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Maurice Keith Fortune, age 25, from Forestville, Maryland, Prince George’s county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Battery A, 2D Battalion, 17Th Field Artillery, 2 Bct (1 Mef), Camp Hovey, Korea
Date of death: Friday, October 29, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
John Leonard Grimes, age 21, from Forestville, Maryland, Prince George’s county.
Parents: John C. Grimes
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Highpoint High (1965)
Date of death: Sunday, May 31, 1970
Death details: Died from an accidental gunshot wounds
Source: National Archives, Baltimore Evening Sun (1970)