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Jackie L. Diener, age 20, from Boyne City, Michigan, Charlevoix county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York.
Date of death: Monday, November 21, 2011
Death details: Died in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Gary J. Faculak, age 25, from Boyne City, Michigan, Charlevoix county.
Parents: Leona P. Snider
Spouse: Connie S. Faculak
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: North Centrral Michigan University (1969)
Date of death: Wednesday, December 16, 1970
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam when a group of terrorists detonated an explosive device at a government leased hotel used for officers.
Cemetery: Boyne City
Source: National Archives, Lansing State Journal, Associated Press (1970)