SFC Daniel H. Petithory, 32, was a Communications Sergeant assigned to ODA 574, Company A, 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne). He was killed in action during Operation Enduring Freedom. Dan was born in Massachusetts on June 30, 1969. He graduated from...
Staff Sgt. David G. Bellavia was born, Nov. 10, 1975, in Buffalo, New York. The son of a successful dentist and the youngest of four boys, Bellavia grew up in western New York and attended Lyndonville Central High School and Houghton Academy. Following his high school...
“SPC Michael Travis Osorio, 20 of Horseshoe Bend, Idaho passed away on April 23, 2019 in Iraq serving his country. Michael was born to David and Jennifer Osorio on November 21, 1998. He attended grade school in Salt Lake City, Utah and finished his schooling in...
Sgt. Maj. James G. “Ryan” Sartor, 40, a Special Forces company sergeant major, died Saturday (July 13th) during combat operations in Faryab province, Afghanistan, the Army announced. Sartor was assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne). He died from injuries...
Former Staff Sergeant Ronald J. Shurer II didn’t hesitate when he got the call that his wounded teammates were trapped on a hillside in Afghanistan. Not even as the bullets of enemy fire flew past, dirt kicking up around him. Not even when the bullets grazed his arm,...
