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Travis Reid Desiato, age 19, from Bedford, Massachusetts, Middlesex county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: A Co, 1St Bn, 8Th Mar, Rct-7, 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Monday, November 15, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Darren James Cunningham, age 40, from Groton, Massachusetts, Middlesex county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 89Th Military Police Brigade, Iii Corps, Fort Hood, Texas
Date of death: Thursday, September 30, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Andrew Jonathan Zabierek, age 25, from Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Middlesex county.
Parents: Michael Kilpela
Spouse: None
Service era: Iraq
Military history: F Co, 2D Bn, 2D Mar, Rct-7, 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Enlisted in 2003
Date of death: Friday, May 21, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
John Daniel Hart, age 20, from Bedford, Massachusetts, Middlesex county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 1St Battalion 508Th Infantry, Apo Ae 09630
Date of death: Saturday, October 18, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Taza, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Joseph Paul Bellavia, age 28, from Wakefield, Massachusetts, Middlesex county.
Spouse: Christine
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 194Th Military Police Company, Fort Campbell, Ky 42223
Date of death: Thursday, October 16, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Karbala, Iraq
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Justin Wrisley Garvey, age 23, from Townsend, Massachusetts, Middlesex county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc 1St Battalion 187Th Infantry, Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Date of death: Sunday, July 20, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Tallifar, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Seth Robert Michaud, age 27, from Hudson, Massachusetts, Middlesex county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hmh-461, Mag-26, 2D Maw, Mcas New River, Jacksonville, North Carolina
Date of death: Sunday, June 22, 2003
Death details: killed and 8 other US service members were wounded when an Air Force B-52 Stratofortress apparently dropped “multiple” bombs in the wrong area of Godoria Range during a Supporting Arms Training Exercise (SATEX), which is part of the routine training for personnel in Djibouti.
Source: Department of Defense, U.S. Navy, Massachusetts Soldiers Legacy Fund
Matthew George Boule, age 22, from Dracut, Massachusetts, Middlesex county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 2D Battalion/3D Aviation, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia 31409
Date of death: Wednesday, April 2, 2003
Death details: Killed in a Black Haw helicopter crash in Karbala, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Daniel M. Jones, age 19, from Wakefield, Massachusetts, Middlesex county.
Service era: Gulf War
Schools: Wakefield High (1988)
Date of death: Tuesday, August 21, 1990
Death details: Electrocuted while performing routine maintenance aboard the USS Antietam in the Persian Gulf.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense, UPI
John Patrick Connors, age 25, from Arlington, Massachusetts, Middlesex county.
Parents: Joseph and Joan
Service era: Operation Just Cause Panama
Schools: Boston College High (1982)
Date of death: Wednesday, December 20, 1989
Death details: Killed in fighting at Paitilla Airport, Panama City
Cemetery: Mount Pleasant; Arlington
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Arlington National Cemetery, Department of Veterans Affairs, Boston Globe (1989)