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Daniel Ryan Bennett, age 23, from Clifton, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: H&S Co, 3D Bn, 8Th Mar, 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, Nc
Date of death: Sunday, January 11, 2009
Death details: Camp Bastion, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Thomas Joseph Brown, age 26, from Burke, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 2D Battalion, 6Th Infantry, 2 Bct, Smith Barracks, Germany
Date of death: Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Carolyn Farrar-Johnson, age 58, from Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Spouse: Ronnie Nelson
Date of death: Monday, December 17, 2007
Military History: 11th Battalion, 80th Regiment Officer Education System
Death details: Homicide, Fort Belvoir, Fairfax Co, Virginia. Ronnie Nelson was charged with her murder.
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.; Washington Examiner
Jesse Gladden Clowers Jr., age 27, from Herndon, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 2D Battalion, 7Th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, Nc
Date of death: Sunday, August 12, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Kuzkalakhel, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Green Beret Foundation, findagrave.com
Scott Lange Kirkpatrick, age 26, from Reston, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 1St Battalion, 30Th Infantry, 2 Bct, Fort Stewart, Ga
Date of death: Saturday, August 11, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Arab Jabour, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Legacy, findagrave.com
Nicholas Paul Rapavi, age 22, from Springfield, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Parents: Paul R. Rapavi and Cathy M. Rapavi-Burnley
Service era: Iraq
Military history: G Co, 2D Bn, 8Th Mar, (Rct-5, I Mef Fwd), 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, Nc
Date of death: Friday, November 24, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Al Taqaddum, Iraq
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Department of Defense, Washington Post, Military Times
Felipe Garcia Villareal , age 26, from Burke, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 54Th Engineer Battalion, Bamberg, Germany
Date of death: Sunday, February 12, 2006
Death details: died Feb. 12 at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., of injuries sustained Feb. 9 when his tent caught fire in Ramadi, Iraq.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Christopher Paul Petty, age 33, from Vienna, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhb, 3D Battalion, 16Th Field Artillery, 4Id, (Tf Baghdad), Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Thursday, January 5, 2006
Death details: Hostile; An Najaf, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ayman Abdelrahman Taha, age 31, from Vienna, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Co A, 3D Battalion, 5Th Special Forces Group, (Cjsoftf-Ap) Fort Campbell, Ky
Date of death: Friday, December 30, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Thomas Alvin Wren, age 44, from Lorton, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Spouse: Married
Children: Three sons: 18, 16, 6 months; two daughters: 26 and 12
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Headquarters, 80Th Division (Mnc-I), Richmond, Va
Date of death: Saturday, November 5, 2005
Death details: Died in Tallil, Iraq when a civilian vehicle pulled in front of his Humvee causing it to roll over.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com, Military Times