Bryan A. Hoover, age 29, from West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, Allegheny county.
Spouse: None
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: California University of Pennsylvania graduate, Elizabeth Forward High (2000)
Military history: 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment, Connellsville, Pennsylvania. Purple Heart, former Marine enlisted in Army National Guard March 2005
Date of death: Friday, June 11, 2010
Death details: Died at Forward Operating Base Bullard, Afghanistan from wounds sustained when a male suicide bomber dressed in women’s clothing detonated explosives. Sergeant 1st class Robert J. Fike was also killed.
Source: Department of Defense, Meadville Tribune, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Military Times