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Aaron Healy, age 32, from Cape Coral, Florida, Lee county.
Service era: Post war on terror
Date of death: Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Death details: Among nine killed in a mid-air collision involving two Black Hawk helicopters near Fort Campbell, Kentucky during a routine training mission.
Source: CBS News
Derrick D. Gwaltney, age 21, from Cape Coral, Florida, Lee county.
Parents: Patricia Gwaltney
Children: Daughter, 2
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Sandusky High graduate
Military history: 1st Battalion, 377th Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Fires Brigade, Fort Lewis, Washington. Enlisted July 2008.
Date of death: Sunday, November 29, 2009
Death details: Died south of Basra, Iraq of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. Media reports say found by himself with gunshot wound to the head.
Cemetery: Coral Ridge
Source: Department of Defense, Cape Coral Daily Breeze, Tacoma News Tribune, Ft. Myers News Press, Military Times
Manuel Lopez III, age 20, from Cape Coral, Florida, Lee county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Co D, 3D Bn, 7Th Inf, 3D Inf Div (Tf Baghdad), Fort Stewart, Ga
Date of death: Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Death details: Hostile; 86Th Csh, Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Daniel William Eggers, age 28, from Cape Coral, Florida, Lee county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Company, 1St Battalion, 3Rd Special Forces Group (Abn), Fort Bragg, Nc 28307
Date of death: Saturday, May 29, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Kandahar, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Brandon James Wadman, age 19, from Cape Coral, Florida, Lee county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhb, 265Th Air Defense Battalion, Forward 2, West Palm Beach, Florida
Date of death: Wednesday, May 5, 2004
Death details: Bagram, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
David Keith Fribley, age 26, from Cape Coral, Florida, Lee county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 1St Bn, 2D Mar, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Date of death: Sunday, March 23, 2003
Death details: Hostile; An Nasiriyah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times