Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
Sky R. Mote, age 27, from El Dorado, California, El Dorado county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, Camp Pendleton, California.
Date of death: Friday, August 10, 2012
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Timothy Michael Smith, age 25, from South Lake Tahoe, California, El Dorado county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4 Bct, Fort Polk, Louisiana
Date of death: Monday, April 7, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Kyle Dayton, age 22, from El Dorado Hills, California, El Dorado county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 2D Battalion, 504Th Infantry, Fort Bragg, Nc
Date of death: Monday, December 3, 2007
Death details: Ashwah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Mathew Donald Taylor, age 21, from Cameron Park, California, El Dorado county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company D, 1St Battalion, 503D Infantry, 173D Airborne Brigade, Vicenza, Italy
Date of death: Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Death details: Died in San Antonio, Texas of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle on July 23, 2007 in Sarobi District, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Joel Kenneth Brattain, age 21, from South Lake Tahoe, California, El Dorado county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: D Company, 1St Battalion/504 Infantry Regiment, Fort Bragg, Nc 28307
Date of death: Sunday, March 14, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Lance Aaron Deroo, age 19, from Colma, California, El Dorado county.
Parents: Cyriel Howard and Dolores DeRoo
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Westmoor High (1968)
Date of death: Sunday, April 5, 1970
Death details: Body recovered
Cemetery: Olivet
Source: National Archives, San Francisco Examiner (1970)