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Tad T. Hervas, age 48, from Coon Rapids, Minnesota, Anoka county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 34th Infantry Regiment, Rosemont, Minnesota.
Date of death: Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Death details: Died at Contingency Operating Base Basra, Iraq of injuries sustained from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Source: Department of Defense, Minneapolist Star Tribune
Brian Edward Studer, age 28, from Ramsey, Minnesota, Anoka county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 720Th Eod Company, 28Th Transportation Bn, 18Th Mp Bde, Mannheim, Germany
Date of death: Friday, August 22, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Ghazni, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Gregory Brian Rundell, age 21, from Ramsey, Minnesota, Anoka county.
Parents: Joanne Richardson
Spouse: Single
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 1St Battalion, 27Th Infantry, 2 Bct, Schofield Barracks, Hi
Date of death: Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Death details: Killed by small arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq
Cemetery: Fort Snelling National Cemetery
Source: Department of Defense, Pioneer Press, Military Times
William Joseph Beardsley, age 25, from Coon Rapids, Minnesota, Anoka county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 260Th Quartermaster Petroleum Support Battalion, Hunter Aaf, Georgia
Date of death: Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Diwaniyah, Iraq. Died of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detaoned near his vehicle.
Source: Department of Defense, Associated Press, Facebook
Thomas G. Lamb, age 20, from Coon Rapids, Minnesota, Anoka county.
Parents: Beatrice Emerson and Loren Lamb
Service era: Beirut bombings
Schools: Coon Rapids High
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terrorist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Cemetery: Fort Snelling National
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, findagrave.com
Stephen Joseph Kaster, age 23, from Coon Rapids, Minnesota, Anoka county.
Parents: Donald J. Kaster
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Edina High (1965), Saint John’s Univeristy in Collegeville, Minnesota (1969)
Date of death: Monday, November 2, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Minneapolis Star Tibune (1970), Associated Press (1970)
Arthur Andrew Dehn, age 19, from Anoka, Minnesota, Anoka county.
Parents: Robert J. Dehn
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Anoka High (1969)
Date of death: Tuesday, May 26, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Minneapolis Star (1970)
Gerald Vernon Lundy, age 21, from Anoka, Minnesota, Anoka county.
Parents: Eugene Lundy
Spouse: Marcella Lundy
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, May 7, 1970
Death details: Hostile, Cambodia
Source: National Archives, Minneapolis Star (1970)
Duane Clifford Larson, age 21, from Fridley, Minnesota, Anoka county.
Parents: Harry C. Larson
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, February 4, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
John Alexander Smith, age 19, from Cedar, Minnesota, Anoka county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, January 29, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives