The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel who died in Afghanistan and Iraq or at a military hospital of their injuries:
Paul E. Andersen, 49, of Dowagiac, Mich.; specialist, Army Reserve. Andersen was killed Oct. 1 when his camp in Baghdad was attacked with indirect fire -- a military term that usually refers to a mortar or rocket attack. He was assigned to the 855th Quartermaster Company in South Bend, Ind.
Justin T. Gallegos, 27, of Tucson; sergeant, Army. Gallegos was among eight soldiers killed Oct. 3 when hundreds of insurgents armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades attacked two remote U.S. outposts in the Kamdesh district of eastern Afghanistan's Nuristan province, on the Pakistani border. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division at Ft. Carson, Colo.
Christopher T. Griffin, 24, of Kincheloe, Mich.; specialist, Army. Griffin was among eight soldiers killed Oct. 3 when hundreds of insurgents armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades attacked two remote U.S. outposts in the Kamdesh district of eastern Afghanistan's Nuristan province, on the Pakistani border. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division at Ft. Carson, Colo.
Joshua M. Hardt, 24, of Applegate, Calif.; sergeant, Army. Hardt was among eight soldiers killed Oct. 3 when hundreds of insurgents armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades attacked two remote U.S. outposts in the Kamdesh district of eastern Afghanistan's Nuristan province, on the Pakistani border. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division at Ft. Carson, Colo.
Tad T. Hervas, 48, of Coon Rapids, Minn.; major, Army National Guard. Hervas died of noncombat-related injuries Tuesday at Contingency Operating Base Basra, Iraq, south of Baghdad. He was assigned to the 34th Infantry Division in Rosemont, Minn.
Kevin O. Hill, 23, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; specialist, Army. Hill was killed Oct. 4 when his unit was attacked with small-arms fire and indirect fire -- a military term that usually refers to a mortar or rocket attack -- at Contingency Outpost Dehanna in southwest Afghanistan's Helmand province, on the Pakistani border. He was assigned to the 576th Mobility Augmentation Company at Ft. Carson, Colo.
