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Robert B. Cowdrey, age 39, from Atwater, Ohio, Portage county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Date of death: Thursday, October 13, 2011
Death details: Died in Kunar Province, Afghanistan from injuries suffered during combat operations.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Adam S. Hamilton, age 22, from Kent, Ohio, Portage county.
Parents: Scott Hamilton and Connie Hamilton
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Kent Theodore Roosevelt High (2007)
Military history: 4th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas. Posthumously awarded Bronze Star and Purple Heart. Joined Army in March 2009.
Date of death: Saturday, May 28, 2011
Death details: Died in Haji Ruf, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
Cemetery: Standing Rock Cemetery, Kent
Source: Department of Defense, Shorts-Spicer-Crislip Funeral Home, Military Times
Benjamin Charles Dillon, age 22, from Rootstown, Ohio, Portage county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 3D Battalion, 75Th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga
Date of death: Sunday, October 7, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jason John Hernandez, age 21, from Streetsboro, Ohio, Portage county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop A, 1St Squadron, 9Th Cavalry, 4 Bct, Fort Bliss, Tx
Date of death: Friday, September 7, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Lucas Wesley Albert Emch, age 21, from Kent, Ohio, Portage county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 1St Marine Logistics Group
Date of death: Friday, March 2, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Ivo Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, ohiofallenheros.org
Matthew Gale Conte, age 22, from Mogadore, Ohio, Portage county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 3Rd Mardiv Det, Kaneohe, Hi
Date of death: Thursday, February 1, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Albu Hyatt, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Jeremy Enlow Murray, age 27, from Atwater, Ohio, Portage county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Wpns Co, 3D Bn, 1St Mar (Rct-2, 2D Mar Div), 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Al Asad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Robert Wallace Backherms, age 30, from Ravenna, Ohio, Portage county.
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Wednesday, April 19, 1989
Death details: Killed in accidental explosion aboard the USS Iowa just off Puerto Rico
Source: Iowa Daily Press, UPI
Christopher Harold Turk, age 20, from Portage County Ravenna, Ohio .
Parents: Harold Turk
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Southeast High, Kent State University at Salem
Date of death: Sunday, February 13, 1972
Death details: Died in South Vietnam after he fell from a crane.
Source: National Archives, Akron Beacon Journal (1972)
Robert William II Zoller, age 20, from Mantua, Ohio, Portage county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, July 2, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives