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Adam S. Thomas, age 31, from Tacoma Park, Maryland, Montgomery county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Company B, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, Fort Carson
Date of death: Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Death details: Died in Nangarar Province, Afghanistan from injuries caused by an improvised explosive device that exploded during dismounted operations
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Barun Rai, age 24, from Silver Spring, Maryland, Montgomery county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 54th Engineer Battalion, 18th Engineer Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany.
Date of death: Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Death details: Died in Logar Province, Afghanistan of injuries sustained during a vehicle rollover.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, findagrave
Anthony A. Paci, age 30, from Rockville, Maryland, Montgomery county.
Spouse: Erica O’Beirne Paci
Children: Judah, 2; Tallulah, 1; Mila, 3 months
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry, 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Enlisted October 2004.
Date of death: Thursday, March 4, 2010
Death details: Died at Gereshk, Afghanistan of injuries suffered after his tank rolled over while half of his body was outside the vehicle.
Source: Department of Defense, Frederick News Post, Baltimore Sun, Trentonian, Military Times
Rodrigo A. Munguia Rivas, age 27, from Germantown, Maryland, Montgomery county. Their last known residence was in Germantown.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Assigned to the 710th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York.
Date of death: Sunday, June 21, 2009
Death details: Died in Bagram, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when their unit was attacked by indirect fire.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Brian Matthew Bunting, age 29, from Potomac, Maryland, Montgomery county.
Service era: Iraq
Spouse: Nicki
Child: Connor, 1
Military history: Headquarters, 27Th Infantry, Syracuse, New York
Date of death: Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Death details: Hostile; Kandahar, Afghanistan. Died of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.
School: U.S. Military Academy at West Point (2002)
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael Ross Stahlman, age 45, from Chevy Chase, Maryland, Montgomery county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hq Bn, (G-9, I Mef Fwd), Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms, Ca
Date of death: Sunday, October 5, 2008
Death details: Died at Bethesda, United States from injuries sustained in a July 31 non-hostile incident in Anbar province, Iraq.
Source: Department of Defense, U.S. Navy, Military Times
James Joseph Walton, age 41, from Rockville, Maryland, Montgomery county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 1St Brigade, 1St Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas
Date of death: Saturday, June 21, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Kandahar City, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Thomas Joseph Ii Barbieri, age 24, from Gaithersburg, Maryland, Montgomery county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company D, 1St Battalion, 325Th Infantry, Fort Bragg, Nc
Date of death: Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Yusifiyah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Justin Ray Davis, age 19, from Gaithersburg, Maryland, Montgomery county.
Parents: Dennis Johnson and Paula Davis
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 1St Battalion, 32D Infantry, Fort Drum, Ny
Date of death: Sunday, June 25, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Korengal, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Armer Nathan Burkart, age 26, from Rockville, Maryland, Montgomery county.
Spouse: Christy
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Zadok Magruder High (1997), Rockville, Lehigh University
Military history: Troop B, 1St Squadron, 71St Cavalry, 1 Bct, (4 Id), Fort Drum, New York
Date of death: Thursday, May 11, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Abu Ghraib, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com, Military Times