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Jon Michael Gaudette, age 41, from Baton Rouge, Louisana.
Parents: Gary and Debra (Pennington) Gaudette
Spouse: None
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Willamette High in Eugene, Oregon; Louisiana State University
Military history: Louisana National Guard
Date of death: Friday, September 3, 2021
Death details: Suicide. Found dead in the Louisiana Department of Public Safety parking lot in Baton Rouge
Cemetery: Sunset Hills in Eugene
Source: Louisiana State Police, WBRZ, Register Guard
Terrell Wayne Gilmore, age 38, from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Forward Support Company, 769Th Engineer Battalion, Baker, Louisiana
Date of death: Sunday, March 30, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ryan Stanley Mccurdy, age 20, from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hq Co, Rct-8, 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, Nc
Date of death: Thursday, January 5, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Paul Martin Heltzel, age 39, from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 2nd Battalion, 156Th Infantry (Mech), 256Th Infantry Brigade, V Corps, New Iberia, Louisiana
Date of death: Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq. Killed when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device exploded.
Source: Department of Defense
Christopher William Barnett, age 32, from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 1St Bn, 156Th Ar, 256Th Brig Combat Team (Tf Baghdad), Shreveport, La
Date of death: Thursday, December 23, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jeffrey Lynn Kirk, age 24, from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: K Co, 3D Bn, 5Th Mar, Rct-1, 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Sunday, December 12, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Thomas Ray Jr. Adams, age 20, from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Monday, October 8, 1990
Death details: Killed in a training exercise when two helicopters collided over the Arabian Sea
Cemetery: Port Hudson National; Zachary, Louisiana
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, Associated Press (1990)
William J. Morgan, age 24, from East Baton Rouge County Baton Rouge, Louisiana .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, February 25, 1972
Source: National Archives
Rudolph Stevens, age 22, from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge county.
Parents: Louis Stevens
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, July 18, 1971
Death details: Non-hostile death.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1971)
Freddie Turner, age 22, from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, July 2, 1971
Source: National Archives