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Roshain Brooks, age 30, from Brooklyn, New York.
Service era: Iraq
Date of death: Sunday, August 13, 2017
Death details: Died of wounds sustained while engaged in combat operations in Iraq.
Cemetery: 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Clayton O. Carpenter, age 31, from Brooklyn, New York.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
Date of death: Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Death details: Died at the end of a training flight at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia. He was aboard an MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that slammed into the ground while landing.
Source: Associated Press, Face book
Jabari N. Thompson, age 22, from Brooklyn, New York, New York City county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Date of death: Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Death details: Died of wounds sustained July 13 while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Nicholas Aleman, age 24, from Brooklyn, New York, New York City county.
Spouse: None
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Midwood, New York City
Military history: Deployment Processing Command-East, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Enlisted in 2004.
Date of death: Sunday, December 5, 2010
Death details: Died in a suicide bomb blast in Paktia Province, Afghanistan. Army Staff Sgt. Jason A. Reeves also was killed.
Source: Department of Defense, Facebook, New York Daily News, The Brooklyn Paper, Military Times
Kevin O. Hill, age 23, from Brooklyn, New York. Kings County
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 576th Mobility Augmentation Company, Fort Carson, Colorado.
Date of death: Sunday, October 4, 2009
Death details: Died at Contingency Outpost Dehanna, Afghanistan from wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit using small arms and indriect fires.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Daniel Farkas, age 42, from Brooklyn, New York
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 27Th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 42D Infantry Division, Syracuse, Ny
Date of death: Friday, July 4, 2008
Death details: Camp Phoenix, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Dayne Darren Dhanoolal, age 26, from Brooklyn, New York.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company E, 2D Battalion, 69Th Armor, 3 Bct, Fort Benning, Georgia
Date of death: Monday, March 31, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Kimel Lincola Watt, age 21, from Brooklyn, New York.
Parents: Clifton
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Battery C, 1St Battalion, 7Th Field Artillery, 2 Bct, Schweinfurt, Guam
Date of death: Sunday, June 3, 2007
Death details: Killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael Daniel Rivera, age 22, from Brooklyn, New York.
Service era: Iraq
Child: Joycelin, 6 months
Military history: Hht, 2D Squadron, 5Th Cavalry, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq. Killed when an explosive detonated near his vehicle
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Angel Ramon Ramirez, age 27, from Brooklyn, New York.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Wpns Co, 3D Bn, 4Th Mar, 1St Mar Div, Mcagcc Twentynine Palms, Ca
Date of death: Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Death details: Twentynine Palms, United States
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times