_Sgt. Tanner S. Higgins, 23, of Yantis, Texas; died April 14 in Logar province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.

_Lance Cpl. Abraham Tarwoe, 25, of Providence, R.I.; died April 12 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

_Spc. Philip C. S. Schiller, 21, of The Colony, Texas, died April 11 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

_Lance Cpl. Ramon T. Kaipat, 22, of Tacoma, Wash.; died April 11 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan; assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

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