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Polo, Joe
Army Sergeant

Joe Polo remembered - Spread the Word: Iraq-Nam

Joe Polo, age 24, from Opa-Locka, Florida, Dade county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 2D Battalion, 12Th Infantry, Fort Carson, Colorado

Date of death: Thursday, March 29, 2007
Death details: Died from wounds suffered when his unit was attacked by an improvised explosive device and small arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Williams, Rodney Jay
Marines Lance corporal

Rodney Jay Williams, age 22, from Dade County Opa Locka, Florida .

Service era: Beirut bombings

Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Cemetery: Dade Memorial Park

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, findagrave.com

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