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Blake Munck, age 28, of Glendale, Arizona
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 30th Air Defense Artillery Brigade
Parents: Jeff and Kim Munck
School: Milennium High (2010)
Date of death: Saturday, July 25, 2020
Death details: While attending a professional development course on Fort Sill, his roomate found him unresponsive at his residence in Elgin. Death was ruled a suicide.
Cemetery: Clinton Lawn, Iowa
Source: Lawton Constitution, Clinton Herald, findagrave.com
Phillip D. McGeath, age 25, from Glendale, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Cooper High (2005)
Military history: 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Date of death: Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Reporter News
Martin R. Apolinar, age 28, from Glendale, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Date of death: Sunday, May 29, 2011
Death details: Died in Wardak Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Killed were Capt. Joseph W. Schultz, Staff Sgt. Martin R. Apolina, Sgt. Aaron J. Blasjo
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Corey Lee Hicks, age 22, from Glendale, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company E, 1St Battalion, 66Th Armor, 1 Bct, Fort Hood, Texas
Date of death: Friday, May 2, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, legacy.com
Hugo Victor Mendoza, age 29, from Glendale, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 2D Battalion, 503D Infantry, 173D Abct, Camp Ederle, Italy
Date of death: Thursday, October 25, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Korengal Valley, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Christopher Micheal Poston, age 20, from Glendale, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 2D Bn, 1St Mar, 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Monday, October 17, 2005
Death details: died from a non-hostile vehicle accident in Hit, Iraq.
Source: Department of Defense, U.S. Navy, Military Times
Nicholas Eugene Wilson, age 21, from Glendale, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: A Company, 1St Battalion, 9Th Infantry, 2D Infantry Division (1 Mef), Fort Carson, Co
Date of death: Friday, March 11, 2005
Death details: Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael James Halal, age 22, from Glendale, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: H&S Co, 1St Bn, 8Th Mar, Rct-7, 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Monday, September 13, 2004
Death details: Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
James B. Cunningham, age 22, from Glendale, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Friday, November 9, 1990
Death details: Died of a gunshot wounds to the head from another Marine’s rifle. He was asleep in a tent camp when the rifle discharged a single shot.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense, Desert News (1990), findagrave.com
Richard Theodore Carlson, age 20, from Glendale, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Parents: Raymond Carlson
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Glendale High, Glendale Community College
Date of death: Saturday, June 6, 1970
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Resthaven Park
Source: National Archives, Arizona Republic (1970)