Hero Stories for Army

Spc. Matthew C. Powell, 20, of Slidell, Louisiana, died October 12, 2010, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered at Ghunday Ghar, Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked his military vehicle using an improvised explosive device. Spc. Powell was assigned to the 526th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.<

Staff Sgt. Dave J. Weigle, 29, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died October 10, 2010, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Staff Sgt. Wiegle was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.<

Staff Sgt. Dave J. Weigle, 29, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died October 10, 2010, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Staff Sgt. Wiegle was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d

Staff Sgt. Dave J. Weigle, 29, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died October 10, 2010, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Staff Sgt. Wiegle was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.<

Spc. David A. Hess, 25, of Ruskin, Florida, died October 10, 2010, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Spc. Hess was assigned to the 526th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.<

Spc. David A. Hess, 25, of Ruskin, Florida, died October 10, 2010, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Spc. Hess was assigned to the 526th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d

Spc. David A. Hess, 25, of Ruskin, Florida, died October 10, 2010, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Spc. Hess was assigned to the 526th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.<

Spc. Joseph T. Prentler, 20, of Fenwick, Michigan, died October 4, 2010, in Mama Kariz, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his military vehicle using an improvised explosive device. Spc. Prentler was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany. </d

Pfc. Ryane G. Clark, 22, of New London, Minnesota, died October 4, 2010, in Shekhabad, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. Pfc. Clark was assigned to the 27th Combat Engineer Battalion (Airborne), 20th Combat Engineer Brigade, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. </d

Sgt. Karl A. Campbell, 34, of Chiefland, Florida, died October 4, 2010, in Babur, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Sgt. Campbell was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d