Joshua H. Birchfield, 24

Based in California

Marines, Lance Corporal
Based: Twentynine Palms, Calif.
3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force
Supporting: Operation Enduring Freedom
Died: February 19, 2010
Helmand province, Afghanistan
Hometown: Westville, Ind.

Birchfield was killed when his unit was attacked with small-arms fire in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, on the Pakistani border.