Hero Stories for Navy

Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Darren Ethan Tate, 21, of Canyon, Texas, died of non-hostile causes July 8, 2009, at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Tate was assigned to the USS Iwo Jima, and deployed as an Individual Augmentee to Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan. </d

Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Darren E. T

Petty Officer Second Class Tony Michael Randolph, 22, of Henryetta, Oklahoma died July 6, 2009, in an improvised explosive device attack on his convoy in northern Afghanistan. Petty Officer Second Class Randolph was assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Eight, Sigonella, Italy, and was deployed with his platoon to Joint Task Force South conducting counter-improvised explosive device operations in support of Task Force Zabul in Afghanistan. </d

Petty Officer Second Class Tony Michael Rando

Command Master Chief Petty Officer Jeffrey J. Garber, 43, of Hemingford, Nebraska, died of non-hostile causes June 20, 2009, aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the North Arabian Sea. Command Master Chief Petty Officer Garber was supporting maritime security operations in the Fifth Fleet area of responsibility. </d

Command Master Chief Petty Officer Jeffrey J. Gar

Cmdr. Duane G. Wolfe, 54, of Port Hueneme, California, died May 25, 2009, from injuries suffered as a result of an improvised explosive device attack on his convoy southeast of Fallujah, Iraq. Cmdr. Wolfe was assigned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Gulf Region Division in Iraq. </d

Commander Charles K. Springle, 52, of Wilmington, North Carolina, died May 11, 2009, in Camp Liberty, Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered in a non-combat related incident. Commander Springle was assigned as an Individual Augmentee to the Army's 55th Medical Company, Indianapolis, Indiana. </d

Commander Charles K. Sprin

Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler J. Trahan, 22, of East Freetown, Massachusetts, died on April 30, 2009, while conducting combat operations in Fallujah, Iraq. Petty Office 2nd Class Trahan was assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit Twelve in Norfolk, Virginia, and was deployed with an East Coast based Navy SEAL team. </d