Loren M. Buffalo, age 20, from Mountain Pine, Arkansas, Garland county.
Parents: Cecil M. Buffalo and Anjanette D. Buffalo
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Enlisted May 2009. Bronze Star, Purple Heart.
Date of death: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Death details: Died in Kandahar Province of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
Source: Department of Defense, The Leaf Chronicle, Military Times