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Abraham Tarwoe, age 25, from Providence, Rhode Island, Providence county.
Spouse: Juah Kelly
Children: Son, 1
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Date of death: Thursday, April 12, 2012
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Cemetery: In Liberia
Source: Department of Defense, Providence Journal
Dennis P. Weichel Jr., age 29, from Providence, Rhode Island, Providence county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Children: 3
Military history: 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment, 56th Troop Command, Rhode Island National Guard, East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
Date of death: Thursday, March 22, 2012
Death details: Died in Laghman Province, Afghanistan from injuries suffered in a noncombat related incident.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Dennis C. Poulin, age 26, from Cumberland, Rhode Island, Providence county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts National Guard, Milford, Massachusetts.
Date of death: Monday, March 28, 2011
Death details: Died in the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany of injuries sustained on March 28, 2011 in Konar Province, Afghanistan from a non-combat related incident.
Source: Department of Defense., masslive.com
Kyle J. Coutu, age 20, from Providence, Rhode Island, Providence county.
Parents: Melissa Coutu
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: William E. Tolman High (2009)
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Date of death: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Death details: Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Cemetery: Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery, Exeter
Source: Department of Defense, Providence Journal, Military Times
Moises Jazmin, age 25, from Providence, Rhode Island, Providence county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 1St Battalion, 66Th Armor, 1 Bct, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Sunday, August 27, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Taji, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Holly Ann Charette, age 21, from Cranston, Rhode Island, Providence county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hq Bn, (Hq Co, 8Th Mar, Rct-8), 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, Nc
Date of death: Thursday, June 23, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Matthew Kenneth Serio, age 21, from North Providence, Rhode Island, Providence county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Co, 1St Bn, 5Th Mar, 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Monday, April 5, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ivan M. Perez, age 22, from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Providence county.
Service era: Operation Just Cause Panama
Date of death: Wednesday, December 20, 1989
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Arlington National Cemetery, New York Daily News (1989)
Timothy R. Giblin from North Providence, Rhode Island, Providence county.
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terrorist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance
Peter M. Riley, age 23, from Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Providence county.
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Thursday, December 16, 1982
Death details: Among 9 crew members killed when their B-52 bomber crashed in a pasture near Mather Air Force Base, California.
Cemetery: Saint Charles in Blackstone, Massachusetts
Source: Charlotte News (1983), Lead Daily Call (1983), Lincoln Star (1982), findagrave.com