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John P. Rodriguez from Hemet, California.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas
Date of death: Thursday, January 12, 2017
Death details: Died in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in a non-combat related incident.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Marc Allen Retmier, age 19, from Hemet, California, Riverside county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda Maryland
Date of death: Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Zerok, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Keith Yoakum, age 41, from Hemet, California, Riverside county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 1St Battalion, 227Th Aviation, 1 Acb, (1 Cd), Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Friday, February 2, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Taji, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Charles Otto Sare, age 23, from Hemet, California, Riverside county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Nacc Pth Mc U Dt
Date of death: Monday, October 23, 2006
Death details: Killed when a roadside bomb blew up near his Humvee in Sadah, Iraq
Cemetery: San Jacinto Valley Cemetery
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com, Los Angeles Times, Military Times
Michael Anthony Estrella, age 20, from Hemet, California, Riverside county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: I Co, 3D Bn, 3D Mar, (Rct-7, I Mef Fwd), 3D Mar Div, Mcbh Kaneohe Bay, Hi
Date of death: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Hadithah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Gus Blakely Robinson, age 27, from Hemet, California, Riverside county.
Parents: Walter Robinson
Spouse: Denise, Suzanne, 8 months
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: West Point (1967, Los Angeles City College
Military history: 17th Air Calvalry
Date of death: Sunday, April 12, 1970
Death details: Died in South Vietnam when the helicopter he was piloting crashed under enemy fire.
Cemetery: West Point
Source: National Archives, Hackensack Record (1970)
Ronald William Kiehn, age 22, from Hemet, California, Riverside county.
Spouse: Margaret Bernice Kiehn
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency