Honor the Fallen

Oregon Army National Guard’s Sgt. Nathaniel “Brad” Lindsey

Oregon Army National Guard Sgt. Nathaniel “Brad” Lindsey made the ultimate sacrifice for his country on Sept. 9, 2006. After serving in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina he volunteered for duty in Afghanistan.



Sgt. Lindsey and his convoy were attacked when Taliban fighters set up a false checkpoint in Afghanistan on Sept. 9, 2006. The enemies hit the convoy with either a roadside bomb or a rocket-propelled grenade, and then opened up small-arms fire on the vehicles. Lindsey, a gunner who had recently switched from a desk job at a secure base in Kandahar to a job training Afghan soldiers, died in the attack. He had volunteered for deployment to Afghanistan after having already served in Iraq and during Hurricane Katrina to protect an officer he had driven for since June 2004. Lindsey was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart and the Meritorious Service Medals on Sept. 22, 2006.