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Smith, Edward B.
Army Sergeant

Edward B. Smith, age 30, from Homestead, Florida, Miami-Dade county.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington

Date of death: Thursday, September 24, 2009
Death details: Died in Omar Zai, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Guzman Rivera, Christian A.
Marines Corporal

Christian A. Guzman Rivera, age 21, from Homestead, Florida, Miami-Dade county.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan.

Date of death: Thursday, August 6, 2009
Death details: Died while supporting combate operation in Farah Province, Afghanistan.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Segura, Juan Estevan
Marines Lance corporal

Juan Estevan Segura, age 26, from Homestead, Florida, Dade county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: K Co, 3D Bn, 1St Mar, Rct-1, 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca

Date of death: Tuesday, November 9, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Weiss, Douglas John
Army Private 1st class

Douglas John Weiss, age 19, from Dade County Homestead, Florida .

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Mahwah High, South Dade High in Homestead Florida
Military history: 1st Cavalry Airmobile Division

Date of death: Friday, May 6, 1966
Death details: Died in Vietnam from a gunshot wound
Cemetery: George Washington Park in Paramus, New Jersey

Source: National Archives, Ridgewood Herald News (1966)

Terry, Robert Louis
Army Specialist 5

Robert Louis Terry, age 21, from Dade County Homestead, Florida .

Parents: Nathaniel Terry

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Saturday, February 26, 1966
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam

Source: National Archives, UPI (1966)

Cassube, Richard Hugh
Army Sergeant

Richard Hugh Cassube, age 20, from Dade County Homestead, Florida .

Parents: R. J. Cassube

Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 25th Infantry Division

Date of death: Tuesday, February 22, 1966
Death details: Killed by an enemy grenade in Vietnam.

Source: National Archives, Miami Herald (1966)

Arrant, John Anderson
Navy Machinist’s mate 1st class

John Anderson Arrant, age 24, from Homestead, Florida, Miami-Dade county.

Parents: John Canty Arrant

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

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