The 23-year-old was born to immigrant parents from Hong Kong and grew up in Salem, N.H. In high school, he joined ROTC and began planning for a career in the military. He was trying to defuse a bomb in Iraq when it exploded and killed him.
The 43-year-old Illinois man was killed by a roadside bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan. As a guardsman, Smith served three deployments in six years. Friends and family in his hometown remember his kindness and love of aquatic life.
The Missouri resident was the captain of her high school lacrosse team and wanted to be a fighter pilot. Schulte is the
first female graduate of the Air Force Academy ever to be killed by enemy action. She was killed halfway through a tour of duty in Afghanistan when a roadside bomb struck her vehicle.
Keith Springle devoted his life to helping members of the military cope with mental health issues. Despite his efforts to reach out to those dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder, Springle was killed in Iraq allegedly by one of the very people he was trying to help.
The 21-year-old man from Garfield Heights, Ohio, is remembered as a fun-loving kid who loved football. he died in a roadside bombing in Iraq.
The Virginia man spent the majority of his career as an intelligence analyst for the Army. He was delivering food to a village in Iraq when he was shot by a member of the Iraqi security forces.
The 22-year-old from Canton, Ohio, is remembered for the pride he took in his sometimes beleaguered inner-city high school He was killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan.
