Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
Antonio Garcia, age 21, from Peoria, Arizona.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: October 20, 2019
Death details: Soldiers were training in the darkness when their armored vehicle fell from a bridge and landed upside down in water below in Georgia
Source: azcentral.com, Coastal Courier
Christian Michael Pike, age 31, from Peoria, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: West Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit.
Date of death: Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Death details: Died in Landstuhl, Germany as a result of combat-related injuried sustained March 10 while conducting stability operations in Maiwand District, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Stephen James Raderstorf, age 21, from Peoria, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Parents: Sharon Raderstorf and James Raderstorf
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Prescott High (2003)
Military history: Troop A, 3Rd Squadron, 8Th Cavalry, Fort Hood, Texas; Bronze Star and Purple Heart
Date of death: Sunday, January 7, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Associated Press
Kenneth John Schall, age 22, from Peoria, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Co A, 2D Bn, 70Th Armor, 1St Armored Div (Tf Baghdad), Fort Riley, Kansas
Date of death: Sunday, May 22, 2005
Death details: Yusafiyah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Christopher Jack Lapka, age 22, from Peoria, Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: B Co, 1St Bn, 3D Mar, (Rct-7, 1St Mar Div), 3D Mar Div, Mcbh Kaneohe Bay, Hi
Date of death: Saturday, October 30, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Zaidon, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times