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Alan Lee Rogers, age 49, from Kearns, Utah, Salt Lake county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 1St Attack Helicopter Bn, 211Th Aviation Group, West Jordan, Ut
Date of death: Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Death details: Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Patrick William Kordsmeier, age 49, from North Little Rock, Arkansas, Pulaski county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 39Th Combat Support Battalion, Camp Robinson, North Little Rock, Ar 72199
Date of death: Saturday, April 24, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Dennis Jallah Jr., age 49, from Fayetteville, North Carolina Cumberland county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 2D Battalion, 10Th Aviation Brigade (10Th Mnt Div), Fort Drum, New York
Date of death: Sunday, March 28, 2004
Death details: Died of a non-combat-related cause at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington D.C. after he was medically evacuated from Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
David Allen Scott, age 49, from Union, Ohio.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 445Th Communications Flight, Wright-Patterson Afb, Oh
Date of death: Sunday, July 20, 2003
Death details: Doha, Qatar
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Joe Henry Jr. Hancock, age 49, from Nashville, Tennessee, Davison county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Wednesday, December 5, 1990
Death details: Died non-battle
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense
Raymond B Sr Prater, age 49, from Hopewell, Virginia, Hopewell county.
Service era: Cold War
Military history: State Cavalry
Date of death: Friday, February 29, 1980
Cemetery: Merchants Hope Memorial Park in Prince George, Virginia
Source: Library of Virginia, Richmond, findagrave.com
Robert Lee Sowers, age 49, from Richmond, Indiana, Wayne county.
Spouse: Married
Children: Two children
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, April 27, 1972
Death details: Killed in non-hostile helicopter crash in Vietnam
Cemetery: East Lawn Palms in Tucson, Arizona
Source: National Archives, findagrave.com
Troit Donovan Freeland, age 49, from Olney, Illinois, Richland county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, August 13, 1970
Death details: Died in south Vietnam from a heart attack.
Cemetery: Camp Butler National
Source: National Archives
Monroe Dee King, age 49, from Alton, Illinois, Madison county.
Spouse: Doris (Hall)
Children: Pamela, Leslie, Corey, Kevin
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Office of the inspector general in Saigon. Received the Purple Heart for woundssuffered in the Korean War and the Silver Star.
Date of death: Friday, May 8, 1970
Death details: Died in South Vietnam after a heart attack.
Source: National Archives, Baltimore Evening Sun (1970)
Abbott Robert Jones, age 49, from Pasadena, California, Los Angeles county.
Spouse: Heiga Jones
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, February 18, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)