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James A. Justice, age 32, from Grimes, Iowa, Polk county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, LeMars, Iowa.
Date of death: Saturday, April 23, 2011
Death details: Died at Kapisa Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Daniel Whitten, age 28, from Grimes, Iowa, Polk county.
Parents: Dan Whitten and Jill Whitten
Spouse: Starr
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Johnston High (1999)
Military history: 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Bronze Star.
Date of death: Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Death details: Died when enemy forces attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device in Zabul Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Des Moines Register, Radio Iowa. Philadelphia Examiner., Military Times
Scott Michael Carney, age 37, from Des Moines, Iowa, Polk county.
Service era: Iraq
Spouse: Jeni
Children: Jacob and Justin (born in 1994)
Parents: John Kenneth and Geneva Sharon Carney
School: Sheridan High graduate
Military history: Hhc, 2D Brigade Combat Team, 34Th Infantry, Boone, Iowa
Date of death: Friday, August 24, 2007
Death details: Killed in a rollover accident in Herat, Afghanistan during convoy operations.
Source: Department of Defense, Iles Funeral Homes, Spencer Daily Reporter
Marilyn Lea Gabbard, age 46, from Polk City, Iowa, Polk county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Joint Forces Headquarters, Forward 14, Fort Bliss, Tx
Date of death: Saturday, January 20, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Dakotah Lee Gooding, age 21, from Des Moines, Iowa, Polk county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Troop, 5Th Squadron, 7Th Cavalry, 3D Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia
Date of death: Sunday, February 13, 2005
Death details: Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Brandon Chauncy Sturdy, age 19, from Urbandale, Iowa, Polk county.
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Urbandale High graduate
Military history: F Co, 2D Bn, 1St Mar, 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Thursday, May 13, 2004
Death details: Died when a homemade bomb blew up near Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Kurt Russell Frosheiser, age 22, from Des Moines, Iowa, Polk county.
Parents: Jeanie Hudson-Holton and Chris Fosheiser
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc 2Nd Battalion 6Th Infantry, 1St Armored Division, Apo Ae 09034
Date of death: Saturday, November 8, 2003
Death details: Killed as the vehicle he was in passed an improvised explosive device that was detonated by someone nearby.
Source: Department of Defense, Iles Funeral Homes
Michael David Gehrt, age 25, from Des Moines, Iowa, Polk county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, November 24, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, illness in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Des Moines Register (1970)
Tim Edwin Newell, age 24, from Des Moines, Iowa, Polk county.
Parents: Melvin E. Newell
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Technical High (1964)
Date of death: Wednesday, September 9, 1970
Death details: Killed by enemy fire in South Vietnam while leading a patrol with a scout dog.
Cemetery: Sunset Memorial
Source: National Archives, Des Moines Tribune (1970)
Bruce William Wright, age 21, from West Des Moines, Iowa, Polk county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Springfield High in Illinois graduate, Iowa Wesleyan College
Date of death: Tuesday, September 1, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Des Moines Tribune (1970)