Bell

Air Force Senior Airman Bryan R. Bell, 23, of Erie, Pennsylvania, assigned to 2nd Civil Engineer Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, died Jan. 5, 2012, at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device.

He is survived by his wife, Alaina; parents, Richard Bell and Brenda Hart; sister, Candice; stepfather, David Aldrich; stepmother, Kim; stepsister, Stephanie Battista; stepbrother, Matthew Aldrich; maternal grandparents, Ross and Gertrude Peters; paternal grandmother, Carmen; mother- and father-in-law, Mike and Brenda Hart; sister- and brother-in-law, Mariel and Patrick Wilcox; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.