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Wisconsin military deaths in Afghanistan
Compiled by Ron Larson. Last updated July 14, 2011.| Name and rank | Age | Hometown | Date of death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Army Specialist Robert J. Cook | 24 | Sun Prairie | January 29, 2004 | He was killed in an explosion at a weaopns cache near the city of Ghazni. |
| Army National Guard Pfc. Kyle M. Hemauer | 21 | Chilton | May 23, 2005 | Died from non-combat injuries. |
| Marine Lance Corporal Ryan J. Nass | 21 | Franklin | September 3, 2005 | Died from non-hostile gunshot wound at Camp Blessing. |
| Marine Lance Corporal Nicholas R. Anderson | 21 | Sauk City | March 13, 2006 | Died from injuries sustained in an accident while on patrol. |
| Army Staff Sergeant Patrick L. Lybert | 28 | Ladysmith | June 21, 2006 | Killed in Gowardesh in a battle with enemy forces using small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. |
| Air Force Senior Airman Adam P. Servais | 23 | Onalaska | August 19, 2006 | Died when his vehicle came under fire in the southern Uruzgan province. |
| Army Reserves Sergeant 1st Class Merideth Howard | 52 | Waukesha | Sept. 8, 2006 | Died when a car bomber slammed into her Humvee. |
| Sgt. Joshua Brennan (173rd Airborne Brigade) | 22 | McFarland (spent summers in McFarland; buried in McFarland) | Oct. 26, 2007 | Died when his unit came under attack by the Taliban in the mountainous Kunar Province. |
| Army 1st Lt. Nick Dewhirst | 25 | Onalaska | July 20, 2008 | Died when his convoy came under attack in the Qalandar district of the Khost province. |
| Army Reserve Sgt. Daniel Thompson | 24 | Portage | Feb. 24, 2009 | An improvised bomb exploded under his Humvee, killing Thompson and four others in Kandahar province. |
| Private Second Class Steven Drees | 19 | Peshtigo | June 28, 2009 | Wounded June 24 during an ambush attack on his Army unit in the Konar Province. Died at medical facility in Germany four days later. |
| Army Spc. Kevin Graham | 27 | Salem (Kenosha County) | Sept. 26, 2009 | His vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Kandahar province. Graham lived in Salem from 1991 until 2005, when the family moved to Kentucky. |
| Sgt. Ryan C. Adams | 26 | Rhinelander | Oct. 2, 2009 | His vehicle was attacked with a rocket-propelled grenade, killing Adams and wounding seven other members of the Wisconsin Army National Guard. |
| Army Sgt. Nickolas A. Mueller | 26 | Little Chute | Oct. 26, 2009. | He died of wounds suffered when the MH-47 helicopter he was aboard crashed in Darreh-ye Bum. |
| Lance Cpl. Jacob A. Meinert | 20 | Fort Atkinson | Jan. 10, 2010 | Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province |
| Lt. Col. Paul R. Bartz | 43 | Waterloo | May 18, 2010 | Died when his convoy was attacked by insurgents using a car bomb in Kabul |
| Pvt. Adam Novak | 20 | Prairie du Sac | Aug. 27, 2010 | Killed when a command-wired roadside bomb was detonated during convoy operations in the Dzardan district of Paktia province. |
| Staff Sgt. Matthew West | 36 | Conover | Aug. 30, 2010 | One of five soldiers killed by a roadside bomb in the Arghandab River Valley of Kandahar province. |
| Senior Airman Dan Johnson | 22 | Cottage Grove | Oct. 5, 2010 | Died when an improvised bomb detonated west of Kandahar. |
| Marine Corporal Justin Cain | 22 | Manitowoc | Oct. 13, 2010 | Killed by a roadside bomb suring combat operations in southern Afghanistan. |
| Army Spc. Scott Thomas Nagorski | 27 | Greenfield | Nov. 14, 2010 | Killed when insurgents attacked with small-arms fire in Kunar province. |
| Army Medic Jacob Gassen | 21 | Beaver Dam | Nov. 29, 2010 | Killed with five other Americans when a border policeman turned his gun on his American trainers. |
| 1st Lt. Daren Hidalgo | 24 | Waukesha | Feb. 10, 2011 | Killed in the Kandahar province after insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. |
| Spc. Justin Ross | 24 | Green Bay | March 26, 2011 | Died of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked with small-arms fire in Helmand province. |
| Army Spc. Paul Atim | 27 | Green Bay | April 16, 2011 | Killed in Nimroz Province when insurgents attacked his unit with a bomb. |
| Army Sgt. Matthew D. Hermanson | 22 | Appleton | April 28, 2011 | Died from wounds suffered when his unit took small arms fire in the Wardak province. |
| Army Pvt. Ryan L Larson | 19 | Friendship | June 15, 2011 | Killed by a roadside bomb in Kandahar Province |
| Army Specialist Tyler Kreinz | 21 | Beloit | June 18, 2011 | Killed in Uruzgan province of injuries suffered in a vehicle roll-over. |
| Marine Cpl. Michael Nolen | 22 | Spring Valley | June 27, 2011 | Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province. |
| Army Sgt. Garrick Louis Eppinger, Jr. | 25 | Appleton | Sept. 17, 2011 | Died from a gunshot wound at Bagram Airbase in eastern Afghanistan. Details are pending an investigation. |
| Army Spc. Jakob Roelli | 24 | Darlington | Sept. 21, 2011 | Died in Kandahar province of injuries suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small-arms fire. |
| Army medic Joe Altmann | 27 | Marshfield | Dec. 25, 2011 | Died from injuries suffered when insurgents in Kunar province attacked his unite with small-arms fire. |
| First Lt. David Johnson | 24 | Mayville | Jan. 25, 2012 | Killed by a homemade bomb while on foot patrol in Kandahar Province. |
| Staff Sgt. Jesse Grindey | 30 | Hazel Green | March 12, 2012 | Under investigation. |
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