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Andrew L. McAdams, age 27, from Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Detachment 53, Operational Support Airlift Command, Joint Force Headquarters, Wyoming Army National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Date of death: Friday, January 10, 2014
Death details: Died at Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan of injuries sustained when the aircraft he was in crashed.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Bruce Evan Hays, age 42, from Cheyenne, Wyoming, Laramie county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Capitan (New Mexico) High (1984); New Mexico State University
Military history: 148Th Signal Company, 115Th Field Artillery Brigade, Cheyenne, Wy
Date of death: Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Death details: Hostile; South Of Fob Gardez, Afghanistan
Cemetery: Cremated
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Alamogordo Daily News
James Joseph Arellano, age 19, from Cheyenne, Wyoming, Laramie county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 1St Battalion, 67Th Armor, 2D Bct, (4Id), Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Thursday, August 17, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Leif E Nott, age 24, from Cheyenne, Wyoming, Laramie county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: A Troop, 1St Squadron, 10Th Cavalry, 4Th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Date of death: Thursday, July 31, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Belaruz, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jonn Joseph Edmunds, age 20, from Cheyenne, Wyoming, Laramie county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B 3D Battalion 75Th Ranger Regiment Fort Benning, Ga 31905
Date of death: Saturday, October 20, 2001
Death details: Killed in Pakistan in a crash of a UH-60 Black Hawk during a training mission
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ernest Claude Balland, age 21, from Cheyenne, Wyoming, Laramie county.
Parents: Louis C. Balland
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, May 25, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Walter Claud Stein, age 20, from Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: December 7, 1941. Died aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for April 16, 2021
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Walter Claud Stein, age 20, from Laramie County Cheyenne, Wyoming .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Died aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for April 16, 2021
Source: National Archives
Edward Wallace Lane, age 23, from Laramie County Cheyenne, Wyoming .
Parents: Lillian L. Robertson
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Casper Star Tribune (1942)
Fred G. Green, age 23, from Laramie County Cheyenne, Wyoming .
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Friday, July 19, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Source: Soldiers of the Great War