SPC Dane R. Balcon

Jun 25, 2018 | Army

SPC Dane R. Balcon was born on 27 April 1988, at Luke AFB, Arizona. In 2007, he enlisted in the Army as a Fire Support Specialist, following graduation from Sand Creek High School. He attended Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training with 2nd Platoon, Bravo...

CPL Patrick D. Tillman

Jun 24, 2018 | Army

Died April 22, 2004, serving during Operation Enduring Freedom. 27, of Chandler, Ariz.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash.; killed April 22 when his patrol vehicle came under attack near Spera, Afghanistan. (#Repost...

PFC Samuel Tom Holiday

Jun 23, 2018 | Marines

Holiday, who was born to a medicine woman in Monument Valley on the Arizona-Utah border, was unsure of his exact birthday, but family members assigned him the date of June 2, 1924, based on the weather and season at the time. Holiday was 19 when he went through Marine...

Sgt Meredith Frank Keirn

Jun 22, 2018 | Marines

Sergeant Keirn was a member of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in Korea on November 30, 1950. His family nickname was “Buster.” His remains were reported Accounted For on May 22,...

CAPT Eleanor L’Ecuyer

Jun 21, 2018 | Coast Guard

Frustrated by her clerical work as a civilian in 1944, Eleanor C. L’Ecuyer volunteered to join the Coast Guard in Boston, in the midst of her workday at Boston Edison Company. “I went for a walk at the suggestion of my boss and came back a member of the Coast Guard,”...