Blanding Utah

Workman, Jason R.
Navy Special warfare operator petty officer 1st class (SEAL)

Jason R. Workman from Blanding, Utah, San Juan county.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: East Cost-based Naval Special Warfare Unit

Date of death: Saturday, August 6, 2011
Death details: Was among 30 servicemembers who died in Wardak Province Afghanistan of wounds suffered when their CH-47 Chinoo helicopter crashed after it came under enemy attack.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Winder, Nathan Lloyd
Army Sergeant 1st class

Nathan Lloyd Winder, age 32, from Blanding, Utah, San Juan county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 2D Battalion, 1St Special Forces Group, Fort Lewis, Wa

Date of death: Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Diwaniyah, Iraq

Cemetery: Arlington National

Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com

Carroll, Denton B.
Army Private 1st class

Denton B. Carroll, age 23, from Blanding, Utah, Salt Lake county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Monday, December 7, 1942
Death details: Killed in action in the South Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Salt Lake Tribune (1943)

Galbraith, Melvin
Private

Melvin Galbraith, age 21, from Blanding, Utah, San Juan county.

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Saturday, October 5, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Blanding City

Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com

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