. An expert testified tha...

2Lt. Charles A. Gross was listed as Missing in Action. He is memorialized at the Honolulu Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Nicholas Charles Panipinto


To the McCants family. I was Danny's room mate for a time at Warrant Officer Candidate School. Now some 22 plus years later and my son's baseball organization is participating in a Gold Star program. They wear a gold star on their helmet for the upcoming season in honor of a fallen Warrior. I...