They died in the Zhari district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Killed were:
1st Lt. Eric Yates, 26, of Rineyville, Ky., who died Sept. 18.
Staff Sgt. Jaime C. Newman, 27, of Richmond, Va., who died Sept. 17.
"He which hath no stomach to this fight let him depart. But we in it shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers!! For he today, that sheds his blood with me, shall always be my brother”. (W.Shakespeare) Rest in peace my Brothers, you have not been forgotten.