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Adam F. Wolff, age 25, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Linn county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Date of death: Friday, June 20, 2014
Death details: Killed during dombat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Terry L. Pasker, age 39, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Linn county.
Spouse: Erica Pasker
Children: None
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Lisbon High (1990)
Military history: 334th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Date of death: Saturday, July 9, 2011
Death details: Died in Panjshir Province, Afghanistan when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire. Pasker and an unidentified American contractor were in a vehicle when shot and killed by an Afghan security officer.
Source: Department of Defense, Cedar Rapids Gazette
Kevin Allan Gilbertson, age 24, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Linn county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 1St Battalion, 77Th Armor, Schweinfurt, Germany
Date of death: Friday, August 31, 2007
Death details: Died in Landstuhl Hospital, Germany from wounds sustained two days earlier in Iraq when insurgents attacked his unit.
Cemetery: Cedar Memorial Park, Cedar Rapids
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Paul Francis Fisher, age 39, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Linn county.
Spouse: Karen
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Detchment 1 Company F 106Th Aviation Battalion, Davenport, Ia 52804
Date of death: Thursday, November 6, 2003
Death details: Helicopter was shot down Nov. 2, 2003 by a surface to air missile near Fallujah, Iraq. He later died in a hospital in Hamburg, Germany.
Cemetery: Cedar Memorial Park
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
David Michael Kirchhoff, age 31, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Linn county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 2133Rd Transportation Company, Centerville, Iowa
Parents: Larry and Nancy Kirchhoff
Spouse: Brooke
Children: David Kirchoff and Sean Patrick Lekin; stepdaughters Ashley RaeAnne, Aubrey Joe and April Rain
Date of death: Thursday, August 14, 2003
Death details: Died in Landstuhl, Germany after suffering a heat stroke in Iraq, where temperatures reached 125 to 130 degrees
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Steven Douglas Clark, age 22, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Linn county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Wednesday, November 7, 1990
Death details: Killed in the Middle East when he was crushed by a truck in a non-combat incident
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense
Peter Paul Huk, age 20, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Linn county.
Parents: Walter W. Huk
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, July 21, 1970
Death details: Hostile, missing in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Saint John’s
Source: National Archives, Cedar Rapids Gazette (1970)
Dennis Keith Martin, age 23, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Linn county.
Parents: Robert L. Martin
Spouse: Susan
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Harrison High in Evansville, Indiana. Completed high school in Cedar Rapids. Iowa State University (1968)
Date of death: Friday, July 10, 1970
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam when the aircraft in which he was flying was hit by enemy fire.
Source: Evansville Press (1970)
Dennis Allen LaDage, age 20, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Linn county.
Spouse: Kathy
Children: John, 2 months
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Prairie High (1968)
Date of death: Sunday, June 21, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Cedar Rapids Gazette (1970)
Tommy Ivan Hindman, age 20, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Linn county.
Parents: Ivan P. Hindman
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, May 6, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Cedar Memorial
Source: National Archives, Cedar Rapids Gazette (1970)