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Jason M. Smith, age 35, from Destrehan, Louisiana.
Spouse: Trisha Andrews Smith
Children: Jason Jr., 17; Dominick, 13; Nathanial, 10
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Destrehan High (1999)
Date of death: Monday, November 23, 2015
Death details: Among four soldiers killed in a helicopter accident at Ft. Hood.
Cemetery: Jefferson Memorial Gardens
Source: Associated Press, legacy.com
Eric Lawrence Griffith, age 21, from Destrehan, Louisiana, Saint Charles county.
Parents: Hugh F. Griffith
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Jesuit High
Date of death: Tuesday, December 1, 1970
Death details: Killed in action at the U.S. Naval Air Facility at CamRanh Bay, South Vietnam when an enemy rocketed hit the building where he worked.
Cemetery: Chalmette National
Source: National Archives, Saint Charles Herald, Associated Press (1970)