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Luis F. DeLeon-Figueroa, age 31, from Chicopee, Massachusetts.
Children: Two daughters: 9 ,2
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
Date of death: Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Death details: Died in Faryab Province, Afghanistan from wounds sustained from small arms fire while engaged in combat operations
Cemetery: Agawam Veterans Memorial Cemetery
Source: Department of Defense, masslive.com
Daniel Allen Newsome, age 27, from Chicopee, Massachusetts, Hampden county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop A, 1St Squadron, 8Th Cavalry, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
John William Maloney, age 36, from Chicopee, Massachusetts, Hampden county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Co, 1St Bn, 5Th Mar, (2-Bct, 2D Mar Div), 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, California
Date of death: Thursday, June 16, 2005
Death details: Killed when his vehicle hit an improvised explosive device while he was conducting combat operation near Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Robert Raoul Dowds, age 31, from Chicopee, Massachusetts, Hampden county.
Parents: James P. Dowds
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, May 5, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Boston Globe (1970)