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Kyle B. Osborn, age 26, from Lafayette, Indiana.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Thursday, September 13, 2012
Death details: Died in Muqer, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms and rocket propelled grenade fire.
Source: Department of Defense., Military Times
Andrew Robert Weiss, age 28, from Lafayette, Indiana, Tippecanoe county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 1St Battalion, 5Th Cavalry, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Thursday, May 3, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Cody Andrew Putman, age 22, from Lafayette, Indiana, Tippecanoe county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop B, 1St Squadron, 40Th Cavalry, 4 Bct, Fort Richardson, Alaska
Date of death: Thursday, April 12, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Indiaanpolis Star
Matthew Curtis Frantz, age 23, from Lafayette, Indiana, Tippecanoe county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Military Intelligence Company, 1St Battalion, 3D Infantry, Fort Campbell, Ky
Date of death: Friday, January 20, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Al Huwijah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Curtiss Anthony Carter, age 25, from Lafayette, Indiana, Tippecanoe county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hq’S & Hq’S Company 3D Troop 8Th Calvary Division Fort Hood, Texas
Date of death: Wednesday, February 27, 2002
Death details: Udairi Range, Kuwait
Cemetery: Farmers Institute in Shadeland, Indiana
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Mary Therese Klinker, age 27, from Lafayette, Indiana.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, April 4, 1975
Death details: She participated in Operation Babylife to evacuate hundreds of South Vietnamese children in the spring 1975. She was among those on board an overcrowded plane that crashed near Saigon into a rice paddy field shortly after takeoff.
Source: National Archives, Time (2021), San Francisco Examiner (1975)
Donald Lynn Valentine, age 23, from Lafayette, Indiana, Tippecanoe county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, November 13, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Muncie Star (1970)
David Alan Moore, age 20, from Lafayette, Indiana, Tippecanoe county.
Parents: Clifford Moore
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Troop 3, 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry, 12 Aviation Group
Date of death: Friday, October 16, 1970
Death details: Drowned in South Vietnam after falling from a log bridge he was crossing while carrying a full pack. He was swept away by the current before others could reach him.
Source: National Archives
Garrison David Fields, age 21, from Lafayette, Indiana, Tippecanoe county.
Spouse: Naomi Fields
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Klondike High
Date of death: Sunday, September 13, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Indianapolis News (1970)
David William Smith, age 21, from Lafayette, Indiana, Tippecanoe county.
Parents: Bernard Smith
Spouse: Sandra Gail (Hale), married March 14, 1970
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: East Tipp High (1968)
Date of death: Saturday, May 2, 1970
Death details: Hostile in Cambodia
Source: National Archives, Lafayette Journal Courier (1970)