Staff Sgt. Scott N. Germosen

Hometown: Queens, New York, U.S.

Age: 37 years old

Died: January 9, 2002 in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Unit: Marines, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, Calif.

Incident: Their KC-130 Hercules air tanker grazed a peak, caught fire and crashed into a mountainside in southwest Pakistan.