Port Orchard Washington

Patton, Adam J.
Army Specialist

Adam J. Patton, age 21, from Port Orchard, Washington, Kitsap county.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Date of death: Thursday, May 26, 2011
Death details: Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Killed were 1st Lt. John M. Runkle, Staff Sgt. Edward D. Mills Jr., Staff Sgt. Ergin V. Osman, Sgt. Thomas A. Bohall, Sgt. Louie A. Ramos
Cemetery: Sunset Lane Memorial Park, Port Orchard

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, findagrave.com

Aultz, Corey James
Army Sergeant

Corey James Aultz, age 31, from Port Orchard, Washington, Kitsap county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 1St Battalion 77Th Armor, 2 Bct, (I Mef), Wurzburg, Germany

Date of death: Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Ramadi, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com

Gibbons, Devon James
Army Private 1st class

Devon James Gibbons, age 19, from Port Orchard, Washington, Kitsap county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop B, 7Th Squadron, 10Th Cavalry, 1 Bct, Fort Hood, Texas

Date of death: Friday, June 23, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Fort Sam Houston, United States

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Belas, Lee
Army Sergeant

Lee Belas, age 22, from Port Orchard, Washington, Kitsap county.

Service era: Gulf War
Schools: South Kitsap High (1986)

Date of death: Wednesday, February 27, 1991
Death details: He and eight others died when their helicopter was shot down on the day the cease fire was declared.

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, Lee Belas Interational Scholarship Foundation, Seattle Pilot

Blieffert, Richmond Frederick
Navy Seaman 1st class

Richmond Frederick Blieffert from Kitsap County Port Orchard, Washington .

Parents: Carl Blieffert

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Cemetery: Honolulu Memorial

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, The Olympian (2000)

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