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David T. Wright, age 26, from Moore, Oklahoma, Oklahoma county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington.
Date of death: Monday, September 14, 2009
Death details: Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device in southern Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Melvin Leslie Blazer Jr., age 38, from Moore, Oklahoma, Cleveland county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: K Co, 3D Bn, 5Th Mar, Rct-1, 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Sunday, December 12, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Daniel Lee Galvan, age 30, from Moore, Oklahoma, Cleveland county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: B Company, 2D Battalion, 25Th Aviation, Wheeler Army Airfield, Hi 96854
Date of death: Thursday, August 12, 2004
Death details: Salerno, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Alfred Frank Pospisil, age 20, from Moore, Oklahoma, Cleveland county.
Parents: Alving S. Pospisil
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Moore High (1969), Oklahoma State University
Military history: 23rd Army Division
Date of death: Saturday, August 7, 1971
Death details: Killed when he stepped on an emeny land mine.
Source: National Archives, Daily Oklahoman (1971)