Name: Aaron E. Fairbairn

Rank: Pfc.

Branch: Army

Unit: 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division

Base: Fort Richardson

Job: Mortarman

Age: 20

Hometown: Aberdeen, Wash.

Date of death: July 4, 2009

Cause: Killed after attacked by Taliban insurgents.

Location: Combat Outpost Zerok in the Paktika Province of eastern Afghanistan