| Petty Officer 1st Class David M. Tapper | 32 | Naval Special Warfare Development Group | Atco, New Jersey | Tapper was wounded when his convoy engaged enemy forces near Orgun, Afghanistan, on August 20, 2003. He was evacuated to Bagram Air Base hospital near Kabul, where he died of his wounds. |
| Maj. Steven Plumhoff | 33 | 58th Special Operations Squadron, 58th Special Operations Wing | Neshanic Station, New Jersey | Killed when a MH-53M Pave Low helicopter accidentally crashed in Afghanistan on November 23, 2003 |
| Staff Sgt. Thomas A. Walkup Jr. | 25 | 20th Special Operations Squadron, 16th Special Operations Wing | Millville, New Jersey | Killed when a MH-53M Pave Low helicopter accidentally crashed in Afghanistan on November 23, 2003 |
| Capt. Charles D. Robinson | 29 | Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) | Haddon Heights, New Jersey | Killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his Ground Mobility Vehicle during operations in Afghanistan's southeastern region near Orgun-e, Afghanistan, on June 3, 2005 |
| Staff Sgt. Christian Longsworth | 26 | 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group | Newark, New Jersey | Died of wounds sustained when his convoy came under enemy small arms fire during combat operations in Oruzgan province, Afghanistan, on May 19, 2006 |
| Staff Sgt. Robert J. Chiomento | 34 | Company B, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division | Fort Dix, New Jersey | Killed when his patrol encountered enemy forces using rocket-propelled grenades and mortars in Khwaya Ahmad, Afghanistan, on July 17, 2006 |
| Chief Warrant Officer John A. Quinlan | 36 | 2nd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment | New Jersey | One of seven soldiers killed when the MH-47 Chinook Chinook helicopter they were in crashed in southeastern Afghanistan on February 18, 2007 |
| Spc. Steven R. Koch | 23 | 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division | Milltown, New Jersey | One of two soldiers killed during combat operations in the Sabari District of Afghanistan on March 3, 2008 |
| Staff Sgt. William R. Neil Jr. | 38 | 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group | Holmden, New Jersey | Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Sperwan Ghar, Afghanistan, on March 21, 2008 |