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Dominique Cruz, age 26, from Panama City, Florida, Bay county.
Service era: Afghanistan.
Military history: Operation Specialist to the USS Hasley, San Diego, California.
Date of death: Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Death details: Cruz was found Jan. 19, 2011 during a search and recscue operation in the Gulf of Oman after being reported missing Jan. 18, 2011.
Source: Department of Defense., Military Times
Charles Andrew Jankowski, age 24, from Panama City, Florida, Bay county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 2D Battalion, 3D Special Troops Brigade, 2 Bct, Fort Stewart, Georgia
Date of death: Friday, March 28, 2008
Death details: Died of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ana Marie San Nicolas Camacho, age 20, from Panama City, Florida, Bay county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Naval Security Force, Bahrain
Date of death: Monday, October 22, 2007
Death details: Seaman Anamarie Camacho and Seaman Genesia Gresham, were shot and killed by a third sailor who then shot himself in October 2007
Source: Department of Defense, CNN, Military Times
William Wesley Wood, age 44, from Panama City, Florida, Bay county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 1St Battalion, 184Th Infantry (Tf Baghdad) Modesto, California
Date of death: Thursday, October 27, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Timothy Wayne Moehling, age 35, from Panama City, Florida, Bay county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A 5Th Battalion 158Th Aviation Regiment Apo Ae 09182
Date of death: Tuesday, February 25, 2003
Death details: Camp Udairi, Kuwait
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Thanh V. Nguyen, age 37, from Panama City, Florida, Bay county.
Service era: Khobar Towers Bombing
Date of death: Tuesday, June 25, 1996
Death details: Terrorists bombed the Khobar Towers, a housing unit near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing 19 Air Force personnel and injuring about 400 other Americans.
Cemetery: Garden of Memories in Panama City, Florida
Source: Air Force, findagrave.com, Associated Press (1996)
James E. Faulk, age 21, from Bay County Panama City, 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.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Arizona Daily Star (1983)
William Russell Jr. Kersey, age 29, from Panama City, Florida, Bay county.
Parents: William R. Kersey Sr.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, September 1, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Naples Daily News (1970)
James Alvin Russ, age 29, from Panama City, Florida, Bay county.
Spouse: Married
Children: Two sons
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Lincoln University
Date of death: Monday, April 27, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Jefferson City Sunday News and Tribune (1970)
James A. Howard from Panama City, Florida, Bay county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, April 10, 1970
Death details: Killed when an RF4 Reconnaissance jet crashed into the air base at Udorn, Thailand.
Source: National Archives, AFTN VFW Memorial Post 10249