Spec. Chad A. Edmundson
Hometown: Williamsburg, Pa
Age: 20
Died: May 27, 2009 in Operation Iraqi Freedom
Unit: Army, 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry, 56th Stryker Brigade, Pa. Army National Guard
Incident: Killed when a makeshift bomb detonated near his unit while on a dismounted patrol.
Staff Sgt. Brian P. Hause
Hometown: Stoystown, Pa
Age: 29
Died: October 23, 2008 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Air Force, 20th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.
Incident: Died of non-combat related medical causes at Balad Air Base, Iraq.
Chief Petty Officer Michael E. Koch
Hometown: State College, Pa
Age: 29
Died: February 4, 2008 in Operation Iraqi Freedom
Unit: Navy, East Coast-based SEAL Team
Incident: Killed by small arms fire during combat operations
Sgt. Timothy R. Van Orman
Hometown: Port Matilda, Pa
Age: 24
Died: February 5, 2008
Unit: Army, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, NY
Incident: Died in Balad, Iraq of wounds suffered in Al Muqdadiyah when he encountered a makeshift bomb during combat operations.
Sgt. 1st Class David A. Cooper Jr.
Hometown: State College, Pa
Age: 36
Died: September 5, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Incident: Died from a non-combat related injury in Baghdad.
Spec. Michael A. Hook
Hometown: Altoona, Pa
Age: 25
Died: August 22, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Incident: Died in a helicopter crash in Multaka.
Pfc. Larry Parks Jr.
Hometown: Altoona, Pa
Age: 24
Died: June 18, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Incident: Killed when a makeshift bomb exploded near his vehicle in Arab Jabor.
Sgt. Curtis J. Forshey
Hometown: Hollidaysburg, Pa
Age: 22
Died: March 27, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 129th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.
Incident: Died in Germany, of a non-combat related illness.
Pfc. Aaron M. Genevie
Hometown: Chambersburg, Pa
Age: 22
Died: April 16, 2007 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
Incident: Killed when his vehicle struck a makeshift bomb in Baghdad.
Sgt. 1st Class Scott R. Smith
Hometown: Punxsutawney, Pa
Age: 34
Died: July 17, 2006 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 737th Explosive Ordnance Detachment, 52nd Ordnance Group, Fort Belvoir, Va.
Incident: Killed when a makeshift bomb exploded during a controlled ordnance clearing mission in Iskandariyah
Sgt. 1st Class Randy D. McCaulley
Hometown: Marion Center, Pa
Age: 44
Died: March 23, 2006 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army National Guard, 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Army National Guard, Indiana, Pa.
Incident: Killed when his dismounted patrol came under enemy small arms fire during combat operations in Habbaniyah.
2nd Lt. Christopher E. Loudon
Hometown: Brockport, Pa
Age: 23
Died: October 18, 2006 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Tex.
Incident: Killed when a makeshift bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad.
Staff Sgt. Daniel R. Lightner Jr.
Hometown: Hollidaysburg, Pa
Age: 28
Died: October 27, 2005 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army National Guard
Sgt. Andrew R. Jodon
Hometown: Karthaus, Pa
Age: 27
Died: May 12, 2005 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Incident: Killed when a makeshift bomb exploded near his vehicle in Samarra.
Spec. Brett M. Hershey
Hometown: State College, Pa
Age: 23
Died: March 26, 2005 in Operation Enduring Freedom.
Unit: Army National Guard, 76th Infantry Brigade (Separate), Army National Guard, Indianapolis, Ind.
Incident: Killed by a mine in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Spec. Christopher A. Golby
Hometown: Johnstown, Pa
Age: 26
Died: January 8, 2004 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance), Fort Carson, Colo.
Incident: Killed when insurgents shot down a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter near Fallujah.
Pfc. Aaron J. Rusin
Hometown: Johnstown, Pa
Age: 19
Died: October 11, 2004 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 44th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Howze, South Korea
Incident: Died in Baghdad of injuries sustained on Oct. 10 during an attack.
Sgt. Brandon E. Adams
Hometown: Hollidaysburg, Pa
Age: 22
Died: September 19, 2004 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Incident: Died at Walter Reed Medical Center from injury when a grenade exploded while in a house in Fallujah.
Pfc. Bradley G. Kritzer
Hometown: Irvona, Pa
Age: 18
Died: May 5, 2004 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 1st Battalion, 21st Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Tex.
Incident: Killed when their vehicle struck a makeshift bomb in Baghdad.
Gunnery Sgt. Ronald E. Baum
Hometown: Hollidaysburg, Pa
Age: 38
Died: May 3, 2004 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Marines, 2nd Intelligence Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Incident: Killed in fighting in Anbar province.
Spec. Clint Richard Matthews
Hometown: Bedford, Pa
Age: 31
Died: March 19, 2004 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, Schweinfurt, Germany
Incident: Died from injuries sustained when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle went over a 60-foot embankment in Baji
Spec. Craig S. Ivory
Hometown: Port Matilda, Pa
Age: 26
Died: September 14, 2003 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 501st Forward Support Company, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Southern European Task Force, Vicenza, Italy
Incident: Died in a German hospital of a stroke he suffered in Iraq.
Capt. Tristan N. Aiken
Hometown: State College, Pa
Age: 31
Died: April 4, 2003 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery, 3rd Army Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
Incident: Killed in an ambush by a shoulder-mounted rocket launcher near Baghdad's international airport. He was riding in the lead vehicle in an artillery supply convoy.
Spec. Zachariah W. Long
Hometown: Milton, Pa
Age: 20
Died: May 30, 2003 in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Unit: Army, 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident: Traveling in a three-vehicle convoy during a storm from Mosul to Tikrit. A civilian vehicle dodged a pothole causing the Humvees to swerve.
