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Mark A. Hopkins, age 34, from Chesapeake, Virginia.
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, U.S. Marines
Cody S. Childers, age 19, from Chesapeake, Virginia.
Parents: Wendy Childers and Randy Childers
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Grassfields High, Chesapeake (2009)
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Enlisted September 2008.
Date of death: Friday, August 20, 2010
Death details: Died after being hit by enemy gunfire in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Washington Post, Military Times
Kielin T. Dunn, age 19, from Chesapeake, Virginia, Chesapeake county.
Parents: Teri Campbell and Gary Dunn
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Western Brank High (2008)
Military history: 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Date of death: Thursday, February 18, 2010
Death details: Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Department of Defense, Virginian Pilot
William B. Woods Jr., age 31, from Chesapeake, Virginia, City of Chesapeake county. Their last known residence was in Chesapeake.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group (airborne), Glen Arm, Maryland.
Date of death: Sunday, August 16, 2009
Death details: Died at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered when he was shot Aug. 14, 2009 while on patrol in Ghanzi, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jonathan Kilian Dozier, age 30, from Chesapeake, Virginia, Chesapeake (City) county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hht, 3D Squadron, 2D Cavalry, Vilseck, Germany
Date of death: Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Sinsil, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael Christopher Peek, age 23, from Chesapeake, Virginia, Chesapeake (City) county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 630Th Military Police Company, Bamberg, Germany
Date of death: Saturday, March 3, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Steven Lee Phillips, age 27, from Chesapeake, Virginia, Chesapeake (City) county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: I Co, 3D Bn, 6Th Mar (Rct-2), 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, Nc
Date of death: Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Death details: died from a non-hostile vehicle accident while conducting combat operations against enemy forces near Al Qaim, Iraq.
Source: Department of Defense, U.S. Navy
Pendelton Lidell Sykes II, age 25, from Chesapeake, Virginia, Chesapeake (City) county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: F Co, 5-159Th Av Bn, Giebelstadt, Ge Apo Ae 09182
Date of death: Wednesday, April 6, 2005
Death details: Ghazni, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Andrew Lee Tuazon, age 21, from Chesapeake, Virginia, Chesapeake (City) county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 293D Military Police Co, 3D Military Police Bn (3 Id), Fort Stewart, Georgia
Date of death: Monday, May 10, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense; Library of Virginia, Richmond, Military Times
Raimo K Jr Puntanen from Virginia, Chesapeake, City of county.
Date of death: Thursday, December 12, 1985
Death details: Accident, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada
Source: This information is contained in the Virginia Military Dead Database (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/vmd/), provided courtesy of the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.