US Army Staff Sergeant Rex Schad victim of 'insider attack'

US Army Staff Sgt. Rex Schad was one of the US service personnel killed on Monday 11th March by an Afghan policeman in Wardak province.

His grandfather, Mr. Harold Whipple told news reporters that two Chaplains and an Army Sergeant visited the family on Monday afternoon with the bad news.

25-year-old Sgt. Schad had been in Afghanistan since November. This was his second tour of duty to the country.

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USAF Tech. Sgt. Larry Bunn

USAF Tech. Sgt. Larry D. Bunn, died from a heart attack on 7th March 2013 while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom from an undisclosed base in southwest Asia.

43-year-old Sgt. Bunn, from Bossier City, Louisiana, served with the 307th Maintenance Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.

He was repatriated to the United States on 9th March 2013 when he was honored in a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base.

Photo courtesy of USAF 917th Wing Public Affairs

Fallen soldier saves four lives with his donated organs

British Army Kingsman Dave Shaw, who died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham on Wednesday 16th January 2013 from wounds sustained after being shot in Afghanistan on 14th January, has saved the lives of four seriously ill patients in Birmingham.

Following the 23-year-old soldier's death, his parents donated his organs in the hope that his death would save the lives of others.

Kingsman Shaw was serving with the 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment when he was shot by enemy forces near Lashkar Gah in Helmand Province. He was on his second deployment to Afghanistan.

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