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Nathan Raymond Wood, age 19, from Kirkland, Washington, King county.
Parents: Rex and DeEtte Wood
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Juanita High
Military history: L Co, 3D Bn, 1St Mar, Rct-1, 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Tuesday, November 9, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jeffrey Ross Shaver, age 26, from Maple Valley, Washington, King county.
Parents: Jane and John Saver
Spouse: Fiance Charity Canterbury
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Newport High, Pend Oreille County (1997)
Military history: Hhc, 1St Battalion, 161St Infantry, (1 Cav), Spokane, Wa 99219-9038; first Washington National Guardsman killed in combat since the Korean War
Date of death: Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jacob Robert Herring, age 21, from Kirkland, Washington, King county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Company, 5Th Battalion, 20Th Infantry Regiment, 2Id, Fort Lewis, Washington
Date of death: Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael Robert Adams, age 24, from Seattle, Washington, King county.
Service era: Iraq
Parent: Don
Military history: A Troop, 1St Squadron, 3Rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Carson, Colorado
Date of death: Tuesday, March 16, 2004
Death details: Killed when he was struck by the barrel of a .50 caliber weapon mounted on his tank in Asad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Benjamin Joseph Colgan, age 30, from Kent, Washington, King county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhb 2D Battalion 3Rd Field Artillery Regiment, Apo Ae 09081
Date of death: Sunday, November 2, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Gregory O. Glaeser, age 32, from Renton, Washington, King county.
Service era: Post cold war
Date of death: Friday, August 23, 1996
Death details: EA-6B “Prowler” of Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 1, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, crashed during a training mission at Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Arizona.
Source: U.S. Navy, Associated Press
John K. Morgan, age 28, from Bellevue, Washington, King county.
Parents: Shirley Lansing and step father Glenn Lansing; Don Morgan and step mother Beth Morgan
Service era: Gulf War
Schools: Interlake High, Bellevue (1981)
Date of death: Wednesday, February 27, 1991
Death details: Morgan and eight others died when their helicopter was shot down on the day the cease fire was declared.
Cemetery: Sunset Hills Memorial Park, Bellevue
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, Seattle Times
Ardon B. Cooper, age 23, from Seattle, Washington.
Service era: Gulf War
Parent: Susan Cooper
Military history: Silver Star
Date of death: Wednesday, February 20, 1991
Death details: Killed when using his body to block wounded comrades from artillery fire.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, New York Newsday (1991), Longview Daily News (1991)
Michael N. Monroe, age 27, from Auburn, Washington, King county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Tuesday, October 30, 1990
Death details: Marine 1st Lt. Michael N. Monroe was killed and three other Marines injured when their HMMWV, went over an embankment and dropped about 20 feet. The Marines were shifting camp sites in night training exercises.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense, U.S. Navy
Daniel Andrew Benedett, age 19, from Auburn, Washington, King county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Graduated high school in 1974
Date of death: Thursday, May 15, 1975
Death details: Marine Corps Pfc. Daniel A. Benedett of Seattle, Wash., was buried May 15, 2013 at Arlington National Cemetery, along with Air Force 2nd Lt. Richard Vandegeer of Cleveland, Ohio; Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Bernard Gause Jr., of Birmingham, Ala.; Hospitalman Ronald J. Manning of Steubenville, Ohio; Marine Corps servicemen Lance Cpl. Gregory S. Copenhaver of Lewistown, Pa.; Lance Cpl. Andres Garcia of Carlsbad, N.M.; Pfc. Lynn Blessing of Lancaster, Pa.; Pfc. Walter Boyd of Portsmouth, Va.; Pfc. James J. Jacques of La Junta, Colo.; Pfc. James R. Maxwell of Memphis, Tenn.; Pfc. Richard W. Rivernburgh of Schenectady, N.Y.; Pfc. Antonio R. Sandoval of San Antonio, Texas; and Pfc. Kelton R. Turner of St. Louis, Mo. On May 12, 1975, Khmer Rouge gunboats captured the S.S. Mayaguez in the Gulf of Thailand, approximately 60 nautical miles off the coast of Cambodia. After the vessel was taken to Koh Tang Island, U.S. aircraft began surveillance flights around the island. When efforts to secure the release of the ship and its crew failed, U.S. military forces began a rescue mission. Three days after the Mayaguez seizure, the Air Force dispatched six helicopters to the island. One of the helicopters came under heavy enemy fire and crashed into the surf with 26 men on board. Thirteen of the men were rescued at sea, leaving Benedett and 12 other service members unaccounted-for from the crash. Between 1991 and 2008, investigators conducted more than 10 investigations and excavations, led by Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC). On three occasions, Cambodian authorities turned over remains believed to be those of American servicemen. In 1995, U.S. and Cambodian specialists conducted an underwater recovery of the helicopter crash site where they located remains, personal effects and aircraft debris associated with the loss. Between 2000 and 2004, all of the missing service members from this helicopter, except Benedett, were accounted-for. On January 30, 2013, Benedett was accounted-for. Scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces Identification Laboratory (AFDIL) used circumstantial evidence and DNA process of elimination to account for his remains.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: National Archives, Department of Defense, Yakima Herald-Republic