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Kegan Ray Green, age 26, from Mesa, Arizona.
Parents: Veronica Thompson, Charles Green
Spouse: Single
Children: None
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Apache Junction High (2013)
Military history: Based at Fort Rucker
Date of death: Thursday, October 8, 2020
Death details: Killed in Newton, Alabama when his motorcycle was struck by a car
Source: WDHN, AL.com, Dignity Memorial
Wyatt J. Martin, age 22, from Mesa, Arizona.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Date of death: Friday, December 12, 2014
Death details: Died in Parwan Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when the enemy attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
Source: Department of Defense
Aaron B. Cruttenden, age 25, from Mesa, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Parents: Steve Cruttenden and stepmother Annette Roth; Yvonne Featheringill and stepfather Scott Featheringill
Children: Dusti-Rai Ferrin
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 27th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Date of death: Sunday, November 7, 2010
Death details: Died when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire in Kunar Province, Afghanistan. Dale J. Kridlo was also killed.
Cemetery: Veterans Memorial, Grand Junction
Source: Department of Defense, The Daily Sentinel, Military Times
Barbara Vieyra, age 22, from Mesa, Arizona, Maricopa County.
Parents: Raul Vieyra and Elizabeth Vieyra
Children: Evelyn
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Skyline High (2006)
Military history: 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas.
Date of death: Saturday, September 18, 2010
Death details: Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked her unit using an improvised explosive device and rocket propelled grenade fire in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Arizona Republic
Glen J. Whetten, age 31, from Mesa, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.
Date of death: Friday, March 12, 2010
Death details: Died near Kandahar, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
Cemetery: Resthaven Park, Phoenix
Source: Department of Defense, Verde Independent, Military Times
Juan Lopez-Castaneda, age 19, from Mesa, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: E Co, 2D Bn, 7Th Mar, 1St Mar Div, Twentynine Palms, Ca
Date of death: Thursday, August 14, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Sangin, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Hershel Daniel Mccants Jr., age 33, from Mesa, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 2D Battalion, 160Th Aviation, Fort Campbell, Ky
Date of death: Sunday, February 18, 2007
Death details: Qalat, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense
Kelly David Youngblood, age 19, from Mesa, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company D, 3D Battalion, 69Th Armor, Fort Stewart, Ga
Date of death: Sunday, February 18, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Ramadi, Iraq
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Douglas Christopher Desjardins, age 24, from Mesa, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Scio High, Oregon
Military history: Company C, 2D Battalion, 37Th Armor, 1 Bct, (1 Mef), Giessen, Germany
Date of death: Sunday, November 5, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Cemetery: Miller Cemetery, Scio, Oregon
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com, Military Times
Jason Lynn Merrill, age 22, from Mesa, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 1St Battalion, 26Th Infantry, 2D Bct, (4Id), Wurzburg, Germany
Date of death: Sunday, September 3, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times