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Gregory Daniel Unruh, age 28, from Dickinson, Texas, Galveston county.
Service era: Iraq
Date of death: Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Death details: Died from injuries sustained in a vehicle accident in Mandali, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Omar Leonardo Mora, age 28, from Texas City, Texas, Galveston county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop C, 1St Squadron, 73D Cavalry, 2 Bct, Fort Bragg, Nc
Date of death: Monday, September 10, 2007
Death details: Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Michael James Jaurigue, age 20, from Texas City, Texas, Galveston county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 2D Battalion, 505Th Infantry, 3 Bct, Fort Bragg, Nc
Date of death: Saturday, May 26, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Samarra, Iraq
Cemetery: Forest Park East Cemetery, Webster, Texas
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Eddie Daniel Tamez, age 21, from Galveston, Texas, Galveston county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company D, Brigade Support Battalion, Fort Stewart, Georgia
Date of death: Friday, April 27, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, legacy.com, findagrave.com
Travis Wayne Buford, age 23, from Galveston, Texas, Galveston county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company D, 1St Battalion, 9Th Infantry, Fort Carson, Co
Date of death: Friday, February 23, 2007
Death details: Killed by a roadside bomb in Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Galveston County Daily News, findagrave.com
Nathaniel Allen Given, age 21, from Dickinson, Texas, Galveston county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Co D, 4Th Bn, 2 Bct, 31St Infantry (Task Org To 1 Cd), Fort Drum, Ny
Date of death: Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Barry Kenneth Meza, age 23, from League City, Texas, Galveston county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 96Th Transportation Company, 180Th Transportation Battalion, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Sunday, December 19, 2004
Death details: Killed when a vehicle struck him in Shuaybah, Kuwait
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Wesley Joel Canning, age 21, from Friendswood, Texas, Galveston county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: D Co, 2D Aa Bn, (Rct-1, 1St Mar Div), 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejuene Nc
Date of death: Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ray Joseph Hutchinson, age 20, from League City, Texas, Galveston county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 2Nd Bn, 502Nd Inf. Regiment, 101St Aaslt, Fort Campbell, Ky 42223
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Luther David Stidhem, age 40, from Lamarque, Texas, Galveston county.
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Monday, January 28, 1980
Death details: Among the 23 who died when the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn collided with a tanker near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Bay in Florida.
Cemetery: Galveston Memorial Park
Source: United State Coast Guard, Tampa Bay Times (1980), findagrave.com