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Bradley Espinoza, age 26, from Mission, Texas.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 1st Battalion, 12 Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Date of death: Monday, October 19, 2009
Death details: Died in Qwest, Iraq of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Alex Daniel Gonzalez, age 21, from Mission, Texas, Hidalgo county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 43Rd Engineer Company, Fort Hood, Texas
Date of death: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Hernandez Jose Abraham Rubio, age 24, from Mission, Texas, Hidalgo county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 4Th Battalion, 64Th Armor, Fort Stewart, Georgia
Date of death: Monday, March 24, 2008
Death details: Died a day after a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Omar Demetrio Flores, age 27, from Mission, Texas, Hidalgo county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Co C, 54Th Eng Bn, 130Th Eng Bde, (1 Mef), Bamberg, Germany
Date of death: Saturday, July 8, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Javier Marin Jr., age 29, from Mission, Texas, Hidalgo county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: A Co, 2D Bn, 2D Infantry, 1St Infantry Division, (Tf Danger), Vilseck, Germany
Date of death: Monday, January 24, 2005
Death details: Mohammed Sacran, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Bobby Glenn Harris, age 19, from Mission, Texas, Hidalgo county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, March 17, 1971
Death details: On July 7, 2003, Joint Task Force–Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of Staff Sergeant Bobby Glenn Harris, missing from the Vietnam War.
Staff Sergeant Harris entered the U.S. Army from Texas and was a member of the 128th Aviation Company, 11th Aviation Battalion. On March 17, 1971, he was the crew chief aboard a UH-1 Iroquois (tail number 16664) that was shot down by enemy ground fire while inserting troops into Cambodia. He did not survive the crash, and his body was not recovered at the time of his loss. A joint U.S./Cambodian investigative team eventually recovered remains that U.S. analysts identified as those of SSG Harris.
Cemetery: Fort Gibson National
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com