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Richard Cox, age 22, from Black Hawk, South Dakota.
Military history: A Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division
Date of death: Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Death details: Died at Stormont Vail Hospital after suffering a gunshot wound on Fort Riley Kansas
Source: Army Times, WIBW
T. Truong Huynh, age 25, from Oakville, Connecticut.
Date of death: Saturday, June 17, 2017
Death details: reported missing after the USS Fitzgerald collided with a Philippines-based merchant vessel at 2:20 a.m. June 17, 2017 while most of the 300 sailors aboard were sleeping.
Source: Navy, USNI News
Joseph Briggs Marotta from Virginia, Richmond, City of county.
Era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Thursday, February 9, 2012
Death details: Accident,
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database courtesy of the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Tushar R Tembe from Virginia Beach Virginia
Spouse: Marianne
Children: Ian and Connor
Parents: Ramdas (preceded in death) and Rashmi
Date of death: Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Death details: Died of natural causes at Bon Secours Hospital Portsmouth, Virginia
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Legacy
Paul Ostrowski, age 40, from Virginia, Virginia Beach, City of county.
Military history: Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 56
Date of death: Sunday, February 27, 2011
Death details: Died of disease, General Hospital Virginia Beach, Virginia
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Pilot
Amy Krueger, age 29, from Kiel, Wisconsin, Manitowoc county.
Schools: Kiel High (1998)
Military history: 467 Medical Detachment
Date of death: Thursday, November 5, 2009
Death details: Killed by gunshot from a fellow soldier, police said, in an attack at Ft. Hood that left 13 dead and 30 injured.
Source: Herald Times Reporter, Chicago Sun Times
Monica L. Beacham, age 29, from Decaturville, Tennessee, Decatur county.
Spouse: Married
Military history: Aviation electronics technician, Qualified C-130 radioman, navigator trainee. Stationed at Coast Guard Air Station, Sacramento, California.
Date of death: Thursday, October 29, 2009
Death details: Among seven Coast Guard members and two Marines who died in the collission of two aircrafts off the coast of San Diego. Body not recovered.
Source: Coast Guard
John Wesley Jr Ganues from Virginia, Virginia Beach, City of county.
Date of death: Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Death details: Suicide, Valdosta, Georgia
Source: This information is contained in the Virginia Military Dead Database (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/vmd/), provided courtesy of the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
David Hess from Virginia, Buena Vista, City of county.
Date of death: Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Death details: at home
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database from the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Ryan K Betton, age 30, from Collinsville, Virginia, Henry county.
Spouse: Married
Child: Son, 2
Parent: Wally Betton
School: Fieldale-Collinsville High, Virginia Military Institute (1998)
Military history: Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 120
Date of death: Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Death details: Accident, off the coast of North Carolina
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database from Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; Roanoke Times