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Kyle Charles Gilbert, age 20, from Brattleboro, Vermont, Windham county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Company C 2nd Bn 325th Infantry Regiment(Parachute), Fort Bragg, Nc 28310
Date of death: Wednesday, August 6, 2003
Death details: Hostile in Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
John Charles Blake, age 24, from Brattleboro, Vermont, Windham county.
Parents: Statson P. and Irene (Gouger) Blake
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Saint Michael’s High (1963)
Date of death: Saturday, March 21, 1970
Death details: Died in South Vietnam from multiple fragment wounds to the head and wrist from a premature air burst of a 155 mm round during a routine fire mission.
Source: National Archives, Brattleboro Reformer (1970)