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Cooper, Travis Sentell
Army Staff Sergeant

Travis Sentell Cooper, age 24, from Macon, Mississippi, Noxubee county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhb, 2D Battalion, 114Th Field Artillery, (Iii Corps), Starkville, Ms

Date of death: Saturday, July 16, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Balad, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Triplett, Andrew
Navy Ensign

Andrew Triplett, age 31, from Macon, Mississippi, Noxubee 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

Lehecka, John Arthur
Air Force 1st lieutenant

John Arthur Lehecka, age 27, from Macon, Mississippi, Noxubee county.

Spouse: Cjar;ptte )Featjerstpme_

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Saturday, January 10, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam

Source: National Archives, The Herald (1970)

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