Nicholas Paul Bernier

Died: June 25, 2011

Rank: Specialist

Unit: 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Polk, La.

Branch: U.S. Army

Operation Enduring Freedom. Specialist Nicholas P. Bernier, 21, of East Kingston, New Hampshire, died June 25 at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries suffered June 22 when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire in Kherwar, Afghanistan. He was from East Kingston, N.H.