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Lyle D. Turnbull, age 31, from Norfolk, Virginia.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 62nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 11th Signal Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas.
Date of death: Friday, October 18, 2013
Death details: Died while in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait from a medical emergency.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Wade Wilkenson, 47, from Virginia, Norfolk, City of county.
Date of death: Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Death details: Suicide at home at Navy Base Norfolk, Virginia
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database provided courtesy of the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; Florida Times Union., findagrave.com
William K. Middleton, age 26, from Norfolk, Virginia, Norfolk county.
Parents: Clarence Middleton and Marlene Blackburn
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: L. C. Bird High, Chesterfield County (2002); Old Dominion University (2007)
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Enlisted April 2009.
Date of death: Monday, November 22, 2010
Death details: Died in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Staff Sergeant Sean M. Flannery was also killed.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Department of Defense, Richmond Time Dispatch, Military Times
Daniel Martin Mayberry, age 21, from Virginia, Norfolk, City of county.
Date of death: Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Death details: Injuries, Sentara General Hospital Virginia Beach, Virginia
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database from the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; Military Times
Jeremiah Emmanuel McNeal, age 23, from Norfolk, Virginia, Norfolk (City) county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 237Th Engineer Company, 276Th Engineer Battalion, 91St Troop Command, West Point, Virginia
Date of death: Sunday, April 6, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Jevon Kieran Jordan, age 32, from Norfolk, Virginia, Norfolk (City) county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 3D Battalion, 7Th Infantry, Fort Stewart, Georgia
Date of death: Saturday, March 29, 2008
Death details: Died in Landstuhl, Germany from injuries sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device in Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jeffrey S Webb, age 21, from Virginia, Norfolk, City of county.
Military history: 1st Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team
School: Wake Christian Academy (2004)
Date of death: Friday, September 21, 2007
Death details: Accident, Fort A P Hill, Virginia
Cemetery: Montlawn Memorial Park in Raleigh, North Carolina
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; Legacy, findagrave.com
William Robert Howdeshell, age 37, from Norfolk, Virginia, Norfolk (City) county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop A, 5Th Squadron, 7Th Cavalry, Fort Stewart, Georgia
Date of death: Thursday, July 26, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Saqliwiyah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Lee Arthur Jr Lewis, age 28, from Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk (City) county.
Service era: Iraq
Parents: Elvena B. and Lee A. Lewis
Military history: Hhc, 3D Bn, 15Th Inf, (3 Id), Fort Stewart, Georgia
Date of death: Friday, March 18, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Sadr City, Iraq
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Department of Defense, Cook Brothers Funeral, Chapel & Crematory
James Rodrick McDaniels, age 19, from Norfolk, Virginia, Norfolk county.
Service era: War on Terror
Date of death: Thursday, October 12, 2000
Death details: Died aboard the U.S.S. Cole when suicide bombers detonated an explosive-laden boat against the ship’s port side, tearing a 40-by-40-foot hole in the hull and sending seawater gushing into the engineering compartment.
Source: Department of Defense