DOD Casualty report

American Military Cemetery - Normandy

The Department of Defense announced this week the death of two service members who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. 

+ Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque (US Navy), 28, of Monroeville, Pa., died of combat related injuries suffered Dec. 8, while supporting operations near Kabul, Afghanistan.  Checque was assigned to an East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit.

+ Staff Sgt. Wesley R. Williams (US Army), 25, of New Carlisle, Ohio, died Dec. 10 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.  He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, under control of the 7th Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.