AFGHANISTAN CASUALTIES: 2006/ FEBRUARY

	NAME	AGE	UNIT	HOMETOWN	DETAILS
	Master Sgt. Emigdio E. Elizarraras	37	3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)	Pico Rivera, California	Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his Ground Mobility Vehicle during a reconnaissance patrol north of Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan, on February 28, 2006
	1st Lt. Brandon R. Dronet	33	Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force	Erath, Louisiana	One of eight Marines and two airmen killed when two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan in northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area on February 17, 2006
	Sgt. James F. Fordyce	22	Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force	Newton Square, Pennsylvania	One of eight Marines and two airmen killed when two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan in northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area on February 17, 2006
	Senior Airman Alecia S. Good	23	92nd Communications Squadron, 92nd Air Refueling Wing	Broadview Heights, Ohio	One of two airmen killed along with eight Marines when two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan in northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area on February 17, 2006
	Lance Cpl. Samuel W. Large Jr.	21	Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force	Villa Rica, Georgia	One of eight Marines and two airmen killed when two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan in northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area on February 17, 2006
	Sgt. Donnie Leo F. Levens	25	Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force	Long Beach, Missississippi	One of eight Marines and two airmen killed when two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan in northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area on February 17, 2006
	Cpl. Matthieu Marcellus	31	Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force	Gainesville, Florida	One of eight Marines and two airmen killed when two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan in northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area on February 17, 2006
	Sgt. Jonathan E. McColley	23	Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	One of eight Marines and two airmen when two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan in northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area on February 17, 2006
	Staff Sgt. Luis M. Melendez Sanchez	33	1st Communications Squadron, 1st Mission Support Group, 1st Fighter Wing	Bayamon, Puerto Rico	One of two airmen killed along with eight Marines when two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan in northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area on February 17, 2006
	Lance Cpl. Nicholas J. Sovie	20	Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force	Ogdensburg, New York	One of eight Marines and two airmen killed when two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan in northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area on February 17, 2006
	Capt. Bryan D. Willard	33	Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force	Hummelstown, Pennsylvania	One of eight Marines and two airmen killed when two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan in northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area on February 17, 2006
	Staff Sgt. Edwin H. Daza Chacon	38	3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)	Diamondbar, California	One of four soldiers killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb north of Deh Rawod in central Afghanistan on February 13, 2006
	Sgt. 1st Class Chad A. Gonsalves	31	3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)	Turlock, California	One of four soldiers killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb north of Deh Rawod in central Afghanistan, on February 13, 2006
	Sgt. Alberto D. Montrond	27	Group Support Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)	Fayetteville, North Carolina	One of four soldiers killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb north of Deh Rawod in central Afghanistan, on February 13, 2006
	Staff Sgt. Clinton T. Newman	26	492nd Civil Affairs Battalion, 321st Civil Affairs Brigade	Pleasanton, Texas	One of four soldiers killed when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb north of Deh Rawod in central Afghanistan, on February 13, 2006
	Pfc. Matthew L. Bertolino	20	Company A, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force	Hampstead, New Hampshire	Died when his vehicle was involved in a rollover during a combat patrol near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on February 9, 2006
	Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class John T. Fralish	30	1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division Detachment	New Kingstown, Pennsylvania	Killed when enemy forces opened fire on a U.S. patrol northwest of Methar Lam in Laghman Province, Afghanistan, on February 6, 2006
	NAME	AGE	UNIT	HOMETOWN	DETAILS