 He was killed when the vehicle he was driving struck an anti-tank mine while on a patrol in southern Helmand.Various reports give the crew as four—the normal complement for a Snatch Land Rover—although another report describes the vehicle as a WMIK

Marine Thomas Curry, aged 21, died on Saturday 13 January 2007 when elements of 42 Commando Royal Marines were engaged in a deliberate offensive operation near Kajaki, in Northern Helmand, Afghanistan.The Royal Marines Commandos were engaged in close-quarter fighting with the Taliban, and it was during this action that Marine Curry was killed.