MEMORIAL WALL
“Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the willingness to face it for the sake of others.”
Mark R. de Alencar
04/01/1980 - 04/08/2017 OFS 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Edgewood, MD Staff Sgt. Mark R. de Alencar was born in a U.S. Army hospital in Nuremburg, Germany. Due to his father’s military service, he grew up in multiple locations, to include: Germany, San Antonio,...
Matthew C. Lewellen
01/15/1989 - 11/04/2016 OIR 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Kirksville, MO SFC Matthew C. Lewellen was born on January 15, 1989 in Kirksville, Missouri, and raised by his parents Charles and Cynthia Lewellen. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on February 10, and...
Kevin J. McEnroe
07/08/1986 - 11/04/2016 OIR 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Tucson, AZ SSG Kevin J. McEnroe was born on July 8, 1986 in Tucson, Arizona. He enlisted in the US Army on April 17, 2008 and attended Basic Training at Fort Benning, Georgia. He later attended and...
James F. Moriarty
01/27/1989 - 11/04/2016 OIR 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Houston, TX Staff Sgt. James F. Moriarty was born, Jan. 27, 1989 and was killed in action, Nov. 4, 2016, while supporting operations in Jordan. Prior to this deployment, he deployed three times to the...
Andrew D. Byers
09/02/1986 - 11/03/2016 OFS Company B, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Rolesville, NC Maj. Andrew David Byers was killed in action, Nov. 3, 2016, in Kunduz Province, Afghanistan from small arms fire. Byers was born, September 2, 1986, in New York....
Ryan A. Gloyer
04/06/1982 - 11/03/2016 OFS Company B, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Greenville, PA Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Allen Gloyer was born on April 6, 1982. In 2004, Gloyer graduated from Thiel College with a Bachelor's of Education and a Bachelor's of...
Adam S. Thomas
05/06/1985 - 10/04/2016 OFS Company B, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Takoma Park, MD Staff Sgt. Adam S. Thomas is a native of Lyon County, Minnesota. He enlisted into the Army in April, 2008 at the age of 22 as an 11B Infantryman, completing both...
Matthew V. Thompson
06/22/1988 - 08/23/2016 OFS A Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) Irvine, CA Staff Sgt. Matthew Vail Thompson, 28, died on August 23rd 2016, from an improvised explosive device in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. He was deployed in support of...
Matthew McClintock
10/10/1985 - 01/05/2016 OFS A Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Albuquerque, NM Staff Sgt. Matthew McClintock, a native of Albuquerque, New Mexico, volunteered for military service and entered the Army in September 2006 as an infantryman....
Peter A. McKenna, Jr.
04/04/1980 - 08/07/2015 OEF Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Bristol, RI 1st Sgt. Peter A. McKenna was a native of Bristol, Rhode Island. He first entered the U.S. Army in 1998 as an Infantryman. Upon completion of basic training at...
Matthew Ammerman
06/17/1985 - 12/03/2014 OEF, 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Noblesville, IN Staff Sgt. Matthew Ammerman, a native of Noblesville, Ind., was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) when he died Dec. 3, 2014, as a result of...
Michael A. Cathcart
07/26/1983 - 11/14/2014 OEF Company A, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) Bay City, MI Sgt. 1st Class Michael A. Cathcart, 31, of Bay City, Mich. died Nov. 14, 2014 of injuries sustained during combat operations in Kunduz Province, Afghanistan....
Andrew T. Weathers
02/22/1984 - 09/30/2014 OEF 2nd Battalion, 7th SFG (A) Crestview, FL Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Tarrant Weathers was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th SFG (A) when he died as a result of a gunshot wound he sustained while conducting combat operations in Afghanistan, Sept. 30,...
Girard Gass, Jr.
11/03/1980 - 08/03/2014 OEF, Company C, 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) Huger, SC Staff Sgt. Girard Gass, Jr., 33, of Lumber Bridge, N.C. died Aug. 3, 2014 of non-combat related injuries in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. Gass was assigned to...
Scott R. Studenmund
06/26/1989 - 06/09/2014 OEF Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Pasadena, CA Staff Sgt. Scott R. Studenmund, 24, of Pasadena, Calif., died June 9, 2014 of wounds sustained from an operation in Zabul Province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to...
Jason A. McDonald
12/18/1985 - 06/09/2014 OEF Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Butler, GA Staff Sgt. Jason A. McDonald, 28, of Butler, Ga., died June 9, 2014, of wounds sustained from an operation in Zabul Province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Company...
Jason B. Jones
07/25/1984 - 06/02/2014 OEF Company C, 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) Pottsville, PA Capt. Jason Benjamin Jones, 29, of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, died June 2, 2014 of wounds received from small-arms fire fight in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. He...
Roberto Skelt
07/02/1972 - 02/12/2014 OEF Company C, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) York, FL Sgt. 1st Class Roberto C. Skelt, Jr., 41, of York, Fla., died Feb. 12, 2014, of wounds received from small-arms fire in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan. Skelt was assigned...
Daniel T. Lee
04/04/1985 - 01/15/2014 OEF Company C, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) Crossville, TN Staff Sgt. Daniel T. Lee, 28, of Crossville, Tenn., died Jan. 15, 2014, of wounds received from small-arms fire in Parwan Province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to...
Alex A. Viola
04/17/1984 - 11/17/2013 OEF Company B, 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Keller, TX Staff Sgt. Alex Anthony Viola, 29, of Keller, Texas, died Nov. 17, 2013, of wounds received from an improvised explosive device in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. He...