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Maurice Keith Fortune, age 25, from Forestville, Maryland, Prince George’s county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Battery A, 2D Battalion, 17Th Field Artillery, 2 Bct (1 Mef), Camp Hovey, Korea
Date of death: Friday, October 29, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jason Christopher Ford, age 21, from Bowie, Maryland, Prince George’s county.
Service era: Iraq
Parent: Joseph Ford
Military history: Company B, 1St Battalion / 18Th Infantry, Apo Ae 09033 (Schweinfurt, Germany)
Date of death: Saturday, March 13, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Tikrit, Iraq. Kiled when a roadside bomb exploded next to his Humvee
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Horace R. Stephens, age 20, from Prince George’s County Capitol Heights, Maryland .
Service era: Beirut bombings
Schools: Suitland High (1982)
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, findagrave.com, Baltimore Evening Sun (1983)
Stephen Joseph Huskey, age 20, from Prince George’s County Landover, Maryland .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, October 31, 1971
Death details: Stephen was killed in Vietnam while he fought at his brother Frank’s side.
Cemetery: Non-hostile
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1971)
Frederick William Murphy, age 21, from Brentwood, Maryland, Prince George’s county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, July 2, 1971
Death details: South Vietnam
Cemetery: Hostile, died of wounds
Source: National Archives
Robert Michael Gaffigan, age 19, from Silver Spring, Maryland, Prince George’s county.
Parents: Joseph P. Gaffigan
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Springbrook High (1967), Univeristy of Maryland
Date of death: Monday, October 26, 1970
Death details: Shot in South Vietnam by friendly forces when he was mistaken for the enemy. He died the following day.
Cemetery: Hostile, died of wounds
Source: National Archives, Baltimore Evening Sun (1970)
Paul Edward Bridgett, age 18, from Riverdale, Maryland, Prince George’s county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, August 26, 1970
Death details: South Vietnam
Cemetery: Hostile, died missing
Source: National Archives
Thomas Edward Jr. Kessing, age 19, from Silver Spring, Maryland, Prince George’s county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, August 25, 1970
Death details: South Vietnam
Cemetery: Hostile, died of wounds
Source: National Archives, Akron Beacon Journal (1970)
John Sylvester Nutwell, age 20, from Brandywine, Maryland, Prince George’s county.
Parents: James L. Nutwell
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: LaPlata High
Date of death: Monday, August 24, 1970
Death details: Drowned accidentally in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Baltimore Evening Sun (1970)
John Raymond Poe, age 21, from Laurel, Maryland, Prince George’s county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, August 4, 1970
Death details: South Vietnam
Cemetery: Non-hostile, illness
Source: National Archives