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Tanner J. Kaltenberg, age 19, from Dane County Madison, Wisconsin .
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
Daniel James Thompson, age 24, from Madison, Wisconsin, Dane county.
Service era: Iraq
Parent: Lisa Thompson
Military history: 715Th Military Police Company, Melbourne, Florida. Wisconsin National Guard
Date of death: Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Death details: Hostile; Kandahar, Afghanistan. Died of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Rachael Lorraine Hugo, age 24, from Madison, Wisconsin, Dane county.
Service era: Iraq
Parent: Ruth and Kermit Hugo
Military history: 303rd Military Police Company, 97Th Mp Battalion, Jackson, Mi
School: Viterbo University, LaCrosse
Date of death: Friday, October 5, 2007
Death details: Died when insurgents attacked her unit using an improvised explosive device and small arms fire.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Associated Press
Christopher Michael Allgaier, age 33, from Middleton, Wisconsin, Dane county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 3D Battalion, 82D Aviation Brigade, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Date of death: Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Upper Sangin Valley/Lz Stella, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Matthew Ronald Kading, age 32, from Madison, Wisconsin, Dane county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 983D Engineer Battalion (Tf Liberty), 42 Id, Monclova, Oh
Date of death: Monday, October 31, 2005
Death details: Died at Fort Sam Houston, Texas from injuries sustained October 19, 2005 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his convoy vehicle near Tikrit, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Chad Jerome Simon, age 32, from Dane, Wisconsin, Dane county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: G Co, 2D Bn, 24Th Mar, (24Th Meu, 1St Mar Div), 4Th Mar Div, Madison, Wi
Date of death: Thursday, August 4, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Madison, United States
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Mark Allen Maida, age 22, from Madison, Wisconsin, Dane county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: E Troop, 2D Squadron, 11Th Acr, 155 Bct, (2 Mef), Fort Irwin, California
Date of death: Friday, May 27, 2005
Death details: Died in Baghdad of injuries sustained May 26 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee in Diyarah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Mark A. Quam, age 27, from Madison, Wisconsin, Dane county. Their last known residence was in Mary Esther, Florida.
Parents: Lawrence
Spouse: Anna (Bugner). Married in 1989
Service era: Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
Schools: LaFollette High (Madison), University Wisconsin Madison (1989)
Date of death: Monday, March 14, 1994
Death details: Among seven Air Force crew members killed when a gunship crashed off the coast of Kenya.
Cemetery: Memorialized at Roselawn Memorial in Monona, Wisconsin
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, findagrave.com, Springfield News-Leader (1994), Associated Press, Wisconsin State Journal (1994)
Charles Edward McLeish, age 25, from Monana, Wisconsin, Dane county.
Parents: Gerald McLeish
Spouse: Norma (Sayno)
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Monona Grove High, University of Wisconsin (1967)
Date of death: Friday, August 21, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Wisconsin State Journal (1970)
Dennis M. Stoppleworth, age 21, from Middleton, Wisconsin, Dane county.
Parents: Rodney Stoppleworth
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Middleton High (1967), University of Wisconsin
Date of death: Saturday, June 20, 1970
Death details: Killed at an aircraft landing zone in Cambodia
Source: National Archives, Madison Captial Times (1970)