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David R. Fahey, age 23, from Norwalk, Connecticut, Fairfield county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
Date of death: Monday, February 28, 2011
Death details: Died in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device.
Cemetery: Rose Hills Memorial Park
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Wilfredo Jr Perez, age 24, from Norwalk, Connecticut, Fairfield county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 1St Battalion, 67Th Armor, Fort Hood, Texas
Date of death: Saturday, July 26, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Benjamin C. Berndt, age 24, from Norwalk, Connecticut, Fairfield county.
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Thursday, December 16, 1982
Death details: Among 9 crew members killed when their B-52 bomber crashed in a pasture near Mather Air Force Base, California.
Cemetery: Saint John’s in Norwalk
Source: Charlotte News (1983), Lead Daily Call (1983), Lincoln Star (1982), findagrave.com