Staff Sgt. Adam L. Perkins

Staff Sgt. Adam L. Perkins, 27, of Antelope, Calif. died May 17 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.  He was assigned to 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, IMarine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Staff Sgt. Adam L. Perkins, 27, was killed Monday while trying to disarm the insurgents' primary weapon in the Helmand province. His death is the fourth troop fatality for the base in the past two weeks.A native of Antelope in Sacramento County, Perkins suffered "multiple traumatic injuries" when the bomb detonated, the base said in a prepared release.Married and the father of a 9-month-old son, Perkins was on his third combat deployment. He served two tours of duty in Iraq before deploying to Afghanistan earlier this year.He enlisted in the Marine Corps in September 2001, one month before the invasion of Afghanistan after the terror attacks of Sept. 11.