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Seth Vernon Vandekamp, age 31, from Katy, Texas.
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: A.T. Still University in Kirksville, Missouri graduate
Date of death: Thursday, November 12, 2020
Death details: Among five soldiers killed in Egypt when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed from a mechanical malfunction.
Source: ABC News, KTVO
Michael Tharp, age 40, from Katy, Texas.
Children: Nolan Tharp
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Katy High (1994)
Date of death: Monday, November 23, 2015
Death details: Among four soldiers killed in a helicopter accident at Ft. Hood.
Source: KSAT, Houston Chronicle
James Alexander Jr Funkhouser, age 35, from Katy, Texas, Fort Bend county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 1St Battalion, 12Th Infantry, Fort Hood, Texas
Date of death: Monday, May 29, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jonathan David Rozier, age 25, from Katy, Texas, Fort Bend county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B 2D Battalion 70Th Armor, Fort Riley, Kansas
Date of death: Saturday, July 19, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times