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Keith D. Benson, age 27, from Brockton, Massahusetts, Plymouth county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Norwood High (2002)
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, Grafenwoehr, Germany.
Date of death: Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Death details: Died in Paktika Province, Afghanistan. No information provided by Department of Defense.
Source: Department of Defense, Patriot Ledger, Military Times
Timothy J. Steele, age 25, from Duxbury, Massachusetts, Plymouth county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York.
Date of death: Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Death details: Died in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device.
Source: Department of Defense, Massachusetts Soliders Legacy Fund
Kevin Thomas Preach, age 21, from Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Plymouth county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 3D Bn, 8Th Mar, (Gce, Spmagtf-Afghanistan), Camp Lejeune, Nc
Date of death: Saturday, February 7, 2009
Death details: Hostile; San Antonio, United States
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Matthew Michael Pollini, age 21, from Rockland, Massachusetts, Plymouth county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 772D Military Police Company, 91St Battalion, 8Th Brigade, Taunton, Ma
Date of death: Thursday, January 22, 2009
Death details: Wasit, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Matthew Alan Bean, age 22, from Pembroke, Massachusetts, Plymouth county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Battery A, 2D Battalion, 15Th Field Artillery, Fort Drum, New York
Date of death: Thursday, May 31, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Bethesda, United States
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Michael Jason Kelley, age 26, from Scituate, Massachusetts, Plymouth county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Battery E, 101St Field Artillery Battalion, (Tf Cjsotf), Rehoboth, Ma
Date of death: Wednesday, June 8, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Salerno, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Norman Darling, age 29, from Rockland, Massachusetts, Plymouth county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Btry, 4Th Bn, 27Th Field Artillery (1Ad) Apo Ae 09034 (Baumholder, Ge)
Date of death: Thursday, April 29, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Jeffrey Charles Burgess, age 20, from Plymouth, Massachusetts, Plymouth county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Mwss-373, Mwsg-37, 3D Maw, Mcas Miramar, San Diego, Ca
Date of death: Thursday, March 25, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Al Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Brian Michael McPhillips, age 25, from Pembroke, Massachusetts, Plymouth county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 2D Tank Bn, 2D Mardiv, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Date of death: Friday, April 4, 2003
Death details: Hostile; , Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Thomas Lewis Robinson, age 38, from Kingston, Massachusetts, Plymouth county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Uss Paul Hamilton (Ddg-60)
Date of death: Wednesday, October 23, 2002
Death details: , Bahrain
Source: Department of Defense