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Jonathan W. Gifford, age 34, from Palm Bay, Florida, Brevard county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Marines Special Operations Battalion, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Date of death: Sunday, July 29, 2012
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Badghis Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Justin L. Horsley, age 21, from Palm Bay, Florida, Brevard county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Caserma Ederle, Italy.
Date of death: Sunday, July 22, 2012
Death details: Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit in Pul-E Alam, Afghanistan with an improvised explosive device. Pfc. Brenden N. Salazar was also killed.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jeremiah T. Sancho, age 23, from Palm Bay, Florida, Brevard county.
Parents: Janet Diaz
Spouse: RaiAnne Sancho
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Palm Bay High (2007)
Military history: 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York.
Date of death: Thursday, October 13, 2011
Death details: Died in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan of injuries suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael Russell Creighton-Weldon, age 20, from Palm Bay, Florida, Brevard county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A 2D Battalion 7Th Infanty Regiment Fort Stewart, Georgia
Date of death: Saturday, March 29, 2003
Death details: Killed in a suicide bombing in Obj Raider, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
James E. Pedersen, age 25, from Palm Bay, Florida, Brevard county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Saturday, May 27, 1995
Death details: Died when his Cessna 172 clipped a power line and crashed in the desert near Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada. They were assigned to Whidbey Island, Washington Naval Air Station and were on a traiing mission at Fallon Naval Air Station when they rented the civilian aircraft.
Source: U.S. Navy, Reno Gazette Journal (1995)