America is the best country in the world. We are bold, resilient, and so incredibly diverse. Americans serve in the military because they believe in the best of America and are dedicated to protecting everything that we love. The service members below believed in America. Honor and celebrate them by spending time with your family this long weekend, and enjoy the freedom that they gave their lives for. That’s what they would have wanted.
Every sacrifice deserves to be remembered, and below are the names of the soldiers and sailors that we have served with or have a personal connection to. You are always remembered, ever honored, and we are eternally grateful.
Charlie Company, 3-509th AIB – Iraq, 2006-2007
- SGT Brennan Gibson
- SPC Philip Ford
- PFC Shawn Murphy
- SPC James Lindsey
Charlie Company, 3-509th AIB – Afghanistan 2011
- SPC Julian Berisford
2nd Aviation Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade – Afghanistan, 2013
- LT Robert Hess
Extortion 17 – Afghanistan, 2011
- CW5 David R. Carter
- CW2 Bryan J. Nichols
- SSG Patrick D. Hamburger
- SGT Alexander J. Bennett
- SPC Spencer Duncan
- TSgt John W. Brown
- SSgt Andrew W. Harvell
- TSgt Daniel L. Zerbe
- PO1 Darrick C. Benson
- CPO Brian R. Bill
- PO1 Christopher G. Campbell
- PO1 Jared W. Day
- PO1 John Douangdara & Navy SEAL Dog “Bart”
- CPO John W. Faas
- CPO Kevin A. Houston
- Lt. Cmdr. Jonas B. Kelsall
- MCPO Louis J. Langlais
- CPO Matthew D. Mason
- CPO Stephen M. Mills
- CPO Nicholas H. Null
- PO1 Jesse D. Pittman
- SCPO Thomas A. Ratzlaff
- CPO Robert J. Reeves
- CPO Heath M. Robinson
- PO2 Nicholas P. Spehar
- PO1 Michael J. Strange
- PO1 Jon T. Tumilson
- PO1 Aaron C. Vaughn
- SCPO Kraig M. Vickers
- PO1 Jason R. Workman