Fairborn Ohio

Snow, Jesse Adam
Army specialist

Jesse Adam Snow, age 25, from Fairborn, Ohio, Greene county.

Parents: John Snow and Janice Snow

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Baker Junior High, Fairborn High (2003)
Military history: 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Date of death: Sunday, November 14, 2010
Death details: Died in Kunar Province, Afghanistan when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire. Killed were Spc. Shane H. Ahmed, Spc. Nathan E. Lillard, Spc. Scott T. Nagorski, Spc. Jesse A. Snow, Pfc Chrisitan M. Warriner.
Cemetery: Byron, Fairborn

Source: Department of Defense, Mining Gazette, Military Times

Church, Theodore Uland Army Chief warrant officer 2

Theodore Uland Church, age 32, from Fairborn, Ohio, Greene county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop B, 2D Squadron, 6Th Cavalry, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

Date of death: Monday, May 28, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Southwest Of Muqdadiyah, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense

Solomon, Gordon George
Marines Staff sergeant

Gordon George Solomon, age 35, from Fairborn, Ohio, Greene county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: L Co, 3D Bn, 2D Mar, (Rct-5, I Mef Fwd), 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, Nc

Date of death: Thursday, August 24, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Habbaniyah, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense

Hollingshead, Bruce A.
Marines Lance corporal

Bruce A. Hollingshead, age 19, from Greene County Fairborn, Ohio .

Service era: Beirut bombings

Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Dayton Daily News (1983)

Swinford, Ronald Dean
Marines Lance corporal

Ronald Dean Swinford, age 22, from Fairborn, Ohio, Greene county.

Parents: Robert Swinford

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Fairborn High graduate, Sinclair College

Date of death: Friday, September 4, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam

Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association, Dayton Daily News (1970)

Justice, William Allen
Air Force Captain

William Allen Justice, age 18, from Fairborn, Ohio, Greene county.

Parents: Dane F. Justice

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, July 3, 1970
Death details: Hostile, died missing, Cambodia

Source: National Archives, Dayton Daily News (1970)

Thomas, Charles Edward Jr.
Army Specialist 4

Charles Edward Jr. Thomas, age 21, from Fairborn, Ohio, Greene county.

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Fairborn High (1967)

Date of death: Saturday, February 14, 1970
Death details: Died from burns received in Vietnam
Cemetery: Dayton Memorial Park

Source: National Archives, Dayton Daily News (1970)

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