Mark Jordon Downer

Died: August 5, 2011

Rank: Specialist

Unit: 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.

Branch: U.S. Army

Operation Enduring Freedom. Specialist Mark J. Downer, 23, of Warner Robins, Georgia, died August 5, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with a rocket propelled grenade.