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Preston Ray Medley, age 23, from Baker, Florida, Okaloosa county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company D, 1St Battalion, 26Th Infantry, 3D Brigade, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Qazi Bandeh, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Auburn F. Merritt, age 19, from Okaloosa County Baker, Florida .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Friday, October 31, 1941
Death details: Died in the sinking of the destoryer USS Reuben James
Source: Los Angeles Times (1941), Tampa Tribune (1941)