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Michael J. Palacio, age 23, from Lake Elsinore, California, Riverside county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan.
Date of death: Thursday, March 29, 2012
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Noah M. Korte, age 29, from Lake Elsinore, California, Riverside county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas.
Date of death: Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Death details: Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Killed were Sgt. Noah M. Korte, Spc. Kurt W. Kern and Pfc. Justin M. Whitmire.
Source: Department of Defense
Daniel Ray Parker, age 18, from Lake Elsinore, California, Riverside county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Battery B 2D Battalion 44Th Air Defense Artillery, Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Date of death: Tuesday, August 12, 2003
Death details: Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times