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Robert J. Hess, age 25, from Fairfax, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York.
Date of death: Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Death details: Died of wounds suffered from enemy indirect fire in Pul-E-Alam, Aghanistan. Capt. Aaron R. Blanchard was also killed.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jessica M. Wing, age 42, from Alexandira, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, Bangor, Maine.
Date of death: Monday, August 27, 2012
Death details: Died in Kuwait City, Kuwait in a non-combat related incident.
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Ryan Jeschke, age 31, from Herndon, Virginia, Fairfax 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
John C. Pratt, age 51, from Springfield, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, Ansbach-Katterbach, Germany
Date of death: Monday, May 28, 2012
Death details: Died in Kabul, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when his helicopter crashed. Also killed was Capt. John R. Brainard.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Department of Defense, Washington Post, Military Times
Terence J. Hildner, age 49, from Fairfax, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Parents: Robert Hildner and Susan Hilnder
Spouse: Cindy Hildner
Children: Four children, ages 17 to 22
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Autauga County High (1980) in Prattville, Alabama. Attended Notre Dame Unviersity.
Military history: 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Fort Hood, Texas.
Date of death: Friday, February 3, 2012
Death details: Died in Kabul Province, Afghanistan of natural casues.
Source: Department of Defense, Washington Post
Ronald A. Rodriguez, age 26, from Falls Church, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Parents: Maria Rodriguez and Francisco Rodriguez
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: JEB Stuart High, Falls Church (2002)
Military history: 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. Enlisted 2002
Date of death: Monday, August 23, 2010
Death details: Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Department of Defense, Falls Church News Press, Military Times
Eddie Turner, age 41, from Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Parents: Jeannie Karr
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 626th Brigade Support Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Date of death: Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Death details: Died at Camp Clark, Afghanistan of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident.
Source: Department of Defense, ABC Winchester, Military Times
Benjamin J. Park, age 25, from Fairfax Station, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Parents: In Sook Park and Do Hyun Park
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Company B, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Date of death: Friday, June 18, 2010
Death details: Died at Zhari District, Kandahar, Afghanistan of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with a roadside bomb.
Source: Department of Defense, Washington Post
Alejandro Granado, age 42, from Fairfax, Virginia, Fairfax county. Their last known residence was in Fairfax.
Children: Amanda, Hasson, Alejandro
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Mississippi Army National Guard, 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Jackson Mississippi.
Date of death: Sunday, August 2, 2009
Death details: Died from wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device in Gerdsar, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Green Beret Foundation
Theophilus Kwaku Ansong, age 34, from Centreville, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Service era: Iraq
Parent: Charity Ohenewah
Military history: Lpd 17 San Anton
Date of death: Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Death details: Fell overboard while being lowered in a small boat from the amphibious transport dock San Antonio in the Gulf of Aden.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times