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Cesar Gonzalez, age 21, from Cook County Chicago, Illinois .
Service era: Post Afghanistan
Military history: Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 58th Infantry Rgiment, 198th Infantry Brigade
Date of death: Friday, October 20, 2023
Death details: Died at For Moore, Georgia during infantry traning after succumbing to a medical emergency.
Source: Millitary.com
Ryan L. Crosby, age 39, from Elgin, Illinois.
Parents: Julie McNees
Spouse: Tatiana Crosby (married 19 years)
Children: Annabella, Camilla
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Death details: Died from complication from COVID 19.
Source: Defense Department, Altmeyer Funeral Homes
Michael Isaiah Nance, age 24, from Chicago, Illinois, Cook county.
Parents: Shawn Gregoire
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Monday, July 29, 2019
Death details: Died in Tarin Kowt, Uruuzgan Province, Afghanistanfrom wounds sustained in a combat related incident
Cemetery: Abraham Lincoln National
Source: Department of Defense, chicagocrusader.com, Military Times
Dion Rashun Roberts, age 23, from North Chicago, Illinois, Cook county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: East Coast Naval Special Warefare Unit.
Date of death: Saturday, September 22, 2012
Death details: Died as the result of a single vehicle accident in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Conner T. Lowry, age 24, from Chicago, Illinois, Cook county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.
Date of death: Thursday, March 1, 2012
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Nickolas A. Daniels, age 25, from Elmwood Park, Illinois, Cook county.
Parents: Gregory (Debi) and Eva (Roger) Hawking
Spouse: Fiance’ Katie O’Neill
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, California.
Date of death: Saturday, November 5, 2011
Death details: Died while conducting combat operation in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Chicago Sun Times
Michael C. Olivieri, age 26, from Chicago, Illinois, Cook county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.
Date of death: Monday, June 6, 2011
Death details: Died in Baghdad, Iraq of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with indirect fire. Killed were Spc. Emilio J. Campo Jr., Spc. Michael B. Cook Jr., Spc. Christopher B. Fishbeck, Spc. Robert P. Hartwick, Pfc. Michael C. Olivieri
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
James Bray Stack, age 20, from Arlington Heights, Illinois, Cook county.
Parents: Robert Stack and Linda Stack
Spouse: Katie Stack, 19 (married in 2009)
Child: Mikayla Stack
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.
Date of death: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Cemetery: Memorial Gardens
Source: Department of Defense, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Suburban Daily Herald, Military Times
John T. Sparks, age 23, from Chicago, Illinois, Cook county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. Enlisted in February 2008. Purple Heart.
Date of death: Friday, October 8, 2010
Death details: Killed by small-arms fire in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Chicago Sun-Times, North County Times, Military Times
Daniel James Johnson, age 23, from Schiller Park, Illinois, Cook county.
Parents: Jim Johnson and Holly Johnson
Spouse: Kristen (Harlow) Johnson (married June 5, 2010)
Children: None
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Monona Grove High (2005) in Monona, Wisconsin
Military history: 30th Civil Engineer Squadron, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Enlisted November 2006.
Date of death: Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Death details: Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Cemetery: Santa Maria
Source: Department of Defense, Santa Maria Times, Chicago Tribune, Military Times