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Quinn L. Johnson-Harris, age 21, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 39th Airlift Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas
Date of death: Friday, October 2, 2015
Death details: died Oct. 2 in the crash of a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jeremiah M. Collins, age 19, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Combat Logistics Regiment, 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expedition.
Date of death: Saturday, October 5, 2013
Death details: Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Keith Everette Lloyd, age 26, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hht, 1St Squadron, 3D Armored Calvary Regiment, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Saturday, January 12, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Tal Afar, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Adrian Valentine Soltau, age 21, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: A Co, 3D Aa Bn, Rct-1, 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Monday, September 13, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Michael Anthony McGlothin, age 21, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Company, 115Th Forward Support Battalion (1St Cav) Fort Hood, Tx 76544
Date of death: Saturday, April 17, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Richard Charles Pawelke, age 20, from Milwaukee County Milwaukee, Wisconsin .
Parents: Richard F. Pawelke
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, December 9, 1971
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1971)
Albert Raymond Trudeau from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, October 26, 1971
Death details: On October 26, 1971, a CH-47 Chinook (tail number 66-19143, call sign “Warrior 143”) with five crew members and five passengers aboard left Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam, on a supply mission to Cam Rahn Bay, South Vietnam. The helicopter encountered inclement weather and lost radio communication before it crashed into the water off the coast of Nha Trang. Search and rescue missions recovered four bodies and retrieved debris that washed ashore on Hon Tre Island. The other six men aboard the helicopter remain missing. Warrant Officer Albert Raymond Trudeau, who joined the U.S. Army from Wisconsin, served with the 68th Aviation Company, 52nd Aviation Battalion, 17th Aviation Group. He was the pilot of the Chinook when it crashed, and his remains were not recovered. Warrant Officer Trudeau is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Rudolph Glenn Valenta, age 19, from Milwaukee County Milwaukee, Wisconsin .
Spouse: Christine M. Valenta
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, October 8, 1971
Death details: Non-hostile death
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1971)
George Anthony Chapman, age 19, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee county.
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gross
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, August 26, 1971
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, UPI (1971)
John Michael Rydlewicz, age 24, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, August 12, 1971
Source: National Archives