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Anthony Louis Capra, age 31, from Hanford, California, Kings county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Detachment 63, 688Th Armament Systems Squadron, Indian Head City, Maryland
Date of death: Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Golden Hills, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Victor Hugo Toledo-Pulido, age 22, from Hanford, California, Kings county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hht, 3D Squadron, 1St Cavalry, Fort Benning, Georgia
Date of death: Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Nahrawan, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Adrian Noe Orosco, age 26, from Corcoran, California, Kings county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop G, 1St Squadron, 11Th Armored Cavalry (Tf Baghdad), Fort Irwin, Ca
Date of death: Friday, December 9, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jeremy Daniel Bow, age 20, from Lemoore, California, Kings county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: B Co, 1St Bn, 3D Mar, (Rct-7, 1St Mar Div), 3D Mar Div, Mcbh Kaneohe Bay, Hi
Date of death: Saturday, October 30, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Zaidon, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jose Gilbert Barrera, age 19, from Corcoran, California, Kings county.
Parents: Gilberto Barrera
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, November 12, 1970
Death details: Body recovered
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Kenneth Mccarty, age 19, from Hanford, California, Kings county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, April 13, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: Hanford
Source: National Archives, findagrave.com
Richard John Cowell, age 27, from Lemoore, California, Kings county.
Parents: Edward J. Cowell
Spouse: Marie
Children: Lynn
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Castlemont High (1959), San Jose State College
Date of death: Tuesday, March 10, 1970
Death details: His plane was shot down in Vietnam. He ejected safely but landed in a tree and sustained fatal injuries. His body was recovered.
Source: National Archives, Lemoore Advance (1970)
Gary Lee Hobbs, age 21, from Lemoore, California, Kings county.
Parents: Dorothy M. Nibarger
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Lemoore High
Date of death: Tuesday, January 27, 1970
Death details: Body recovered
Source: National Archives, Hanford Sentinel (1970)
Leonard Miguel, age 21, from Lemoore, California, Kings county.
Service era: Korea
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Sunday, September 9, 1951
Death details: Killed in action, North Korea
Cemetery: Lemoore Cemetery
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association
Manuel Garcia Zaragoza, age 20, from California, Kings county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: During the last week of October 1950, Republic of Korea (ROK) Army forces under the control of the U.S. Eighth Army were advancing deep in North Korean territory, approaching the Yalu River on the Chinese-Korean border. Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) struck back in a surprise attack, engaging the ROK 1st and 6th Divisions near Unsan, some sixty miles north of Pyongyang. The U.S. 1st Cavalry Division, with the 8th Cavalry Regiment in the lead, was rushed forward to reinforce the ROK units in the Unsan area. On November 1, the regiment’s 1st Battalion took up positions north of Unsan, while the 2nd Battalion moved to guard the Nammyon River valley west of town, and the 3rd Battalion was placed in reserve at the valley’s southern end. Sergeant First Class Manuel Garcia Zaragoza joined the U.S. Army from California and was a member of Company K of the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On November 2, 1950, the 8th Cavalry Regiment was cut off from its allies during a CCF surprise attack and forced to withdraw. It was during this fighting withdrawal that SFC Zaragoza went missing. At the end of the war, repatriated American prisoners of war reported that SFC Zaragoza was killed during combat near the 3rd Battalion’s Command Post, and that the active combat prevented any immediate recovery of his remains. His remains have not been identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire. Today, Sergeant First Class Zaragoza is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency