Casualties from the Indiana National Guard 713th Engineer Company
Staff report September 26, 2012 1:10PM
Spc. Brian J. Leonhardt of Merrillville | Provided photo~Sun-Times Media
Updated: October 29, 2012 6:27AM
Six members of Indiana National Guard 713th Engineer Company died while deployed in Afghanistan, the most deadly for a unit in the history of the Indiana National Guard.
Sgt. Brian Jeffery Leonhardt
Hometown: Merrillville, Ind.
Age: 21
Killed in Nilay, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 6, when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb.
Staff Sgt. Jonathan Matthew Metzger
Hometown: Indianapolis
Age: 32
Killed in Nilay, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 6, when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb.
Spc. Christopher
Alexander Patterson
Hometown: Aurora
Age: 20
Killed in Nilay, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 6, when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb.
Spc. Robert Joseph Tauteris Jr.
Hometown: Hamlet, Ind.
Age: 44
Killed in Nilay, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 6, when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb.
Spc. Sergio
Eduardo Perez
Hometown: Crown Point, Ind.
Age: 21
Killed during an attack in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, on July 16 that included rocket-propelled grenades.
Spc. Nicholas
Andrew Taylor
Hometown: Berne, Ind.
Age: 20
Killed during an attack in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, on July 16 that included rocket-propelled grenades.
