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Ronald A. Grider, age 30, from Brighton, Illinois, Jersey county.
Spouse: Brittany Reed (married in March 2010)
Children: Daughter, 4
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Date of death: Saturday, September 18, 2010
Death details: Died in Kunduz Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when he was struck by machine gun fire.
Source: Department of Defense, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Military Times
Christopher Ward Belchik, age 30, from Brighton, Illinois, Jersey county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: E Co, 2D Bn, 2D Mar, 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Sunday, August 22, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Babil Province, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, St. Louis Post Dispatch
Val Gregory Meyer, age 23, from Brighton, Illinois, Jersey county.
Parents: Troy Meyer
Children: Van
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Southwestern High, West Kentucky University, Western Illinois University
Military history: Green Berets
Date of death: Tuesday, April 21, 1970
Death details: Hostile, died from wounds in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Alton Evening Telegraph (1970)