Afghanistan & Iraq Fallen

1SG Peter A. McKenna Jr.
U.S. Army
From: Bristol, Rhode Island
Unit: A Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group.
Based: Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
Killed in Action: August 8, 2015 in Kabul, Afghanistan.

LCpl Abraham Tarwoe
U.S. Marine Corps
From: Providence, Rhode Island.
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF).
Based: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Killed in Action: April 12, 2012 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

SGT Dennis P. Weichel Jr.
U.S. Army
From: Providence, Rhode Island.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment, 56th Troop Command (attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division).
Based: East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
Killed in Action: March 22, 2012 in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

SPC Dennis C. Poulin
U.S. Army
From: Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Unit: Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment (attached to 26th Infantry Brigade).
Based: Milford, Massachusetts.
Died: March 31, 2011 in Landstuhl, Germany (seriously wounded during combat in Konar Province, Afghanistan).

SGT Michael F. Paranzino
U.S. Army
From: Middletown, Rhode Island.
Unit: 1st Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 10th Mountain Division.
Based: Fort Drum, New York.
Killed in Action: November 5, 2010 in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

PFC Kyle J. Coutu
U.S. Marine Corps
From: Providence, Rhode Island.
Unit: 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF).
Based: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Killed in Action: February 18, 2010 in Marjeh, Afghanistan.

LTJG Francis L. Toner IV
U.S. Navy
From: Narragansett, Rhode Island.
Unit: Afghan Regional Security Integration Command ā North.
Based: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Killed in Action: March 27, 2009 in Mazar-E-Sharif, Afghanistan.

SGT Michael R. Weidemann
U.S. Army
From: Newport, Rhode Island.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 1st Armored Division (AD).
Based: Giessen, Germany.
Killed in Action: October 31, 2006 in Al Asad, Iraq.

SGT Moises Jazmin
U.S. Army
From: Providence, Rhode Island.
Unit: B Company, 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 4th Infantry Division (ID).
Based: Fort Hood, Texas.
Killed in Action: August 27, 2006 in Taji, Iraq.

CPL Brian R. St Germain
U.S. Marine Corps
From: Warwick, Rhode Island.
Unit: 7th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 1st Marine Logistics Group (MLG), 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF).
Based: Camp Pendleton, California.
Killed in Action: April 2, 2006 in Asad, Iraq.

2LT Matthew S. Coutu
U.S. Army
From: North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
Unit: 64th Military Police Company, 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, 3rd Corp.
Based: Fort Hood, Texas.
Killed in Action: June 27, 2005 in Baghdad, Iraq.

CPL Holly A. Charette
U.S. Marine Corps
From: Cranston, Rhode Island.
Unit: Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF).
Based: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Killed in Action: June 23, 2005 in Fallujah, Iraq.

SSG Christopher S. Potts
U.S. Army
From: Tiverton, Rhode Island.
Unit: A Battery, 1st Battalion, 103rd Field Artillery Regiment.
Based: Providence, Rhode Island.
Killed in Action: October 3, 2004 in Taji, Iraq.

LCpl Matthew K. Serio
U.S. Marine Corps
From: North Providence, Rhode Island.
Unit: C Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF).
Based: Camp Pendleton, California.
Killed in Action: April 5, 2004 in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

CPT Matthew J. August
U.S. Army
From: Warwick, Rhode Island.
Unit: B Company, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 1st Infantry Division (ID).
Based: Fort Riley, Kansas.
Killed in Action: January 27, 2004 in Khalidiyah, Iraq.

SPC Michael Andrade
U.S. Army
From: Bristol, Rhode Island.
Unit: 115th Military Police Company.
Based: Cranston, Rhode Island.
Killed in Action: September 24, 2003 in Balad, Iraq.

SGT Gregory A. Belanger
U.S. Army
From: Narragansett, Rhode Island.
Unit: Headquarters, Headquarters Service Company, 325th Military Intelligence Battalion.
Based: East Windsor, Connecticut.
Killed in Action: August 27, 2003 in Al Hallia, Iraq.
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