Honoree

Born: November 19, 1990 KIA: June 22, 2012 Sangin Valley, Afghanistan Operation Enduring Freedom Lance Corporal Eugene C. Mills, III called Gene by family and Gino by most of his military friends, grew up in Laurel, Maryland. Gene loved his country as much as his family and decided when the twin towers fell on September…

Captain Joshua Byers, an Army Ranger and paratrooper, was a Company Commander in 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and was deployed to Iraq in April 2003. Byers, 29, was killed on July 23, 2003 when the convoy he was leading hit an explosive device near the town of Ramadi, about 60 miles from Baghdad. Captain Byers…

SPC Daniel “Lucas” Elliott, of Youngsville, NC, died on July 15, 2011, in Basra, Iraq, three days before his 22nd birthday.  Lucas was a MP in the Army Reserve, attached to the 805th MP CO, located in Cary, NC. In 2009, he volunteered for deployment with the 810th MP CO out of Tampa, Florida, and…