Eric Yates, age 26, from Rineyville, Kentucky, Hardin county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Western Kentucky University (2008), John Hardin High in Elizabethtown (2003)
Military history: 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Date of death: Saturday, September 18, 2010
Death details: Died in the Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Jaime C. Newman also died.
Cemetery: St. John Cemetery in Rineyville
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times