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Jeffrey George Green, age 20, from Dallas, Texas, Dallas county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: F Co, 2D Bn, 4Th Mar, (1-1 Id), 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, California
Date of death: Monday, May 3, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
John Michael Teal, age 29, from Dallas, Texas, Dallas county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 41St Rescue Squadron, Moody Afb, Ga
Date of death: Sunday, March 23, 2003
Death details: Near Ghazni, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Matthew Shubzda, age 27, of Dallas, Texas
Service era: Iraq
Date of death: Friday, October 18, 2002
Death details: died when two F/A-18F Super Hornets collided during an exercise in California.
Source: U.S. Navy, SF Gate
Bobby L. McKnight, age 52, from Dallas, North Carolina
Spouse: Pat McKnight
Children: Jackie, 23; Linda, 22
Service era: Gulf War
Military history: 1454th Transportation Company, National Guard
Date of death: Sunday, February 17, 1991
Death details: Died in Saudi Arabia when a tractor-trailer truck crashed into another vehicle
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, The Gulf War Chronicles, Charlotte Observer (1991)
Daniel V. Hull, age 31, from Dallas, Texas, Dallas county.
Spouse: Tammie Sue Hull (1959-1993)
Children: Wyatt
Service era: Gulf War
Schools: Bryan Adams High, Texas A&M University (1981)
Date of death: Wednesday, December 19, 1990
Death details: One of four men who died when aboard a helicopter from the USS Tripoli that crashed in the western Pacific.
Cemetery: Memorialized at Fort Rosecrans National
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense, The Baltimore Sun (1990), findagrave.com, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1991)
Marcus A. Coleman, age 19, from Dallas, Texas, Dallas county.
Parents: Dorothy Coleman
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terrorist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Associated Press (1983)
Edgar Robert Melton from Dallas, Texas, Dallas county.
Service era: Vietnam
Child: Debbie Melton
Date of death: Thursday, April 10, 1975
Death details: Was the co-pilot of the C5 Galaxy cargo plane that crashed while taking part in Operation Babylift
Source: National Archives, Tampa Bay Times (1975)
Billy Ray Coffey, age 22, from Dallas County Dallas, Texas .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, November 28, 1971
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1971)
Ronald Glenn Ricks, age 25, from Dallas, Texas, Dallas county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, September 30, 1971
Source: National Archives
Robert Wayne Wendt, age 20, from Dallas, Texas, Dallas county.
Parents: Lewis and Jewel Wendt
Spouse: Married
Children: Robert T., David, Robin Wendt
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, September 28, 1971
Cemetery: Fort Sam Houston National
Source: National Archives, Waco News Tribune (1971)