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Joseph C. Whitehead, age 22, from Axis, Alabama, Mobile county.
Service era: Afghanistan.
Military history: 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Date of death: Monday, January 17, 2011
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense., Military Times
David C. Smith, age 26, from Eight Mile, Alabama, Mobile county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 48th Rescue Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.
Date of death: Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Death details: Died near Forward Operating Base Jackson, Afghanistan in a helicopter crash. Killed were: Michael P. Flores, Joel C. Gentz, David C. Smith, Benjamin D. White.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Harrison Brown, age 31, from Prichard, Alabama, Mobile county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 2D Battalion, 69Th Armor, 3 Bct, Fort Benning, Ga
Date of death: Sunday, April 8, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Christopher Edward Mason, age 32, from Mobile, Alabama, Mobile county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 1St Battalion, 505Th Infantry, Fort Bragg, Nc
Date of death: Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Bayji, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Charles Monroe King, age 48, from Mobile, Alabama, Mobile county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 1St Battalion, 67Th Armor, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Saturday, October 14, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Steven Ray Givens, age 26, from Mobile, Alabama, Mobile county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 1St Battalion, 15Th Infantry, 3D Bde, 3D Id, Fort Benning, Georgia
Date of death: Sunday, May 8, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Bradley Michael Faircloth, age 20, from Mobile, Alabama, Mobile county.
Parents: Kathleen Faircloth-Smith
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Murphy High (2002)
Military history: A Co, 1St Bn, 8Th Mar, 2D Mar Div, (Rct-7, 1St Mar Div), Camp Lejeune, Nc
Date of death: Friday, November 26, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Philip Andrew Johnson Jr., age 31, from Mobile, Alabama, Mobile county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 571St Medical Company (Air Ambulance) 3D Acr, Fort Carson, Co 80913
Date of death: Thursday, January 8, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Howard Johnson II, age 21, from Mobile, Alabama, Mobile county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 507Th Maintenance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas 79916
Date of death: Sunday, March 23, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Al-Samaurah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Cornell Lemont Sr. Houston, age 31, from Mobile, Alabama, Mobile county.
Spouse: Carmen
Children: Five children, ages 3 to 14
Service era: Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
Schools: Lisbon High
Military history: Purple Heart. 41st Engineer Battalion, Fort Drum, New York
Date of death: Wednesday, October 6, 1993
Death details: Killed from a gunshot wound suffered during battle in Somalia
Cemetery: Mobile National
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Veterans Affairs, grave marker, Tulsa World