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Jonathon Michael Hunter, age 23, from Columbus, Indiana.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Date of death: Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Death details: Died in Kandahar, Afghanistan as a result of injuries sustained when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near their convoy.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
John C. Bishop, age 25, from Columbus, Indiana, Bartholomew county.
Parents: Sarah Thomas
Spouse: Married
Children: Son, 4; wife pregnant at time of death
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: South Ripley High, Versailles; Southwestern High graduate, Shelby County
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Date of death: Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Death details: Died gunshot wound when company was ambused in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Columbus Republic
Jeremy R. McQueary, age 27, from Columbus, Indiana, Bartholomew county.
Parents: Deborah Klein Schmidt and Dallas McQuary (deceased)
Spouse: Rae McQueary
Children: Hadley, 5 months
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Colubus East High
Military history: 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Enlisted January 2002. Purple Heart.
Date of death: Thursday, February 18, 2010
Death details: Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Columbus Republic, Brown County Democrat, WTHR, Military Times
James Robert Hunt, age 29, from Columbus, Indiana, Bartholomew county.
Parents: Josephine Hunt
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Columbus High (1958)
Date of death: Sunday, August 23, 1970
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam when the patrol boat he was commanding was hit by enemy fire.
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)