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Michael P. Montgomery, age 36, from Savannah, Georgia, Chatham county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Regiment (Airborne), Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia.
Date of death: Monday, October 26, 2009
Death details: Among seven soldiers who died of wounds suffered when the MH-47 helicopter they were aboard crashed in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Vernon W. Martin, age 25, from Savannah, Georgia, Chatham county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.
Date of death: Saturday, October 3, 2009
Death details: Died in Karndesh, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his contingency outpost with small arms, rocket-propelled grenade and indirect fires.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
John Joseph Young, age 24, from Savannah, Georgia, Chatham county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company D, 2D Battalion, 14Th Infantry, Fort Drum, Ny
Date of death: Friday, September 21, 2007
Death details: Camp Striker, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Carlos Dominguez, age 57, from Savannah, Georgia, Chatham county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 414Th Civil Affairs Battalion, 1 Bct, Fort Bragg, Nc
Date of death: Saturday, September 23, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Hor Al Bosh, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Amos Collins Edwards Jr., age 41, from Savannah, Georgia, Chatham county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Battery B, 1St Bn, 118Th Field Artillery, Savannah, Ga
Date of death: Friday, February 17, 2006
Death details: Rutbah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Tyrone Lanard Chisholm, age 27, from Savannah, Georgia, Chatham county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop F, 2D Squadron, 3D Armored Cavalry, (Tf Baghdad), Fort Carson, Co
Date of death: Friday, November 11, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Tal Afar, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
James Matthew Gurbisz, age 25, from Savannah, Georgia, Chatham county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 26Th Combat Support Battalion (Tf Baghdad), Fort Stewart, Ga
Date of death: Friday, November 4, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Tristan Neil Aitken, age 31, from Savannah, Georgia, Chatham county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhb 1St Battalion, 41St Field Artillery, Fort Stewart, Georgia 31314
Date of death: Friday, April 4, 2003
Death details: Hostile; , Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Jason Edward Korn, age 31, from Savannah, Georgia, Chatham county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hht Command 2nd Armored Tank Battalion, Fort Knox, Kentucky
Date of death: Thursday, April 3, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Obj Saints, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military times
Philip L. Wilkinson, age 35, from Savannah, Georgia, Chatham county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Friday, December 21, 1990
Death details: Killed when a ferry capsized near Haifa, Israel.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, The Gulf War Chronicles, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Department of Defense