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Joseph Jonathan Duenas, age 23, from Mesa, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 1St Battalion, 327th Infantry, 1St Bct, Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Date of death: Thursday, March 30, 2006
Death details: Died from non-combat related injuries in Tikrit, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jeremiah Wayne Robinson, age 20, from Mesa, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Skyline High graduate
Military history: 860Th Military Police Company, 504Th Mp Bn, Phoenix, Az
Date of death: Thursday, October 6, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Arizona Republic
Howard Paul Allen, age 31, from Mesa, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 860Th Military Police Company (Mnc-I), Phoenix, Az
Date of death: Monday, September 26, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Andrew Christopher Ehrlich, age 21, from Mesa, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 2D Bn, 2D Infantry, 1St Infantry Division, Vilseck, Germany
Date of death: Monday, October 18, 2004
Death details: Normandy, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Brian Scott Hobbs, age 31, from Mesa, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 2D Battalion, 5Th Infantry Regiment, 25Th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hi 96857
Date of death: Thursday, October 14, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Miam Do, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Elijah Tai Wah Wong, age 42, from Mesa, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 363Rd Ordnance Company, Case Grande, Az
Date of death: Monday, February 9, 2004
Death details: Sinjar, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Nathan Dennis White, age 30, from Mesa, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Vfa-195, Atsugi, Japan
Date of death: Wednesday, April 2, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Mark R. Nickles, age 29, from Mesa, Arizona
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Sunday, February 9, 1997
Death details: F/A-18D “”Hornet”” of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (All Weather)-21, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, crashed into the Yellow Sea 60 miles southwest of Korea.
Source: U.S. Navy, Associated Press
Martin Mendoza Vasquez, age 20, from Maricopa County Mesa, Arizona .
Parents: Julian M. Vasquez
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, November 4, 1971
Cemetery: Mesa City
Source: National Archives, Arizona Republic (1971)
Bruce Lynn Hankins, age 23, from Mesa, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Parents: DeEtta J. Hankins
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Mesa High, Mesa Community College, Arizona State University (1969)
Date of death: Monday, November 16, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Arizona Republic (1970)