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Kevin J. Graham, age 27, from Benton, Kentucky, Marshall county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington.
Date of death: Saturday, September 26, 2009
Death details: Died in Kandahar, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Robert S. Holland, age 28, from Marshall County Gilbertsville, Kentucky .
Parents: Charles and Rosemary Holland
Spouse: Donna (Puckett)
Children: James Robert Holland and Chad Phillip Holland
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Paducah Sun (1983)
Ronnie Lee Gipson from Benton, Kentucky, Marshall county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, July 23, 1970
Source: National Archives