
Sgt. 1st Class Coater B. Debose, 55, of State Line, Miss., died Aug. 19 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan.
Killed on Aug. 16 in a helicopter crash northeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan, were: Chief Warrant Officer Brian D. Hornsby, 37, of Melbourne, Fla.; Chief Warrant Officer Suresh N.A. Krause, 29, of Cathedral City, Calif.; Explosive Ordnance Disposal Petty Officer Technician 1st Class Sean P. Carson, 32, of Des Moines, Wash.; Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick D. Feeks, 28, of Edgewater, Md.; Sgt. Richard A. Essex, 23, of Kelseyville, Calif.; Sgt. Luis A. Oliver Galbreath, 41, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 2nd Class David J. Warsen, 27, of Kentwood, Mich.
Killed on Aug. 17 while supporting combat operations in Farah province, Afghanistan, were: Staff Sgt. Gregory T. Copes, 36, of Lynch Station, Va., and Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer 1st Class Darrel L. Enos, 36, of Colorado Springs, Colo.
Spc. James A. Justice, 21, of Grover, N.C., died Aug. 17 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, from injuries suffered on Aug. 14 from enemy small-arms fire in Wardak province, Afghanistan.
Pfc. Michael R. Demarsico II, of North Adams, Mass., died Aug. 16 in Panjwa’l, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when he encountered an enemy improvised device.
Staff Sgt. Eric S. Holman, 39, of Evans City, Pa., died Aug. 15 in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when he encountered an enemy improvised explosive device.
Pfc. Andrew J. Keller, 22, of Tigard, Ore., died Aug. 15 in Charkh, Afghanistan, when enemy forces attacked his unit with small-arms fire.
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