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Ivan R. Garcia, age 23, from Collier County Naples, Florida .
Service era: Post Afghanistan
Military history: Camp Lejeune
Date of death: Sunday, July 23, 2023
Death details: Among three Marines who were found dead in a vehicle at a gas station in Hampstead, North Carolina. They died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Source: NBC News, U.S. Marines
Marc A. Scialdo, age 31, from Naples, Florida, Collier county.
Parents: Marshall Scialdo and Susan Scialdo
Spouse: Kara Scialdo (married in 2011)
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: St. John Neumann Catholic High, Naples (1999); Edison State College (2002)
Military history: 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia.
Date of death: Monday, March 11, 2013
Death details: Died in Kandahar, Afghanistan in a helicopter crash that killed Staff Sgt. Steven P. Blass, Chief Warrant Officer Bryan J. Henderson, Capt. Sara M. Knutson, Staff Sgt. Marc A. Scialdo, Spc. Zachary L. Shannon.
Cemetery: Palm Royale Cemetery
Source: Department of Defense, Associated Press, Military Times
Linda L. Pierre, age 28, from Immokalee, Florida, Collier county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 101st Special Troops Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Date of death: Saturday, April 16, 2011
Death details: Died at Forward Operating Base Gamberi, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when an Afghan National Army soldier attacked with multiple grenades. Killed were Capt. Charles E. Ridgley Jr., Sgt. 1st Class Charles L. Adkins, Staff Sgt. Cynthia R. Taylor, Sgt. Linda L. Pierre, Spc. Joseph B. Cemper.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Dennis J. Burrow, age 23, from Naples, Florida, Collier county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Date of death: Friday, August 7, 2009
Death details: Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Richard Benjamin Burress, age 25, from Naples, Florida, Collier county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company E, 1St Battalion, 30Th Infantry, 3 Bct, Fort Stewart, Ga
Date of death: Saturday, January 19, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Al Jabour, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Brandon Drew Gordon, age 21, from Naples, Florida, Collier county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 2D Battalion, 160Th Aviation, Fort Campbell, Ky
Date of death: Sunday, February 18, 2007
Death details: Qalat, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Legacy
Wentz Jerome Henry III Shanaberger, age 33, from Naples, Florida, Collier county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 21St Military Police Company ( Xviii Abn Corps), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Date of death: Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Death details: Investigating a suspicious vehicle Wednesday when he was attacked by a group using small arms and an improvised explosive device in Tampa, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jon Hubbard Sanders, age 32, from Naples, Florida, Collier county.
Spouse: Dianne (1944-97)
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, April 15, 1972
Cemetery: Myrtle Hill Memorial Park in Tampa
Source: National Archives, findagrave.com
Larry Gene Batcher, age 21, from Naples, Florida, Collier county.
Parents: Virgil Batcher Jr.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Naples High
Military history: 82nd Airborn Division
Date of death: Monday, October 12, 1970
Death details: Larry felt strong enough about America’s effort in Vietnam that he returned for a second tour. He was killed by a land mine Killed by a land mine while on patrol.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)les Daily News (1970)
Frederick Richard Levins, age 25, from Naples, Florida, Collier county.
Parents: Eugene Frederick Levins
Spouse: Beverly G. Levins
Children: Cherylene Levins
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, June 16, 1970
Death details: Died in Southeast Asia
Source: National Archives, Tampa Tribune (1970)