In Memory OfCPL Nathan B. Carse

CPL Nathan B. Carse, 32, U.S. Army, born November 27, 1978, was killed in action on February 8, 2011. Carse was a Combat Engineer with 595th Sapper Company, 2nd Engineer Battalion, 176th Engineer Brigade, and deployed to Afghanistan. While conducting a dismounted route-clearance patrol through a grape field in Kandahar, he was mortally wounded when a Taliban insurgent remotely detonated an IED buried next to him. For his service, Carse earned a Purple Heart, the Bronze Star, and has a scholarship program named in his honor. Rest easy, Hero! Til Valhalla, Brother!