Hero Stories for New Mexico

Pvt. Charles M. High IV, 21, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, died August 17, 2010, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device caused a military vehicle roll-over. Pvt. High was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d

Pvt. Charles M. High IV, 21, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, died August 17, 2010, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device caused a military vehicle roll-over. Pvt. High was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d

Pvt. Charles M. High IV, 21, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, died August 17, 2010, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device caused a military vehicle roll-over. Pvt. High was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. </d

Spc. Joseph L. Gallegos, 39, of Questa, New Mexico, died October 28, 2009, in Tallil, Iraq, in a non-combat related incident. Spc. Gallegos was assigned to the 720th Transportation Company, New Mexico Army National Guard, in Las Vegas, New Mexico. </d

Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth W. Westbrook, 41, of Shiprock, New Mexico, died October 7, 2009, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, of wounds suffered September 8 when insurgents attacked his unit in the Ganjigal Valley, Afghanistan, using small arms and indirect fire. Sgt. 1st Class Westbrook was assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas. </d

Spc. Troy O. Tom, 21, of Shiprock, New Mexico, died August 18, 2009, in Arghandab, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit. Spc. Tom was assigned to 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington. </d

Sgt. Christopher M. Kurth, 23, of Alamogordo, New Mexico, died June 4, 2009, in Kirkuk, Iraq, of wounds suffered when his vehicle was struck by an anti-tank grenade. Sgt. Kurth was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas. </d

Sgt. Jose R. Escobedo, Jr., 32, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, died March 20, 2009, in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident the night before at Forward Operating Base Kalsu in Iskandariyah, Iraq. Sgt. Escobedo was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment in Schweinfurt, Germany. </d