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Remembering the fallen military medical personnel of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Their office is a battlefield; their job is to save others’ lives while risking their own… and, at times, paying the ultimate price in the performance of their duty.
-Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates

Search the database below for names of fallen military medical personnel. This list is updated annually. You can search by name in the search box or browse by year of death.

Please email us if you know of a fallen military medical Service Member who's not listed or if you have additional information or photos for a Service member who is listed but has missing details.

 

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Dustin K. Burnett

Dustin K. Burnett

Died: June 20, 2008

Rank: Hospitalman

Unit: 1st Marine Division Detachment

Branch: U.S. Navy

Marc Retmier

Marc Retmier

Died: June 18, 2008

Rank: Hospitalman

Unit: Provincial Reconstruction Team Sharana

Branch: U.S. Navy

Gerard M. Reed

Died: June 11, 2008

Rank: Sergeant First Class

Unit: 86th Combat Support Hospital, Fort Campbell, Ky.

Branch: U.S. Army

Andrew Shields

Andrew Shields

Died: May 31, 2008

Rank: Private First Class

Unit: 173rd Special Troops Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team

Branch: U.S. Army

Jessica A. Ellis

Jessica A. Ellis

Died: May 11, 2008

Rank: Corporal

Unit: 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)

Branch: U.S. Army

David Samuel Stelmat

Died: March 22, 2008

Rank: Sergeant

Unit: 237th Military Police Company, New Hampshire National Guard

Branch: U.S. Army

Albert Bitton

Died: February 20, 2008

Rank: Corporal

Unit: 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

Branch: U.S. Army

Christopher John Lee West

Died: February 8, 2008

Rank: Corporal

Unit: 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

Branch: U.S. Army

Justin Ryan Whiting

Died: January 19, 2008

Rank: Staff Sergeant

Unit: 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Ky

Branch: U.S. Army

Richard J. Berrettini

Richard J. Berrettini

Died: January 11, 2008

Rank: Lieutenant Colonel

Unit: Pennsylvania Army National Guard Medical Detachment

Branch: U.S. Army

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Last Updated: August 17, 2023
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