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Yancy Williams, age 54,.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 451st Civil Affairs Battalion, Houston, Texas
Date of death: Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Death details: Died from complication from COVID 19.
Cemetery: Forest Hill in Livingston, Texas
Source: Defense Department, Legacy.com
Matthew D. Moyes, age 54, from Peru, Illinois.
Parents: John W. and Phyllis (McLaughlin) Moyes, both prededed in death
Children: Shane, Grace and step children Krystle and Michael
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 7403rd Troop Medical Clinic, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Date of death: Monday, September 20, 2021
Death details: Died from complication from COVID 19. at Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee, Illinois
Cemetery: National Cemetery, Rock Island
Source: Defense Department, Rafferty Funeral Home
Tresse Z. King, age 54, from Raeford, North Carolina.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 96th Force Support Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
Date of death: Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Death details: Died in a non-combat related incident at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait.
Source: Department of Defense, Air Force Times
Steven Skoda, age 54, from Rochester, New York.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: New York Army National Guard. Veteran of Afghanistan War.
Date of death: Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Death details: Died when the UH-60 medical evacutation helicopter he was in crashed in Mendon, New York during a routine training mission.
Source: NBC 4 New York, The Daily News in Batavia, Wilton Bulletin
Matthew Philip Houseal, age 54, from Amarillo, Texas
Parents: William and Helen Houseal
Spouse: Luzma Houseal
Children: Teresa, Catherine, David, Isabel, Patrick, Monica, Kelly Houseal
Service era: Iraq
Schools: St. Joseph High (1973), University of Michigan Medical School (1981)
Military history: 55Th Medical Company, Detachment 16, Indianapolis, In
Date of death: Monday, May 11, 2009
Death details: Killed by fellow soldier at U.S. Military Counseling Clinic in Baghdad
Cemetery: Llano Cemetery, Amarillo
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com, Herald Palladium, Military Times
Julio Cesar Ordonez, age 54, from San Antonio, Texas, Bexar county.
Spouse: Leticia
Children: Julio, Jacob, Joyce, Judith
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 2D Battalion, 149Th Aviation, Austin, Tx
Date of death: Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Death details: Tallil, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Joseph Arthur Moore, age 54, from Boise, Idaho, Ada county.
Parents: Joseph P. Moore and Annie E. Moore
Spouse: Sandra Moore
Children: Rachel Croft, Christina Moore
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 124Th Wing, Gowen Field, Boise, Id
Date of death: Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Death details: Camp Lemonier, Djibouti
Cemetery: Idaho State Veterans Cemetery, Boise
Source: Department of Defense, Idaho Statesman, Military Times
Stephen K Scott, age 54, from New Market, Alabama, Madison county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 356Th Quartermaster Battalion, 13Th Coscom, Laurel, Mississippi
Date of death: Sunday, April 6, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Roger Dale Rowe, age 54, from Bon Aqua, Tennessee, Hickman county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 1174Th Transportation Company, Columbia, Tennessee
Date of death: Wednesday, July 9, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Tampa, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Robert Junior Fishleigh, age 54, from Ontario, Oregon, Malheur county.
Spouse: Thelma Carmine Fishleigh
Children: Stepson Leonard G. Carmine
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, September 25, 1970
Death details: Died near Tokyo, Jpan en route from Vietnam to Richmond
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: National Archives, Richmond Times Dispatch (1970)