Vorasack T. Xaysana, age 30, from Westminster, Colorado.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, Fort Hood, Texas.
Date of death: Sunday, April 10, 2011
Death details: Died in Kirkuk, Iraq of injuries sustained April 9, 2011 in a non-combat related incident.
Source: Department of Defense., Military Times
Brandon W. Pearson, age 21, from Arvada, Colorado, Jefferson county.
Parents: Michael W. Pearson and Wendy R. Pearson
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.
Date of death: Thursday, November 4, 2010
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Matthew J. Broehm was also killed.
Cemetery: Fort Logan National
Source: Department of Defense, Denver Post
Justin McNeley, age 30, from Wheatridge, Colorado. Their last known residence was in Kingman, Arizona.
Parents: George McNeley and Sharon Wood
Children: Boys, ages 5 and 9
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Assault Craft Unit One, San Diego. Enlisted 2001.
Date of death: Friday, July 23, 2010
Death details: Died after he and Petty Officer Jarod Newlove left their base. Media outlets have reported the pair left base in a white armored SUV. The incident occurred 60 miles from base. They were traveling alone, though military procedure calls for a convoy to protect against attacks. Newlove was listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown. The Taliban claimed to have captured Newlove
Source: Department of Defense, Silicon Mercury News, Associated Press, Military Times
Grant A. Wichmann, age 27, from Golden, Colorado.
Service era: Afghanistan.
Military history: 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. Enlisted September 2007
Date of death: Saturday, April 24, 2010
Death details: Died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington D. C. of wounds sustained March 12, 2010 when enemy forces attached his unit using small arms fire at Out Post Bari Alai, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Denver Post, Military Times
Benjamin David Hoeffner, age 21, from Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Jefferson county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 324Th Psychological Company, (Tf Liberty), Aurora, Co
Date of death: Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Death details: Ali Al Saleem, Kuwait
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Larry Wayne Jr Pankey, age 34, from Morrison, Colorado, Jefferson county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 457Th Engineer Battalion (Tf Baghdad), Greenwood, Ms
Date of death: Monday, October 3, 2005
Death details: Died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C. of non-combat related injuries sustained September 23 in Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Henry Cecil Risner, age 26, from Golden, Colorado, Jefferson county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: B Company, 2D Battalion, 14Th Infantry (10Mtn), Fort Drum, New York
Date of death: Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Christopher W. Pantelopoulos, age 35, from Arvada, Colorado, Jefferson county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Saturday, May 27, 1995
Death details: Died when his Cessna 172 clipped a power line and crashed in the desert near Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada. They were assigned to Whidbey Island, Washington Naval Air Station and were on a traiing mission at Fallon Naval Air Station when they rented the civilian aircraft.
Source: U.S. Navy, Reno Gazette Journal (1995)
Michael L. Belliveau, age 24, from Lakewood, Colorado, Jefferson county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Friday, December 21, 1990
Death details: Killed when a ferry capsized near Haifa, Israel.
Cemetery: Ft. Logan National; Denver, Colorado
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Department of Defense
Jack Allen Garnes, age 25, from Jefferson County Colorado.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, October 30, 1971
Source: National Archives