Updated 1217 06/20/08: We have Lost 2 Sailors today in Afghanistan.

We lost 2 fellow Sailors in Afghanistan today.

The Place that “DID” attack us on 9/11.  Two heroes will be missed by their loved ones, shipmates, Marines, friends, and Corpsman.com.

We at Corpsman.com grieve for their loss.  It really really hurts when we report these stories.

From DOD: UPDATE: (We have clarified that the PO1 was a Construction Man 1st Class , we grieve for him regardless of rating.  We wanted to be sure the  information was accurate as all rates should be proud of their rating on their sleeve.)

DoD Identifies Navy Casualties

The Department of Defense announced today the death of two sailors who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Hospitalman Marc A. Retmier, 19, of Hemet, Calif., and Petty Officer First Class Ross L. Toles III, 37, of Davison, Mich., died June 18 as a result of wounds suffered from an enemy rocket attack in northern Paktika province, Afghanistan. They were assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Sharana in Afghanistan.

A Navy hospitalman from Hemet, Ca. died in an rocket attack in Afghanistan on Wednesday.
Marc A. Retmier, 19, was assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team Sharana in Afghanistan, according to a Department of Defense news release.

He and Petty Officer First Class Ross L. Toles III, 37, of Michigan, died from wounds suffered in an enemy rocket attack in northern Paktika province in Afghanistan, the release stated.

He graduated from West Valley High School, where he played football and lettered in swimming, said his uncle Jeff Retmier, a captain with the Hemet Fire Department.

He was stationed at Camp Lejuene in North Carolina and trained at Bethesda Hospital. He went to Afghanistan in December 2007, Jeff Retmier said.

Jeff Retmier said his nephew wanted to work in medicine and knew being a medic would prepare him for that.

The family plans to bury Retmier at Pacific View Cemetery in Corona del Mar.