
Army Staff Sergeant Ahmed Altaie, 41, of Ann Arbor, MI, was assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team, Divisional Training Center, Special Troops Bn, 4th Inf Div, Fort Hood, TX, SSG Altaie died in Iraq after being kidnapped in Baghdad on Oct. 23, 2006. He was declared "missing - captured" on Dec. 11, 2006. The Armed Forces Medical Examiner at Dover Air Force Base, DE, positively identified his remains Feb. 25, 2012.
Welcome Home Staff Sergeant Altaie. We never stopped looking.
Marine Lance Corporal Osbrany Montes De Oca, 20, of Arlington, New Jersey, was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, NC. LCpl Montes De Oca died in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, while conducting combat operations.