Hamilton, Adam S.
Army Specialist

Adam S. Hamilton, age 22, from Kent, Ohio, Portage county.

Parents: Scott Hamilton and Connie Hamilton

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Kent Theodore Roosevelt High (2007)
Military history: 4th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas. Posthumously awarded Bronze Star and Purple Heart. Joined Army in March 2009.

Date of death: Saturday, May 28, 2011
Death details: Died in Haji Ruf, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
Cemetery: Standing Rock Cemetery, Kent

Source: Department of Defense, Shorts-Spicer-Crislip Funeral Home, Military Times

Emch, Lucas Wesley Albert
Navy Petty officer 3

Lucas Wesley Albert Emch, age 21, from Kent, Ohio, Portage county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: 1St Marine Logistics Group

Date of death: Friday, March 2, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Ivo Ar Ramadi, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, ohiofallenheros.org