Russell S. Hercules, age 22, from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Rutherford county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Date of death: Thursday, October 1, 2009
Death details: Died in Wardak Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times