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Ricky Lee Turner, age 20, from Athens, Alabama, Limestone county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 3Rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 82Nd Airborne, Fort Bragg, Nc
Date of death: Friday, January 16, 2009
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Adam Eugene Loggins, age 27, from Athens, Alabama, Limestone county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: L Co, 3D Bn, 6Th Mar, (Rct-6, Ii Mef Fwd), 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Date of death: Thursday, April 26, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Taqqadum, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Perry Adkins Mitchell, age 19, from Athens, Alabama, Limestone county.
Parents: Pearlie M. Mitchell
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, November 14, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Bobbie Herald Brewer, age 24, from Athens, Alabama, Limestone county.
Spouse: Judy G. Brewer
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, February 14, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Lakin Hightower Garth from Athens, Alabama, Limestone county.
Parents: Winston S. Garth Sr.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: May 7, 1945
Source: National Archives, Huntsville Times (1945)