Levi A. Presley, age 34, from Milwaukie, Oregon.
Spouse: Erin Presley
Children: Six children
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne
Date of death: Saturday, December 12, 2020
Death details: Died in Fort Walton Beach, Florida from “unforeseen medical complications” diagnosed as Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
Source: Star and Stripes
Keaton G. Coffey, age 22, from Boring, Oregon, Clackamas county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, 1st Marine Headquarters Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.
Date of death: Thursday, May 24, 2012
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Aghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Anthony T. Justesen, age 22, from Wilsonville, Oregon, Clackamas county.
Parents: Shawna Rehder and Steven Rehder
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: St. Luke, Woodburn
Military history: Troop B, 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Date of death: Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Death details: Died at Ganjkin Village, Pusht Rod District, Farah Province, Afghanistan of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
Cemetery: Williamette National Cemetery, Portland, Oregon
Source: Department of Defense, Oregonian, Statesman Journal, Military Times
Elijah J. Rao, age 26, from Lake Oswego, Oregon, Clackamas county.
Parents: Franklin Rao, Sharon Hauerhen and stepfather Don Hauerhen
Spouse: Leah Rao
Children: Eliana Rao, 1
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: West Linn High (2001)
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. Purple Heart.
Date of death: Saturday, December 5, 2009
Death details: Died in Nuristan, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
Cemetery: Willanette National
Source: Department of Defense, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Military Times
Drew N Jensen, age 27, from Clackamas, Oregon, Clackamas county.
Service era: Iraq
Parent: Mardie Jensen
Military history: Hhc, 5Th Battalion, 20Th Infantry, Fort Lewis, Wa
Date of death: Friday, September 7, 2007
Death details: On May 7, 2007, he was shot in the neck in Iraq. The wound left him a quadriplegic dependent on machines to help him breathe. He died of those wounds after a ventilator was removed per his pre injury wishes at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Seattle
Source: Department of Defense, Seattle Times
Richard Joseph Ii Henkes, age 32, from Milwaukie, Oregon, Clackamas county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 2D Battalion, 3D Infantry, 3 Bct, Fort Lewis, Wa
Date of death: Sunday, September 3, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Robert Leon Jones, age 22, from Milwaukie, Oregon, Clackamas county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 40Th Engineer Battalion, 1 Bct, (I Mef), Baumholder, Germany
Date of death: Saturday, June 17, 2006
Death details: Killed when an imprvoised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jeremy Michael Loveless, age 25, from Estacada, Oregon, Clackamas county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 2D Battalion, 1St Infantry, Fort Wainwright, Alaska
Date of death: Monday, May 29, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Patrick Thomas Gregoire, age 40, from Lake Oswego, Oregon, Clackamas county.
Service era: Post cold war
Military history: 321st Marine Fighter Attack squadron
Date of death: Thursday, August 22, 1996
Death details: Died when F/A-18A “”Hornet”” from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 321 crashed about 50 miles east of Wallops Island, Virginia, during a training mission
Cemetery: Memorialized at Quantico National
Source: U.S. Navy, UPI
Donald Dean Brubaker, age 21, from Oregon City, Oregon, Clackamas county.
Parents: Edgar Brubaker
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, September 28, 1971
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1971)