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Adrian L. Avila, age 19, from Opelika, Alabama, Lee county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 1343rd Chemical Company, 151st Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Battalion, 115th Fires Brigade of the Alabama Army National Guard, Fort Payne, Alabama.
Date of death: Thursday, October 29, 2009
Death details: Died at Khabari Crossing, Kuwait of injuries sustained from a non-combat related accident.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Christopher James Taylor, age 22, from Opelika, Alabama, Lee county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Battery B, 1St Battalion, 41St Field Artillery, 3D Id, (Tf Liberty), Fort Stewart, Ga
Date of death: Sunday, July 24, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Howard Lanier Williamson, age 20, from Opelika, Alabama, Lee county.
Parents: Cornelle Williamson
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, June 3, 1970
Death details: Died in Southeast Asia
Source: National Archives, Birmingham Post Herald (1970)
Donnie Stephen Bartlett, age 20, from Opelika, Alabama, Lee county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, March 11, 1970
Source: National Archives