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Bruce Keffer, age 32, from Garland, Texas.
Parents: Kristi Utley and Bruce Keffer; stepfather Doug Utley
Spouse: Brooke Keffer, married 8 years
Children: Cash, 7; Avery, 4
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Expeditionary Warefare Training Group Atlantic
Date of death: Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Death details: Died from complication from COVID 19.
Source: Defense Department, Rest Haven
Andrew M. Krippner, age 20, from Garland, Texas, Dallas county.
Parents: Rev. Ken Krippner and Pamela Krippner
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Date of death: Monday, May 23, 2011
Death details: Died in Kunar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. Killed were Staff Sgt. Kristofferson B. Lorenzo, Pfc. William S. Blevins, Pvt. Andrew M. Krippner, Pvt. Thomas C. Allers.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Dallas Morning News
Gregory Jr. Owens, age 24, from Garland, Texas, Dallas county. Their last known residence was in Garland.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 4th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (light infantry), Fort Drum, New York.
Date of death: Monday, July 20, 2009
Death details: Died in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle followed by an attack from enemy force using small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fires.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jeffrey Ray Mckinney, age 40, from Garland, Texas, Dallas county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 1St Battalion, 26Th Infantry, Schweinfurt, Guam
Date of death: Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Death details: Adhamiyah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Eric John Kruger, age 40, from Garland, Texas, Dallas county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 2D Brigade Combat Team, Fort Carson, Co
Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Chad Hayden Drake, age 23, from Garland, Texas, Dallas county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhb, 1St Battalion, 82D Field Artillery, (1Cd), Fort Hood, Texas
Date of death: Tuesday, September 7, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Luther McKind III Lasater, age 24, from Dallas County Garland, Texas .
Parents: L. M. Lasater Jr.
Spouse: Linda
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, February 13, 1972
Death details: Killed in a helicopter crash.
Cemetery: Restland Memorial Park
Source: National Archives, Sioux Falls Argus Leader (1972)
Stephan Andrew Davis, age 21, from Dallas County Garland, Texas .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, January 9, 1972
Source: National Archives