Wade James Oglesby, age 27, from Grand Junction, Colorado, Mesa county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Battery C, 1St Battalion, 37Th Field Artillery, 2 Bct, Fort Lewis, Washington
Date of death: Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Taji, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, legacy.com
Michael Bear Shackelford, age 25, from Grand Junction, Colorado, Mesa county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: B Company, 1St Battalion, 503Rd Infantry, 2D Infantry Division, Apo Ap 96224
Date of death: Sunday, November 28, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Mark Eugene Engel, age 21, from Grand Junction, Colorado, Mesa county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: D Co, 2D Lar Bn, 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Date of death: Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Fort Sam Houston, United States
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Chance Russell Phelps, age 19, from Clifton, Colorado, Mesa county.
Parents: John Phelps and Gretchen Mack
Service era: Iraq
Military history: L Btry, Hqbn Det, 3D Bn, 11Th Mar, Rct-7, 1St Mardiv, Camp Pendleton, California
Date of death: Friday, April 9, 2004
Death details: Died in gunfire while battling insurgents west of Baghdad
Cemetery: Dubois, Wyoming
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
David Russell Welch, age 24, from Junction, Colorado, Mesa county.
Parents: Vinson M. Welch
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, March 12, 1970
Source: Altoona Mirror, National Archives, Department of Defense, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)
Robert Paul Fitzhugh, age 20, from Colibran, Colorado, Mesa county.
Parents: Paul Fitzhugh
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, January 19, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Cemetery: Lost River in Bonanza, Oregon
Source: National Archives, Daily Sentinel (1970), Sacramento Bee (1970)
Sam Jr. Burnell, age 24, from Mesa County Grand Junction, Colorado .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, January 10, 1966
Death details: Killed in an ambush in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Daily Sentinel (1966)
James Phillip Dewitt, age 21, from Mesa County Colorado.
Parents: Margaret E. Paterson
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, August 18, 1965
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1965)
Walter Glenn Lee, age 27, from Mesa County Grand Junction, Colorado .
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, March 1, 1942
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Houston when the ship was attacked traveling from Batavia to Java.
Source: National Arvhies, USSHouston.org
Leo Shinn Heely, age 23, from Mesa, Colorado, Mesa county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency