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Jon Michael Lockey, age 44, from Bakersfield, California, Kern county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Headquarters, Multi-National Corps (Iraq), Camp Victory, Iraq
Date of death: Friday, July 6, 2007
Death details: Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Legacy
Alberto Garcia Jr., age 23, from Bakersfield, California, Kern county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 1St Battalion, 26Th Infantry, Schweinfurt, Gm
Date of death: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq. Died of wounds suffered when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire and an improvised explosive device.
Source: Department of Defense, Associated Press
Lester Domenico Jr Baroncini, age 33, from Bakersfield, California, Kern county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 2D Battalion, 505Th Infantry, Fort Bragg, Nc
Date of death: Sunday, October 15, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Samarra, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ricardo Barraza, age 24, from Shafter, California, Kern county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 2D Battalion, 75Th Ranger, Fort Lewis, Wa
Date of death: Sunday, March 19, 2006
Death details: Ememy killed him with small arms fire in Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Clay Patrick Farr, age 21, from Bakersfield, California, Kern county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop A, 1St Squadron, 71St Cavalry, 1St Bct, 10Th Mtn Div, (4Id), Fort Drum, New York
Date of death: Sunday, February 26, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Balad, Iraq. One of two soldiers killed when an improvised explosive device detonated near their Humvee in Baghdad
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ramon Aristides Jr Villatoro, age 19, from Bakersfield, California, Kern county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop K, 3D Squadron, 3D Acr, (Tf Baghdad), Fort Carson, Co
Date of death: Sunday, July 24, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Marvin Ross III Sprayberry, age 24, from Tehachapi, California, Kern county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 2D Bn, 2D Inf, Attached To F Troop, 4Th Armor Bn, Apo Ae 09112, Vilseck, Ge
Date of death: Monday, May 3, 2004
Death details: Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
David Scott Perry, age 36, from Bakersfield, California, Kern county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 649Th Military Police Company, Fresno, California
Date of death: Monday, August 11, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Thomas M. Diffenbaugh, age 34, from Bakersfield, California, Kern county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Saturday, January 5, 1991
Death details: Died non-battle. While driving home from work during blackout conditions, he went to pass a car and was hit head-on by an armored vehicle that killed him instantly.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense, U.S. Marines
Edward Joseph Lopez, age 27, from Kern County Delano, California .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, November 28, 1971
Death details: Killed in a helicopter crash in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives