Robert H. Cox, age 28, from Ventura, California.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Monday, July 10, 2017
Death details: Among 15 Marines and 1 Navy sailor killed when their aircraft crashed in Mississippi.
Source: Washington Post
Cox, Robert H.
Castromata, Sara
Marines Lance corporal
Sara Castromata, age 19, from Oakley, California, Contra Costa county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Joined Marines in 2011.
Date of death: Thursday, March 21, 2013
Death details: Shot and killed by a fellow Marine inside the barracks of Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. Cpl. Jacob Wooley was also killed. The shooter killed himself.
Source: KTVU
Hilaman, Kevin J.
Army Specialist
Kevin J. Hilaman, age 28, from Albany, California, Alameda county.
Spouse: Sara
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Sunday, June 26, 2011
Death details: Died in Kunar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire.
Source: Department of Defense, 35th Infantry Regiment Association
Wells, Mark C.
Army Staff sergeant
Mark C. Wells, age 31, from San Jose, California, Santa Clara county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 45th Sustainment Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
Date of death: Saturday, March 5, 2011
Death details: Died in Helmand Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgent attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
Source: Military Times.
Rojas, Michael Mathew
Army Corporal
Michael Mathew Rojas, age 21, from Fresno, California, Fresno county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Battery C, 1st Battalion, 37Th Field Artillery, Fort Lewis, Washington
Date of death: Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Taji, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, legacy.com
Shuder, Brad Sangjin
Marines Lance corporal
Brad Sangjin Shuder, age 21, from El Dorado Hills, California, El Dorado county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: E Co, 2D Bn, 1St Mar, 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, California
Date of death: Monday, April 12, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jimenez, Oscar
Marines 1st lieutenant
Oscar Jimenez, age 34, from Spring Valley, California, San Diego county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: H&S Co, 3D Bn, 4Th Mar, 1St Mar Div, Twentynine Palms, California
Date of death: Sunday, April 11, 2004
Death details: killed April 11 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Nance, Kenneth Edwin
Air Force Staff sergeant
Kenneth Edwin Nance from Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, April 12, 1975
Death details: Body recovered
Source: National Archives
Mciver, Alexander
Air Force Captain
Alexander Mciver, age 34, from Santa Monica, California, Los Angeles county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, May 3, 1972
Death details: On June 12, 1974, the Central Identification Laboratory-Thailand (CILT, now DPAA) identified the remains of Captain Alexander McIver, missing from the Vietnam War. Captain McIver joined the U.S. Air Force from California and was a member of the 345th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 374th Tactical Airlift Wing. On May 3, 1972, he was a crew member aboard a C-130E Hercules that took off on a resupply mission near An Loc, Vietnam. The aircraft was shot down during the mission, and Capt McIver died in the incident. Once fighting in the area had subsided, search and rescue teams recovered the remains of most of the C-130E’s crew; however, Capt McIver’s remains could not be individually identified until 1974.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com
Taylor, James Harry
Army 2nd lieutenant
James Harry Taylor from Oroville, California, Butte county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, February 15, 1971
Death details: On February 15, 1971, a CH-47C Chinook (tail number 18506, call sign “Regard 25”) carrying five crew members and one passenger, took part in a combat support resupply mission over Laos. During the flight, “Regard 25” caught fire, exploded, and crashed near the Pon River in Savannakhet Province, Laos. Another helicopter that had witnessed the incident performed an aerial search of the crash site, but found no sign of any of the crew. The remains of the crew chief, door gunner, flight engineer, and the passenger were eventually recovered and identified; however, the remains of the aircraft commander and pilot were not recovered.
Second Lieutenant James Harry Taylor entered the U.S. Army from California and served with Company C, 159th Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne Division. He was the aircraft commander on this Chinook at the time of its loss and was not recovered after the crash. Today, Second Lieutenant Taylor is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency