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A SALUTE TO OUR MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN

Name

Age

Action

Hometown

Navy SEALs

LT Michael P. Murphy

29

Part of 4-Man SEAL team, killed in an ambush

Patchogue, New York

SO2 Matthew Axelson

29

Part of 4-Man SEAL team, killed in an ambush

Cupertino, California[34]

SO2 Danny Dietz

25

Part of 4-Man SEAL team, killed in an ambush

Littleton, Colorado[34]

SOC Jacques J. Fontan

36

Killed aboard the helicopter when it was shot down

New Orleans, Louisiana

SOCS ″Daniel R. Healy

36

Killed aboard the helicopter when it was shot down

Exeter, New Hampshire

LCDR Erik S. Kristensen

33

Killed aboard the helicopter when it was shot down

San Diego, California

SO1 Jeffery A. Lucas

33

Killed aboard the helicopter when it was shot down

Corbett, Oregon

LT Michael M. McGreevy, Jr.

30

Killed aboard the helicopter when it was shot down

Portville, New York

SO2 James E. Suh

28

Killed aboard the helicopter when it was shot down

Deerfield Beach, Florida

SO1 Jeffrey S. Taylor

30

Killed aboard the helicopter when it was shot down

Midway, West Virginia

SO2 Shane E. Patton

22

Killed aboard the helicopter when it was shot down

Boulder City, Nevada

160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment[9]

SSG Shamus O. Goare

29

Killed aboard the helicopter when it was shot down

Danville, Ohio

CWO3 Corey J. Goodnature

35

Killed aboard the helicopter when it was shot down

Clarks Grove, Minnesota.

SGT Kip A. Jacoby

21

Killed aboard the helicopter when it was shot down

Pompano Beach, Florida

SFC Marcus V. Muralles

33

Killed aboard the helicopter when it was shot down

Shelbyville, Indiana

MSG James W. Ponder III

36

Killed aboard the helicopter when it was shot down

Franklin, Tennessee

MAJ Stephen C. Reich

34

Killed aboard the helicopter when it was shot down

Washington Depot, Connecticut.

SFC Michael L. Russell

31

Killed aboard the helicopter when it was shot down

Stafford, Virginia

CWO4 Chris J. Scherkenbach

40

Killed aboard the helicopter when it was shot down

Jacksonville, Florida

A salute to opertion Red Wing. It was the worst loss of life in a single day of war n Afganistan. It   was also one of the most heroic days.Men sacrificing their own lives for others.One man was saved that day. Marcus Lattrells story affirms the bond that between fellow soldiers.

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