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Eric B. Shaw, age 31, from Exeter, Maine, Penobscot county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Date of death: Sunday, June 27, 2010
Death details: Died in Konar, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with smalls arms fire. David W. Thomas also died in the incident
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Brandon M. Silk, age 25, from Orono, Maine, Penobscot county.
Parents: Mark Silk and Lynn Silk
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Calais High, Orono High (2003)
Military history: 5th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Enlisted 2003.
Date of death: Monday, June 21, 2010
Death details: Died of injuries sustained when the helicopter he was in made a hard landing.
Cemetery: Lawndale, Bangor
Source: Department of Defense, Leaf Chronicle, Boston Globe, NECN, Bangor Daily News, Military Times
Nicholas Alan Robertson, age 27, from Old Town, Maine, Penobscot county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 3d Battalion, 3d Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Date of death: Thursday, April 3, 2008
Death details: Died at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from wounds sustained while conducting dismounted combat operations in the Zahn Khan District, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Blair William Emery, age 24, from Lee, Maine, Penobscot county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 571st Military Police Company, 97th Mp Bn, 89th Mp Bde, Fort Lewis, Wa
Date of death: Friday, November 30, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Lsaa, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Joel Amos House, age 22, from Lee, Maine, Penobscot county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company D, 2d Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 1 Bct, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Saturday, June 23, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Taji, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Sgt. Joel House Summer Camp Fund
Christopher M. Wilson, age 24, from Bangor, Maine, Penobscot county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 1st Battalion, 32d Infantry, Fort Drum, New York
Date of death: Thursday, March 29, 2007
Death details: Died from a rocket-propelled grenade at Korengal Outpost, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Kristofer Raymond Ciraso, age 26, from Bangor, Maine, Penobscot county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry, 2 Bct, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Thursday, December 7, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Hawija, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
David Michael Veverka, age 25, from Orono, Maine, Penobscot county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 3d Bn, 172d Infantry, 485th Csb, 16th Csg (3 Cc), Brewer, Maine
Date of death: Saturday, May 6, 2006
Death details: Hostile; 10th Csh, Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Dustin James Harris, age 21, from Bangor, Maine, Penobscot county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 172d Brigade Support Batttalion, 172d Sbct (101 Aa), Fort Wainwright, Alaska
Date of death: Thursday, April 6, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Bayji, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Gary L. Gordon, age 33, from Lincoln, Maine, Penobscot county.
Service era: Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
Date of death: Sunday, October 3, 1993
Death details: Killed during a 16 hour fight with supporters of Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Two U.S. Blackhawk helicopters were brought down
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Tampa Bay Times