Jesse M. Balthaser, 23

Based in California

Marines, Sergeant
Based: Twentynine Palms, Calif.
3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force
Supporting: Operation Enduring Freedom
Died: September 4, 2010
Helmand province, Afghanistan
Gender: Male
Hometown: Columbus, Ohio

Balthaser was killed when he stepped on a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, on the Pakistani border.