Casualty Report for Sep. 28 - Oct. 4

Gettysburg National Cemetery

The Department of Defense announced this week the death of two soldiers and a Marine who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom:

+Sgt. 1st Class Andrew T. Weathers (Army), 30, of DeRidder, Louisiana, died Sept. 30, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, from wounds sustained when the enemy attacked his unit with small arms fire Sept. 28, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

+Maj. Jonathan D. Walker (Army), 44, of Merriam, Kansas, died Oct. 1, in Dohar, Qatar, of a non-combat related incident at Camp As Sayliyah. The incident is under investigation.
 
He was assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

+Corporal Jordan Spears (USMC) 21, died on Oct. 1 after bailing out of a V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft that ran into trouble as it was taking off from the USS Makin Island.