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Cesar Gonzalez, age 21, from Cook County Chicago, Illinois .
Service era: Post Afghanistan
Military history: Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 58th Infantry Rgiment, 198th Infantry Brigade
Date of death: Friday, October 20, 2023
Death details: Died at For Moore, Georgia during infantry traning after succumbing to a medical emergency.
Source: Millitary.com
Michael Isaiah Nance, age 24, from Chicago, Illinois, Cook county.
Parents: Shawn Gregoire
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Monday, July 29, 2019
Death details: Died in Tarin Kowt, Uruuzgan Province, Afghanistanfrom wounds sustained in a combat related incident
Cemetery: Abraham Lincoln National
Source: Department of Defense, chicagocrusader.com, Military Times
Dion Rashun Roberts, age 23, from North Chicago, Illinois, Cook county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: East Coast Naval Special Warefare Unit.
Date of death: Saturday, September 22, 2012
Death details: Died as the result of a single vehicle accident in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Conner T. Lowry, age 24, from Chicago, Illinois, Cook county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.
Date of death: Thursday, March 1, 2012
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael C. Olivieri, age 26, from Chicago, Illinois, Cook county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.
Date of death: Monday, June 6, 2011
Death details: Died in Baghdad, Iraq of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with indirect fire. Killed were Spc. Emilio J. Campo Jr., Spc. Michael B. Cook Jr., Spc. Christopher B. Fishbeck, Spc. Robert P. Hartwick, Pfc. Michael C. Olivieri
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
John T. Sparks, age 23, from Chicago, Illinois, Cook county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. Enlisted in February 2008. Purple Heart.
Date of death: Friday, October 8, 2010
Death details: Killed by small-arms fire in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Chicago Sun-Times, North County Times, Military Times
Albert D. Ware, age 27, from Chicago, Illinois, Cook county.
Parents: Thomas Ware and Massa Cooper
Spouse: Plichette Farmer-Ware
Children: Tjohn B. Ware, Heaven Ferguson and Musu Cawtain
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Corliss High (2002)
Military history: 782nd Combat Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Enlised July 6, 2006.
Date of death: Friday, December 18, 2009
Death details: Died in Arghandab River Valley, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
Cemetery: Abraham Lincoln National; Elwood, Illinois
Source: Department of Defense, Chicago Sun-Times, Fayetteville Observor, Military Times
Francheska Velez, age 21, from Chicago, Illinois, Cook county.
Parents: Juan Guillermo
Children: Three months pregnant
Schools: Kelvyn Park High, Chicago (2006)
Military history: Enlisted in January 2007.
Date of death: Thursday, November 5, 2009
Death details: Killed by gunshot from a fellow soldier, police said, in an attack at Ft. Hood that left 13 dead and 30 injured.
Cemetery: Mount Olive, Chicago
Source: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times
Omar Mohammed Albrak Jr., age 20, from Chicago, Illinois, Cook county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Special Operations Command Central, Macdill Afb, Florida
Date of death: Saturday, May 9, 2009
Death details: Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Roberto Andrade Jr., age 26, from Chicago, Illinois, Cook county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 1St Battalion, 66Th Armor, 3 Bct, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Sunday, January 18, 2009
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times