Hero Stories for Navy

Petty Officer 3rd Class David M. Mu

Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian M. Patton, 37, of Freeport, Illinois, died November 19, 2009, in Kuwait in a non-combat accident. Petty Officer 2nd Class Patton was an individual augmentee assigned to the Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom Law and Order Detachment. </d

Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian M. Pat

Petty Officer 3rd Class James R. Layton, 22, of Riverbank, California, died September 8, 2009, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, while supporting combat operations. Petty Officer 3rd Class Layton was assigned to an embedded training team with Combined Security Tranisiton Command in Afghanistan. </d

Petty Officer 3rd Class James R. Lay

Petty Officer 3rd Class Benjamin P. Castiglione, 21, of Howell, Michigan, died September 3, 2009, while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Petty Officer 3rad Class Castiglione was assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Battalion. </d

Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony C. Garcia, 21, of Panama City, Florida, died August 5, 2009, while supporting combat operations in Farah Province, Afghanistan. Petty Officer 3rd Class Garcia served as a corpsman with Marines assigned to Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe, Hawaii. </d

Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony C. Gar

Aviation Electronics Technician Airman Andrew Scott Charpentier, 21, of Great Falls, Montana, died July 23, 2009, at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida, from a non-combat related illness incurred while assigned to the Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. </d

Aviation Electronics Technician Airman Andrew S. Charpent