U.S. DoD Military Casualty Update: 11 - 20 March, 2013

Keokuk National Cemetery - Iowa

Chief Warrant Officer James E. Groves III [Army], 37, of Kettering, Ohio, died March 16 in Kandahar, Afghanistan.  He was assigned to 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division Hunter Army Airfield, GA. 

Chief Petty Officer Christian Michael Pike [Navy], 31, of Peoria, AZ, died March 13 in Landstuhl, Germany, as a result of combat-related injuries sustained on March 10 while conducting stability operations in Maiwand District, Afghanistan.  Pike was assigned to a West Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit. 

Spc. David T. Proctor [Army], 26, of Greensboro, NC, died March 13, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, from injuries sustained during a non-combat incident on March 3, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.  He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, GA. 

The following died March 11, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.  Killed were: 

Staff Sgt. Steven P. Blass [Army], 27, of Estherville, Iowa.  He was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Hunter Army Airfield, GA. 

Chief Warrant Officer Bryan J. Henderson [Army], 27, of Franklin, LA.  He was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Hunter Army Airfield, GA. 

Capt. Sara M. Knutson [Army], 27, of Eldersburg, MD.  She was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Hunter Army Airfield, GA. 

Staff Sgt. Marc A. Scialdo [Army], 31, of Naples, FL.  He was assigned to the 603rd Aviation Support Battalion, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Hunter Army Airfield, GA. 

Spc. Zachary L. Shannon [Army], 21, of Dunedin, FL.  He was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Hunter Army Airfield, GA.