101st Memorial
US Army Specialist Brit B. Jacobs, a combat medic from Sarasota, Fla., assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force No Slack, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, gives a farewell kiss to the helmet of one of his fallen comrades during a memorial service for six fallen US soldiers at Forward Operating Base Joyce in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province on April 9. Jacobs helped treat some of the wounded on the battlefield when six of his brethren died, March 29. Photo by Sergeant First Class Mark Burrell.
The six soldiers KIA were Staff Sergeant Bryan A. Burgess, 29, of Cleburne, Texas; Private First Class Dustin J. Feldhaus, 20, of Glendale, Ariz.; Sergeant First Class Ofren Arrechaga, 28, of Hialeah, Fla.; Staff Sergeant Frank E. Adamski III, 26, of Moosup, Conn.; Specialist Jameson L. Lindskog, 23, of Pleasanton, Calif.; and Private Jeremy P. Faulkner, 23, of Griffin, Ga.
Task Force No Slack is reported to have killed more than 100 Taliban in the recent operation in Barawala Kalay Valley, according to ABC News video of the engagement.
