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James R. Ide, age 32, from Festus, Missouri, Jefferson county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 230th Military Police Company, 95th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, Sembach, Germany.
Date of death: Sunday, August 29, 2010
Death details: Died at Hyderabad, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Andrew James Habsieger, age 22, from Festus, Missouri, Jefferson county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 4Th Battalion, 64Th Armor, 4 Bct, Fort Stewart, Georgia
Date of death: Monday, March 24, 2008
Death details: Killed when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device in Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
James Braddock Harris, age 21, from Festus, Missouri, Jefferson county.
Parents: Walter H. Harris
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, April 24, 1971
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam.
Cemetery: Jefferson Barrack National
Source: National Archives, findagrave.com, Kansas City Times (1971)
William Joseph Perryman from Festus, Missouri, Jefferson county.
Parents: Elmer C. Perryman
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, November 19, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Moberly Monitor Index (1970)
Lawrence Junior Gibbs from Festus, Missouri, Jefferson county.
Parents: Charles A. Gibbs
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, October 11, 1942
Death details: Died as prisoner of war
Cemetery: Zachary Taylor National
Source: National Archives, grave marker