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Eppinger, Garrick Louis
Army Sergeant

Garrick Louis Eppinger, age 25, from Appleton, Wisconsin, Outagamie county.

Parents: Garrick Sr. and Linda Eppinger
Spouse: None
Children: Lenorea Rose Eppinger

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Appleton North (2004); University of Wisconsin – Fox Valley
Military history: 687th Combat Sustinment Support Brigade, 646th Regional Support Group, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Wausau, Wisconsin

Date of death: Saturday, September 17, 2011
Death details: Died in Parwan Province, Afghanistan. No other details provided.

Source: Department of Defense, Appleton Post Crecent, Military Times

Hermanson, Matthew D.
Army Sergeant

Matthew D. Hermanson, age 22, from Appleton, Wisconsin, Outagamie county.

Spouse: Rachel Hermanson (married May 8, 2010)
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Appleton North High (2006)
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Polk, Louisiana. Enlisted in March 2007; Bronze Star and Purple Heart

Date of death: Thursday, April 28, 2011
Death details: Died in Wardak Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire.
Cemetery: Riverside in Appleton

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Mueller, Nikolas A.
Army Sergeant

Nikolas A. Mueller, age 26, from Little Chute, Wisconsin, Outagamie county.

Parents: Larry Mueller and Sharon Mueller

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Regiment (Airborne), Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia. Joined Army in 2004.

Date of death: Monday, October 26, 2009
Death details: Among seven soldiers who died of wounds suffered when the MH-47 helicopter they were aboard crashed in Darreh-ye Bum, Afghanistan.

Source: Department of Defense, Appleton Post Crescent, Military Times

Riehl, Nicholas Emerson
Army Private 1st class

Nicholas Emerson Riehl, age 21, from Shiocton, Wisconsin, Outagamie county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop D, 5Th Squadron, 7Th Cavalry, 1 Bct, Fort Stewart, Georgia

Date of death: Friday, April 27, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, legacy.com

Jerabek, Ryan Michael
Marines Private 1st class

Ryan Michael Jerabek, age 18, from Oneida, Wisconsin, Outagamie county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: 2D Bn, 4Th Mar, 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca

Date of death: Tuesday, April 6, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Al Anbar Province, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Foley, Thomas Harold
Army Warrant officer

Thomas Harold Foley, age 20, from Outagamie County Seymour, Wisconsin .

Parents: Harold Foley

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Seymour Community High (1969)

Date of death: Thursday, December 2, 1971
Death details: Died in a helicopter accident
Cemetery: Saint John in Seymour

Source: National Archives, Green Bay Post Gazette (1971)

Fisher, John William
Army Major

John William Fisher, age 32, from Appleton, Wisconsin, Outagamie county.

Parents: J.N. Fisher
Spouse: Married
Children: Two sons and one daughter

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Appleton and Dubois public school, graduated from Shattuck Military Academy in Fairbault, Minnesota and Stanford Univeristy and Columbia University

Date of death: Thursday, July 9, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Veitnam

Source: National Archives, Appleton Post Crescent (1970)

Behrent, Mark Sylvester
Army Private 1st class

Mark Sylvester Behrent, age 19, from Appleton, Wisconsin, Outagamie county.

Parents: Lawrence R. Behrent

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Appleton High West (1968)
Military history: HHT Unit of the 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry, 1st Regiment of Dragoons

Date of death: Tuesday, June 16, 1970
Death details: Died in Great Lakes Naval Hospital from head wounds sustained in Vietnam on April 29, 1970.

Source: National Archives, Appleton Post Crescent (1970)

Reinke, Robert Harvey
Army Corporal

Robert Harvey Reinke, age 20, from Appleton, Wisconsin, Outagamie county.

Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment

Date of death: Tuesday, March 21, 1967
Death details: Killed by small arms fire, Kontum Province

Source: National Archives., 35th Infantry Regiment Association

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