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James F. Grissom, age 31, from Hayward, California, Alameda county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 4th Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
Date of death: Thursday, March 21, 2013
Death details: Died at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, of wounds suffered from small arms fire March 18 in Paktika Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Avealalo Milo, age 23, from Hayward, California, Alameda county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop B, 2D Squadron, 2D Cavalry, Vilsek, Germany
Date of death: Thursday, October 4, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Andrew James Duquette Higgins, age 28, from Hayward, California, Alameda county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 5Th Battalion, 20Th Infantry, 3 Bct, Fort Lewis, Washington
Date of death: Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Old Baqubah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Los Angeles Times
James Hall Spann, age 24, from Alameda County Hayward, California .
Spouse: Catherine D. Spann
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, November 26, 1971
Death details: Body recovered
Source: National Archives, San Francisco Examiner (1971)
Fred Carl Henricks, age 20, from Hayward, California, Alameda county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, June 17, 1970
Death details: Body recovered
Source: National Archives
Steven Lebars, age 21, from Hayward, California, Alameda county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, May 15, 1970
Death details: Body recovered
Source: National Archives
Gale W Jr. Butcher, age 20, from Hayward, California, Alameda county.
Parents: Gale W. Buthcer Sr. and Mrs. Robert O. Chaney
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, January 8, 1970
Death details: Died in a helicopter crash in Vietnam
Cemetery: Park View in French Camp
Source: National Archives, Tracy Press (1970)
Henry Nicholas Aguel, age 22, from Hayward, California, Alameda county.
Parents: Helen Revada
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: During the last week of October 1950, Republic of Korea (ROK) Army forces under the control of the U.S. Eighth Army were advancing deep in North Korean territory, approaching the Yalu River on the Chinese-Korean border. Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) struck back in a surprise attack, engaging the ROK 1st and 6th Divisions near Unsan, some sixty miles north of Pyongyang. The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division, with the 8th Cavalry Regiment in the lead, was rushed forward to reinforce the ROK units in the Unsan area. On November 1, the regiment’s 1st Battalion took up positions north of Unsan, while the 2nd Battalion moved to guard the Nammyon River valley west of town, and the 3rd Battalion was placed in reserve at the valley’s southern end. Sergeant Henry N. Aguel, who entered the U.S. Army from California, was a member of the Medical Company of the 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was assigned to one of the regiment’s three battalions during combat actions at Unsan, North Korea, when he was killed by enemy mortar fire on November 2, 1950. His remains were not recovered following the battle, and he is still unaccounted-for. Today, Sergeant Aguel memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Wilmington Daily Press Journal (1954)