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Henry J Mayfield Jr., age 23, from Evergreen Park, Illinois.
Parents: Carmoneta Horton-Mayfield and Henry Mayfield Sr.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Sunday, January 5, 2020
Death details: Killed during an attack in Manda Bay, Kenya
Cemetery: Street named in his honor in Chicago neighborhood of Englewood
Source: Department of Defense, WLS, Military Times
Jared D. Stanker, age 22, from Evergreen Park, Illinois, Cook county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington
Date of death: Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Death details: Died in Arghandab Valley, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Dennis Ralph Debickero, age 20, from Cook County Evergreen Park, Illinois .
Parents: Leonard Ralph and stepson of Elizabeth Jean Debickero
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, November 6, 1971
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Saint Mary
Source: National Archives, Chicago Tribune (1971)