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Ryan J. Savard, age 29, from Sierra Vista, Arizona, Cochise county.
Parents: Garett Savard
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Headquarters and headquarters Company, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Date of death: Saturday, October 13, 2012
Death details: Died in Khanabad District, Afghanistan from small arms fire while on patrol during combat operations.
Source: Department of Defense, WMUR, Military Times
Randy R. Braggs, age 21, from Sierra Vista, Arizona, Cochise county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.
Date of death: Saturday, November 6, 2010
Cemetery: Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Ceetery, Sierra Vista
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, findagrave.com
Christian M. Adams, age 26, from Sierra Vista, Arizona, Cochise county. Their last known residence was in Fort Hood, Texas.
Parents: Donna Adams
Children: Girl, 12
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Buena High (2003)
Military history: 20th Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas.
Date of death: Friday, June 11, 2010
Death details: Died in Kandahar, Afghanistan of wounds sustained from a non-combat related incident.
Source: Department of Defense, Arizona Daily Star, Military Times
Ernesto Guadalup Cimarrusti, age 25, from Douglas, Arizona, Cochise county.
Service era: Iraq
Date of death: Monday, March 10, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Thomas Harold Byrd, age 21, from Cochise, Arizona, Cochise county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 2D Battalion, 69Th Armor, (2 Mef), Fort Benning, Ga
Date of death: Saturday, October 15, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael Matthew Merila, age 23, from Sierra Vista, Arizona, Cochise county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hht 1St Squadron 14Th Cavalry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wa 98433
Date of death: Monday, February 16, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Isaac Campoy, age 21, from Douglas, Arizona, Cochise county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 3D Battalion, 67Th Armor, Fort Hood, Tx 76544
Date of death: Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Baqubah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Antonio Olivarez Ortiz, age 26, from Douglas, Arizona, Cochise county.
Parents: Rosalio Ortiz
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, December 19, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Arizona Republic, Associated Press (1970)
Leonard Douglas Davis from Arizona, Cochise county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, August 2, 1966
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association
Raymond E. Myers, age 23, from Warren, Arizona, Cochise county.
Spouse: Irene E. Myers
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, March 16, 1962
Death details: Among 93 soldiers aboard a transport plane on a “secret mission” to Vietnam. Wreaths Across America in 2021: “Very little is known about what happened to the plane and its passengers, and due to the circumstance surrounding this mission, the names of those lost have not yet been added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.”
Cemetery: A memorial honoring the lives lost was dedicated in 2021 in Columbia Falls, Maine
Source: Atlanta Counstitution (1962), MauiNow (2021), UPI (1962)