Justin Michael Whitmire

Died: December 27, 2011

Rank: Private First Class

Unit: 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas

Branch: U.S. Army

Private 1st Class Justin Michael Whitmire, 20, died December 27, 2011, in Paktia, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.