Operation Enduring Freedom
THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN
October 2001 - December 2006
| Sgt. Maj. Phillip R. Albert | 41 | Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division | Terryville, Connecticut | Killed when a MH-53M Pave Low helicopter accidentally crashed in Afghanistan on November 23, 2003 |
| Sgt. Benjamin L. Gilman | 28 | Company A, 41st Engineer Battalion, 10th Mountain Division | Meridan, Connecticut | Killed when a weapons cache prematurely exploded on January 29, 2004, in Ghazni, Afghanistan. Initially listed as missing, his remains were recovered on February 2, 2004. |
| Lt. Col. Michael J. McMahon | 41 | Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division | West Hartford, Connecticut | Killed when his contract aircraft crashed in Bamian, Afghanistan, on November 27, 2004 |
| Maj. Stephen C. Reich | 34 | Company B, 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment | Washington Depot, Connecticut | One of 16 U.S. troops killed when a MH-47D Chinook helicopter was shot down while trying to reinforce a four-man SEAL reconnaissance team near Asadabad, Afghanistan, in Kunar Province on June 28, 2005 |
| Staff Sgt. Joseph E. Phaneuf | 38 | 1st Battalion, 102nd Infantry Regiment, Connecticut Army National Guard | Eastford, Connecticut | Killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his Humvee during combat operations in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan, on December 15, 2006 |