August 6 - Sgt. Daniel J. Patron, 26, of Canton, Ohio, died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
Died in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when their CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed.
The following sailors assigned to an East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit were killed:
- Lt. Cmdr. (SEAL) Jonas B. Kelsall, 32, of Shreveport, La.,
- Special Warfare Operator Master Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Louis J. Langlais, 44, of Santa Barbara, Calif.,
- Special Warfare Operator Senior Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Thomas A. Ratzlaff, 34, of Green Forest, Ark.,
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Senior Chief Petty Officer (Expeditionary Warfare Specialist/Freefall Parachutist) Kraig M. Vickers, 36, of Kokomo, Hawaii,
- Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Brian R. Bill, 31, of Stamford, Conn.,
- Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) John W. Faas, 31, of Minneapolis, Minn.,
- Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Kevin A. Houston, 35, of West Hyannisport, Mass.,
- Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Matthew D. Mason, 37, of Kansas City, Mo.,
- Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Stephen M. Mills, 35, of Fort Worth, Texas,
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Chief Petty Officer (Expeditionary Warfare Specialist/Freefall Parachutist/Diver) Nicholas H. Null, 30, of Washington, W.Va.,
- Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Robert J. Reeves, 32, of Shreveport, La.,
- Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Heath M. Robinson, 34, of Detroit, Mich.,
- Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class (SEAL) Darrik C. Benson, 28, of Angwin, Calif.
- Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class (SEAL/Parachutist) Christopher G. Campbell, 36, of Jacksonville, N.C.,
- Information Systems Technician Petty Officer 1st Class (Expeditionary Warfare Specialist/Freefall Parachutist) Jared W. Day, 28, of Taylorsville, Utah,
- Master-at-Arms Petty Officer 1st Class (Expeditionary Warfare Specialist) John Douangdara, 26, of South Sioux City, Neb.,
- Cryptologist Technician (Collection) Petty Officer 1st Class (Expeditionary Warfare Specialist) Michael J. Strange, 25, of Philadelphia, Pa.,
- Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class (SEAL/Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist) Jon T. Tumilson, 35, of Rockford, Iowa,
- Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class (SEAL) Aaron C. Vaughn, 30, of Stuart, Fla., and
- Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class (SEAL) Jason R. Workman, 32, of Blanding, Utah.
The following sailors assigned to a West Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit were killed:
- Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class (SEAL) Jesse D. Pittman, 27, of Ukiah, Calif., and
- Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 2nd Class (SEAL) Nicholas P. Spehar, 24, of Saint Paul, Minn.
The soldiers killed were:
- Chief Warrant Officer David R. Carter, 47, of Centennial, Colo.;
- Chief Warrant Officer Bryan J. Nichols, 31, of Hays, Kan.;
- Staff Sgt. Patrick D. Hamburger, 30, of Lincoln, Neb.;
- Sgt. Alexander J. Bennett, 24, of Tacoma, Wash.; and
- Spc. Spencer C. Duncan, 21, of Olathe, Kan.
The airmen killed were:
- Tech. Sgt. John W. Brown, 33, of Tallahassee, Fla.;
- Staff Sgt. Andrew W. Harvell, 26, of Long Beach, Calif.; and
- Tech. Sgt. Daniel L. Zerbe, 28, of York, Pa.
August 7 - Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan:
- Sgt. Adan Gonzales Jr., 28, of Bakersfield, Calif.; and
- Sgt. Joshua J. Robinson, 29, of Omaha, Neb.
August 8 - Sgt. Alessandro L. Plutino, 28, of Pitman, N.J., died in Paktia province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire.
August 10 - Cpl. Nicholas S. Ott, 23, of Manchester, N.J., died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
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| Ryley and Hope Gallinger-Long |
"The 19-year-old Navy hospital corpsman from Oregon who died in Afghanistan last week was a newlywed, an avid fisherman, and a born patriot with a trademark crooked smile.Died in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle:
"Ryley Gallinger-Long of Cornelius died Thursday while conducting a dismounted patrol in the Helmand province. The 2010 Forest Grove High School graduate was less than a month into his first overseas deployment.
"He is the 148th service member with strong ties to Oregon or Southwest Washington to die in the Mideast wars and the 29th Oregonian to die in Afghanistan.
"Gallinger-Long's brother, 26-year-old Zack Gallinger-Long of Hillsboro, said his brother was shot in the lower back while tending to a wounded Marine.
"Ryley Gallinger-Long married Hope, his high school sweetheart, in March, four months before he was deployed to Afghanistan.
"Navy corpsman are military medics. While Gallinger-Long was deployed, he wore a Marine uniform.
"Zack Gallinger-Long said his brother was a Forest Grove fire cadet in high school and hoped the military would prepare him for a future as a fire chief or emergency medical technician.
"'He was born on the Fourth of July, so he was already a patriotic guy from day one,' Zack Gallinger-Long said. 'He wanted to go there; he wanted to do that job.'
"In addition to his older brother, Gallinger-Long is survived by his wife, Hope Gallinger-Long; identical twin, Wyatt Gallinger-Long; mother Susan Blanchard, of Cornelius; and father Jeff Gallinger, of Seaside.
"Gallinger-Long's twin brother, stationed at Naval Station Great Lakes in Illinois, expects to be deployed to Afghanistan after he finishes training, Zack Gallinger-Long said. On the day his brother died, Wyatt Gallinger-Long was celebrating his graduation from the second of three required training programs.
"By Sunday afternoon, nearly 400 people had joined a Facebook group dedicated to Gallinger-Long's memory.
"Cody Brown, 19, a Hillsboro resident and close friend of Gallinger-Long, described him as a natural peacekeeper who was always happy and always surrounded by friends.
"'I can't think of a single time he got into a fight or argument,' Brown said. 'He was very upbeat.'
"Brown said Gallinger-Long loved the outdoors and spent nearly all of his free time fishing in Hagg Lake or Gales Creek. 'If we weren't in class, we were fishing pretty much all the time,' Brown said.
"Gallinger-Long joined the Navy in August 2010 and was assigned to the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. He married Hope, his high school sweetheart, in March. The pair lived at Camp Lejeune until Gallinger-Long was deployed in July."
- Sgt. Edward J. Frank II, 26, of Yonkers, N.Y.
- Sgt. Jameel T. Freeman, 26, of Baltimore, Md.
- Spc. Patrick L. Lay II, 21, of Fletcher, N.C.
- Spc. Jordan M. Morris, 23, of Stillwater, Okla.
- Pfc. Rueben J. Lopez, 27, of Williams, Calif.
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