Williams and Young are assigned to 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas. The other soldiers are assigned to 507th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas. They are:

• Spc. Edgar A. Hernandez, 21, of Mission, Texas
• Spc. Joseph N. Hudson, 23, of Alamogordo, N.M.
• Spc. Shoshana N. Johnson, 30, of El Paso, Texas
• Pfc. Patrick W. Miller, 23, of Walter, Kan.
• Sgt. James J. Riley, 31, of Pennsauken, N.J.
• Chief Warrant Officer David S. Williams, 30, of Fla.
• Chief Warrant Officer Ronald D. Young Jr., 26, of Lithia Springs, Ga.