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Kurt W. Kern, age 24, from McAllen, Texas, Hidalgo 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, Military Times
Juan Francisco Campos, age 27, from Mcallen, Texas, Hidalgo county.
Children: Andre, 8; Jamie Drury-Campos was pregnant with the couples second child when he died.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 1St Battalion, 26Th Infantry, Schweinfurt, Germany
Date of death: Friday, June 1, 2007
Death details: Hostile; San Antonio, United States; Died at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio of wounds sustained when his unit was attacked by insurgents using improvised explosive devices and rocket propelled grenades May 14, 2007.
Cemetery: Rio Grande Valley State Veterans Cemetery
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com, Military Times
Christopher Ramirez, age 34, from Mcallen, Texas, Hidalgo county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: B Company, 1St Battalion, 16Th Infantry, 1St Id, Fort Riley, Kansas
Date of death: Thursday, April 15, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jose Pablo Ramos, age 22, from McAllen, Texas, Hidalgo county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, September 15, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
John Sidney Jr. Bonner, age 48, from McAllen, Texas, Hidalgo county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, May 31, 1970
Source: National Archives