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Bobby L. Estle, age 38, from Lebanon, Ohio, Warren county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 630th Engineer Company, 7th Engineer Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, Fort Drum, New York.
Date of death: Saturday, July 28, 2012
Death details: Died in Wardak Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered from enemy small arms fire. Pfc. Jose Oscar Belmontes was also killed.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
James C. Robinson, age 27, from Lebanon, Ohio, Warren county.
Parents: James R. Robinson and Kimberly Robinson
Spouse: Kathryn E. Robinson
Children: Victoria A. Robinson and stepdaughter Emil B. Cable
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Enlisted February 2005. Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Date of death: Saturday, August 28, 2010
Death details: Died at Paktika, Afghanistan when insurgents attacked his unit with indirect fire.
Source: Department of Defense, Business and Heritage Clarksville, Military Times
John Edward Conger Jr. from Lebanon, Ohio, Warren county. Their last known residence was in Lebanon.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Janaury 27, 1969
Death details: Private First Class John Edward Conger Jr. entered the U.S. Army from Ohio and served in Company A, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 199th Light Infantry Brigade. On January 27, 1969, he was a rifleman in a unit on a search and destroy mission in Long An Province, South Vietnam. While crossing a field, his unit came under enemy machine gun fire that wounded several members of the unit. Private First Class Conger moved up to help knock out the machine gun nests but was hit in his neck and shoulder. He was seen falling over, touching his wound several times, then not moving. Airstrikes were then called into the area where PFC Conger fell, followed by artillery strikes through the rest of the day and into the evening. Private First Class Conger’s remains could not be found following these strikes. Further attempts to recover them were unsuccessful. Following his loss, the Army promoted PFC Conger to the rank of Sergeant First Class (SFC). Today, Sergeant First Class Conger is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency