Hero Stories for August 2010

Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Collin Thomas, 33, of Morehead, Kentucky, died August 18, 2010, during a combat operation in eastern Afghanistan. Chief Petty Officer Thomas was assigned to an east coast-based SEAL team. </d

Lance Cpl. Kevin E. Oratowski, 23, of Wheaton, Illinois, died August 18, 2010, while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Lance Cpl. Oratowski was assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. </d

Lance Cpl. Kevin E. Oratowski, 23, of Wheaton, Illinois, died August 18, 2010, while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Lance Cpl. Oratowski was assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. </d

Lance Cpl. Kevin E. Oratowski, 23, of Wheaton, Illinois, died August 18, 2010, while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Lance Cpl. Oratowski was assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. </d

Lance Cpl. Kevin E. Oratowski, 23, of Wheaton, Illinois, died August 18, 2010, while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Lance Cpl. Oratowski was assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. </d

Sgt. 1st Class Edgar N. Roberts, 39, of Hinesville, Georgia, died August 17, 2010, at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, of wounds sustained June 26 at Sayed Abad, Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. Sgt. 1st Class Roberts was assigned to 810th Engineer Company (SAPPER), Swainsboro, Georgia. </d

Pvt. Charles M. High IV, 21, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, died August 17, 2010, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device caused a military vehicle roll-over. Pvt. High was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d

Pvt. Charles M. High IV, 21, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, died August 17, 2010, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device caused a military vehicle roll-over. Pvt. High was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d

Pvt. Charles M. High IV, 21, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, died August 17, 2010, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device caused a military vehicle roll-over. Pvt. High was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d

Staff Sgt. Derek J. Farley, 24, of Nassau, New York, died August 17, 2010, at Bala Boluk, Farah, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated as he attempted to disarm it. Staff Sgt. Farley was assigned to the 18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, Grafenwoehr, Germany. </d