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Benjamin A. Stevenson, age 36, from Canyon Lake, Texas, Comal county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: U.S. Army Special Operations Comman, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Date of death: Thursday, July 21, 2011
Death details: Died in Paktika Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
John F. Farias, age 20, from New Braunfels, Texas, Comal county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.
Date of death: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Clayton P. Bowen, age 29, from San Antonio, Texas, Comal county. Their last known residence was in San Antonio.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Date of death: Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Death details: Died in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Brandon T. Lara, age 20, from New Braunfeis, Texas, Comal county. Their last known residence was in New Braunfeis.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expenditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.
Date of death: Sunday, July 19, 2009
Death details: Died while supporting combat operation in Anbar province, Iraq.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Tony Leigh Hernandez, age 22, from Canyon Lake, Texas, Comal county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hmh-361, Mag-16, 3D Maw Mcas, Miramar, Ca
Date of death: Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Death details: Korean Village, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Viktar Vladimirovich Yolkin, age 24, from Spring Branch, Texas, Comal county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: A Co, 2D Bn, 2D Infantry, 1St Id (Tf Danger), Vilseck, Germany
Date of death: Monday, January 24, 2005
Death details: Mohammed Sacran, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jose Luna Jr. Gonzales, age 20, from New Braunfels, Texas, Comal county.
Spouse: Martha V. Gonzales
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, September 4, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)
Arno Joseph Voigt, age 31, from New Braunfels, Texas, Comal county.
Parents: James L. Sanders
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, June 4, 1970
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)
Jesse Allan Wisdom, age 28, from New Braunfels, Texas, Comal county.
Spouse: Billie J. Wisdom
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, February 6, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death in Veitnam
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)
Gilberto L. Sanchez from Texas, Comal county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Saturday, December 2, 1950
Death details: On November 25, 2014, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC, now DPAA) identified the remains of Sergeant Gilberto Lopez Sanchez, missing from the Korean War.
Sergeant Sanchez entered the U.S. Army from Texas and was a member of the Medical Company, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division; his unit was attached to the 31st Regimental Combat Team (RCT) during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. In late November 1950, the 31st RCT was deployed east of the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea when it was attacked by Chinese Communist Forces and forced to withdraw to more defensible positions near Hagaru-ri. SGT Sanchez was killed in action during this fighting withdrawal on or around December 2, and his remains were not recovered at the time. Between 1991 and 1994, the North Korean government repatriated the remains of a number of U.S. service members, including some recovered from the area where SGT Sanchez was killed; in 2014, U.S. analysts using modern forensic techniques were able to identify SGT Sanchez from among these remains.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency