Samuel T. Watts, age 20, from Wheaton, Illinois, DuPage county.
Parents: Thomas and Susan Watts
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Wheaton North High (2010)
Military history: 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Date of death: Saturday, May 19, 2012
Death details: Died in Bethesda, Maryland of wounds sustained April 25 in Zharay, Afghanistan when he was attacked with an enemy improvised explosive device.
Cemetery: Wheaton Cemetery
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Chicago Tribune