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Ryan Jeschke, age 31, from Herndon, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, Camp Pendleton, California.
Date of death: Friday, August 10, 2012
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jesse Gladden Clowers Jr., age 27, from Herndon, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 2D Battalion, 7Th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, Nc
Date of death: Sunday, August 12, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Kuzkalakhel, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Green Beret Foundation, findagrave.com
Sarah Katherine Small from Herndon, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Date of death: Monday, September 19, 2005
Death details: Died in a training accident near Wady el-Natron, Egypt
School: Virginia Women’s Institute for Leadership at Mary Baldwin College (2002), Oakton High (1998)
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia., Associated Press
Charles E Woodard, age 26, from Herndon, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Date of death: Sunday, November 8, 1998
Death details: Accident, about 120 miles off Virginia coast. Killed in a fiery collision on an aircraft carrier.
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database Library of Virginia, Richmond; Washington Post (1998).
Samuel Nelson Drew, age 27, from Herndon, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Military history: National Security Council
Date of death: Saturday, August 19, 1995
Death details: Accident, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database from the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.