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Johnny Joe Peralez Jr., age 25, from Kingsville, Texas, Kleberg county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhb, 3D Battalion, 16Th Field Artillery, 4Id (Tf Baghdad), Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Thursday, January 5, 2006
Death details: Hostile; An Najaf, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ronchester Managan Santiago, age 22, from Kingsville, Texas, Kleberg county.
Service era: War on Terror
Date of death: Thursday, October 12, 2000
Death details: Died aboard the U.S.S. Cole when suicide bombers detonated an explosive-laden boat against the ship’s port side, tearing a 40-by-40-foot hole in the hull and sending seawater gushing into the engineering compartment.
Source: Department of Defense
Ramon Jr. Moya, age 23, from Kingsville, Texas, Kleberg county.
Parents: Ramon Moya Sr.
Spouse: Rachal
Children: Norma Jean Moya, Ramon Moya III
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, May 12, 1970
Death details: Died in a Vietnam hospital of wounds received when a mine exploded while on combat patrol.
Source: National Archives, Corpus Christi Caller Times (1970)
Alonzo Jr. Pearce, age 21, from Kleberg County Kingsville, Texas .
Service era: World War II
Schools: Muskogeen Central High (1939), Oklahoma A and M College in Stillwater
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Muskogee Times Democrat (1947)