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James Wento, age 34, from Lynn, Massachusetts.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Wheeled mechanic with the 2-2Assault Helicopter Battalion, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade at Camp Humphreys
Date of death: Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Death details: Died when his military vehicle overturned during training at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex outside Pocheon, South Korea
Source: Star and Stripes, 2nd Infantry Division, United Press Internsational
Walter Kearns Ohaire, age 20, from Lynn, Massachusetts, Essex county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: G Co, 2D Bn, 6Th Mar, (Ii Mef Fwd), 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Date of death: Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Gabriel Tremino Palacios, age 22, from Lynn, Massachusetts, Essex county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc 588Th Engineer Battalion, 2Nd Brigade (4Th Id) Fort Hood, Tx 76544
Date of death: Wednesday, January 21, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baqubah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Bradley J. Campus, age 21, from Lynn, Massachusetts, Essex county.
Parents: Clare Campus
Service era: Beirut bombings
Schools: English High (1981)
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terrorist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Cemetery: Pine Grove in Lynn
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Boston Globe (1983), findagrave.com
James Joseph Hazard, age 20, from Lynn, Massachusetts, Essex county.
Parents: James M. Hazard and Mary E. (Homer) Hazard
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Lynn Classical School (1967), RETS Electronics School in Brighton
Date of death: Wednesday, May 20, 1970
Death details: Killed in Cambodia
Source: National Archives, Boston Globe (1970)
Peter James Pennucci from Lynn, Massachusetts, Essex county.
Parents: Anthony Pennucci
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Washington Community School, Lynn Trade High (1969)
Date of death: Wednesday, May 20, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Cemetery: In 2019 in Lynn, intersection at Blossom Street at Alley Street was dedicated in his memory
Source: National Archives
George Alfred Odiorne, age 19, from Lynn, Massachusetts, Essex county.
Parents: John W. Odiorne
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, February 25, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)