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Bruce E. Ferrell, age 21, from Perdido, Alabama, Baldwin county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Date of death: Monday, August 10, 2009
Death details: Died while supporting combat operation in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Mark Edward II Stratton, age 39, from Foley, Alabama, Baldwin county.
Spouse: Jennifer
Children: Three children
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Texas A&M University (1991)
Military history: Air Force Element, Joint Chiefs Of Staff, Pentagon, Va
Date of death: Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Death details: Died when a roadside bomb exploded as he drove in Afghanistan near Bagram Airfield
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Christopher Michael Taylor, age 25, from Daphne, Alabama, Baldwin county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 1165 Military Police Company, Combat Spt, Detachment 1, Fairhope, Al 36532
Date of death: Monday, February 16, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Cemetery: Woodland; Kentwood, Louisiana
Source: Department of Defense, grave marker, Military Times
Paul Joseph Bueche, age 19, from Daphne, Alabama, Baldwin county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company E 131St Aviation Battalion, Birmingham, Al 35217
Date of death: Tuesday, October 21, 2003
Death details: Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Vincent Lenard Ulmer, age 21, from Bay Minette, Alabama, Baldwin county.
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Sunday, May 17, 1987
Death details: Died aboard the USS Stark. While in the Persian Gulf on May 17, 1987, she was struck by two Iraqi Exocet missiles, killing 37 sailors and wounding 21. Brought under control, the frigate sailed to Bahrain and was successfully repaired at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi. Following repairs and subsequent tours in the Atlantic and Middle East, Stark was decommissioned on May 7, 1999, and was scrapped in 2006.
Source: Associated Press, National Museum of the U.S. Navy
Jimmy P. Black, age 20, from Daphine, Alabama, Baldwin county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, May 13, 1975
Death details: One of the 23 men killed in a CH53 helicopter crash in Thailand.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1975), findagrave.com
John Irving Lassitter, age 24, from Summerdale, Alabama, Baldwin county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, December 4, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death
Source: National Archives, Montgomery Advertiser, Associated Press (1970)
Andrew George Hawthorne, age 19, from Fairhope, Alabama, Baldwin county.
Parents: Hayne N. Hawthorne
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, July 31, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Fort Lauderdale News (1970
Kenneth Larry Stokes, age 20, from Stapleton, Alabama, Baldwin county.
Parents: Hillery K. Stokes
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, January 18, 1970
Death details: Died in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Montgomery Advertiser (1970)
Andrew J. Jr. Floyd, age 29, from Alabama, Baldwin county.
Service era: Korea
Military history: 37th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division
Date of death: Wednesday, September 27, 1950
Cemetery: Mobile National
Source: National Archives, grave marker