Nickolas S. Welch, age 26, from Mill City, Oregon, Linn county.
Parents: Lori Welch
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Santiam Canyon High (2005)
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia.
Date of death: Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Death details: Died in Bethesda, Maryland of injuries sustained July 23, 2013 when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Soltan Kheyl, Wardak Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, The Oregonian, Military Times