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Wichmann, Grant A.
Army Sergeant

Grant A. Wichmann, age 27, from Golden, Colorado.

Service era: Afghanistan.
Military history: 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. Enlisted September 2007

Date of death: Saturday, April 24, 2010
Death details: Died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington D. C. of wounds sustained March 12, 2010 when enemy forces attached his unit using small arms fire at Out Post Bari Alai, Afghanistan.

Source: Department of Defense, Denver Post, Military Times

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Risner, Henry Cecil
Army Private 1st class

Henry Cecil Risner, age 26, from Golden, Colorado, Jefferson county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: B Company, 2D Battalion, 14Th Infantry (10Mtn), Fort Drum, New York

Date of death: Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Peery, Norman Douglas
Army Corporal

Norman Douglas Peery, age 20, from Golden, Colorado, Jefferson county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, April 17, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)

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Ostlee, Marcus Lyndon
Navy Reserves Seaman 1st class

Marcus Lyndon Ostlee from Golden, Colorado, Jefferson county.

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Monday, December 18, 1944
Death details: He was aboard the destroyer USS Hull as it operated as part of the Fast Carrier Strike Force in the Philippine Sea. On December 17, 1944, the Hull was participating in refueling operations when the ships of its fueling group were engulfed by Typhoon Cobra. The Hull lost its ability to steer amid the enormous waves and began taking on water. The Hull eventually took on too much water to stay afloat and rolled and sank shortly before noon, on December 18. Sixty-two crew members were rescued, but a little more than two-hundred crew members were lost in the sinking.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency