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Baum, Ryan John
Army Sergeant

Ryan John Baum, age 27, from Aurora, Colorado, Adams county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 3D Battalion, 509Th Infantry, 4 Bct, Fort Richardson, Alaska

Date of death: Friday, May 18, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Camp Fallujah, Iraq
Cemetery: Fort Logan National

Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com, legacy.com

Muscat, Dimitri
Army Sergeant

Dimitri Muscat, age 21, from Aurora, Colorado, Adams county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Co C, 1St Bn, 8Th Inf, 3D Bct, 4Th Id (101St Aa), Fort Carson, Co

Date of death: Friday, February 24, 2006
Death details: Balad, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com

Reyes, Luis Ricardo
Army Sergeant

Luis Ricardo Reyes, age 26, from Aurora, Colorado, Adams county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: 947Th Engineer Company, (Asg-Kuwait), Colorado Springs, Co

Date of death: Friday, November 18, 2005
Death details: Ali Al Salem, Kuwait

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Sanford, Barry Sr
Army Sergeant 1st class

Barry Sr Sanford, age 46, from Aurora, Colorado, Adams county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc 101St Comabt Support Group, Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Date of death: Monday, July 7, 2003
Death details: Balad, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Tripp, Lucas V.
Army Specialist

Lucas V. Tripp, age 23, from Aurora, Colorado, Adams county.

Military history: Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Aviation Regiment.

Date of death: Tuesday, March 11, 2003
Death details: Among 11 soldiers who died when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a training mission in Fort Drum, New York.

Source: New York Times, Army Times

Dorrity, James Paul
Army Staff Sergeant

James Paul Dorrity, age 37, from Aurora, Colorado, Adams county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company E 160Th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Airborne), Apo Ap 96205

Date of death: Friday, February 22, 2002
Death details: Killed in an MH-47E crash during a training exercise near Basilan Island, Philippines

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Danielson, Mark Giles
Air Force Captain

Mark Giles Danielson from Aurora, Colorado, Rio Blanco county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Sunday, June 18, 1972
Death details: On October 12, 1994, the Joint Task Force–Full Accounting (JFA-FA) identified the remains of Captain Mark Giles Danielson, missing from the Vietnam War.

Captain Danielson entered the U.S. Air Force from Colorado and was a member of the 16th Special Operations Squadron. On June 18, 1972, he was the electronic warfare officer aboard an AC-130A gunship (tail number 55-0043, call sign “Spectre 11”) that took off from Ubon Airfield, Thailand, on an armed reconnaissance mission over A Shau Valley, South Vietnam. The aircraft was hit by an enemy surface-to-air missile and crashed near the border of Laos and Vietnam. Capt Danielson was killed in the incident and his remains could not be recovered at the time. In October 1993, investigators visited the crash site and recovered personal artifacts and human remains. Capt Danielson was identified among the remains recovered.

Source: National Archives, UPI, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Smith, Dennis Michael
Army Staff sergeant

Dennis Michael Smith, age 28, from Aurora, Colorado, Adams county.

Spouse: Gloria

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Monday, November 30, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam when the base camp of the Americal Division came under rocket attack

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)

Stasko, Thomas William
Army Captain

Thomas William Stasko, age 30, from Denver County Aurora, Colorado .

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, February 18, 1966
Death details: Died in a helicopter crash near Saigon

Source: National Archives, UPI (1966)

Dye, Lawrence T.
Air Force Airman 1

Lawrence T. Dye, age 21, from Arapahoe County Aurora, Colorado .

Parents: Raymond L. Dye

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Thursday, August 11, 1955
Death details: Killed in the collision of two Flying Boxcar in Germany.

Source: Associated Press (1955)

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