American War Heroes · 1990–2021
Desert Storm, Iraq, and Afghanistan. This roll lists deceased Medal of Honor recipients — Smith, Monsoor, McGinnis, Dunham, and Murphy — and two Desert Storm aircrew DPAA still lists unaccounted for: Lt. Cmdr. Barry T. Cooke and Lt. Robert J. Dwyer. Living recipients are not listed. Private obituaries are not scraped. MIA status is never invented.
American War Heroes is a publisher-curated historical register. Notice Nearby writes these entries from documented public records. Checkout does not add a name to a war roll, and we do not issue Heroes badges, MIA labels, or a “verified veteran” mark.
A paid Community memorial may mention military service in the family’s own words. That mention stays on the obituary. It is not verification, and it does not enroll anyone on these lists. Claiming service that was not given is stolen valor. It is disrespectful to those who served.
7 on the roll
1969–2003 · Sergeant First Class
Paul Ray Smith was killed on April 4, 2003, holding a piece of ground beside Baghdad International Airport that a company-sized Iraqi force meant to take. He was a sergeant first class of engineers — B Company, 11th Engi…
1981–2006 · Master-at-Arms Second Class (SEAL)
Michael Anthony Monsoor was killed on a Ramadi rooftop on September 29, 2006, when he put his body on a grenade that had bounced off his chest. He was a master-at-arms second class, a SEAL of Team 3, automatic-weapons gu…
1987–2006 · Private First Class
Ross Andrew McGinnis was killed in an up-armored Humvee in Adhamiyah, northeast Baghdad, on December 4, 2006, when he covered a fragmentation grenade that had come through the gunner's hatch. He was a private first class…
1981–2004 · Corporal
Jason L. Dunham was a Marine corporal from Scio, New York, with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, when a fight near Karabilah on April 14, 2004, put an enemy grenade among his men. He covered it with his helmet and …
1976–2005 · Lieutenant
Michael P. Murphy was killed in Kunar Province on June 28, 2005, leading a four-man SEAL reconnaissance team on Operation Red Wings. When the team was compromised and under heavy fire, he moved into the open to get a rad…
1955–unaccounted for since February 2, 1991 · Lieutenant Commander
Barry Thomas Cooke was a Navy attack pilot from Austin, Texas, flying the A-6 Intruder with Attack Squadron 36 from USS Theodore Roosevelt during Operation Desert Storm. On February 2, 1991, that airplane went down in th…
unaccounted for since February 5, 1991 · Lieutenant
Robert J. Dwyer was a Navy Hornet pilot from Worthington, Ohio, flying from the Theodore Roosevelt air wing in the first days of Desert Storm. On February 5, 1991, the F/A-18 did not come back from a mission over the Per…