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Matthew Michael Murchison, age 21, from Independence, Missouri, Jackson county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 127Th Military Police Company, 709Th Mp Bn, 18Th Mp Bde, Hanau, Germany
Date of death: Saturday, August 4, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Legacy
Benjamin James Ashley, age 22, from Independence, Misssouri, Jackson county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Battery D, 1St Battalion, 5Th Field Artillery, Fort Riley, Ks
Date of death: Thursday, May 24, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Shawn Phillip Rankinen, age 28, from Independence, Missouri, Jackson county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop D, 2D Squadron, 5Th Cavalry, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq. Died when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, findagrave.com
Richard Michael Crane, age 25, from Independence, Missouri, Jackson county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Detachment 1, 325Th Field Hospital, Independence, Mo
Date of death: Tuesday, February 8, 2005
Death details: Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
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Joel Lin Bertoldie, age 20, from Independence, Missouri, Jackson county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc 4Th Battalion 64Th Armored Regiment, Fort Stewart, Georgia
Date of death: Friday, July 18, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jeremiah David Smith, age 25, from Independence, Missouri, Jackson county.
Spouse: Married
Children: Daughters, 3, 5
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 1St Battalion 34Th Armor, Fort Riley, Kansas
Date of death: Tuesday, May 27, 2003
Death details: Killed in Baghdad, Iraq while escorting heavy equipment transporters when his vehicle hit unexploded ordnance
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Richard R. Lee, age 36, from Independence, Missouri, Jackson county.
Spouse: Married
Children: Daughter
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Thursday, February 7, 1991
Death details: Killed when his UH-1 Huey helicopter crashed in Saudi Arabia while attempting to avoid a midair collision with another aircraft
Cemetery: Fort Bragg
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense, Fort Pierce Tribune (1991)
Johnnie Rae Sly, age 18, from Independence, Missouri, Jackson county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, April 24, 1971
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam.
Cemetery: Mount Washington in Independence
Source: National Archives, findagrave.com
Charles Alfred Jr. Pope, age 19, from Independence, Missouri, Jackson county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, November 18, 1970
Death details: Died in a helicopter crash in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Paul Vincent Moore, age 21, from Independence, Missouri, Jackson county.
Parents: Elwood W. Moore
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Saint Mary’s High (1967), Missouri Valley College
Date of death: Friday, August 7, 1970
Death details: Hostile, died while missing in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Kansas City Times (1970)