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Troy Leon Miranda, age 44, from Little Rock, Arkansas, Pulaski county.
Parents: Bobby Miranda
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Detachment 1, C Company, 1St Battalion / 153D Infantry, Dequeen, Arkansas 71832; Bronze Star and Purple Heart
Date of death: Thursday, May 20, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Cemetery: Oak Grove, Polk County
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Patrick William Kordsmeier, age 49, from North Little Rock, Arkansas, Pulaski county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 39Th Combat Support Battalion, Camp Robinson, North Little Rock, Ar 72199
Date of death: Saturday, April 24, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Arthur Lejohn Felder, age 36, from North Little Rock, Arkansas, Pulaski county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 39Th Combat Support Battalion, Camp Robinson, North Little Rock, Arkansas
Date of death: Saturday, April 24, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Taji, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Kevin Neil Morehead, age 33, from Little Rock, Arkansas, Pulaski county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B 3D Battalion 5Th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Ky 42223
Date of death: Friday, September 12, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael Vann Johnson Jr., age 25, from Little Rock, Arkansas, Pulaski county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Naval Medical Center, San Diego, Ca
Date of death: Tuesday, March 25, 2003
Death details: Hostile; , Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Donovan Briley, age 33, from North Little Rock, Arkansas, Pulaski county.
Parents: Bob and Alice Ann
Spouse: Sharri
Children: Jordan, 5
Service era: Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
Date of death: Sunday, October 3, 1993
Death details: Killed during a 16 hour fight with supporters of Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Two U.S. Blackhawk helicopters were brought down
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Tulsa World
Francis James Klassen, age 24, from Pulaski County North Little Rock, Arkansas .
Parents: Frank James Klassen Sr.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, November 10, 1971
Death details: Killed in Vietnam when a helicpter he was co-piloting crashed and burned.
Source: National Archives, Simpson’s Leader Times (1971)
Franklin Alvin Hamm, age 26, from Little Rock, Arkansas, Pulaski county.
Spouse: Charlotte E. Hamm
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, November 19, 1970
Source: National Archives, Atlanta Constitution (1970)
Raymond Leon Jr. Long, age 35, from Little Rock, Arkansas, Pulaski county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, May 6, 1970
Source: National Archives
James Alvin Hughes, age 20, from Little Rock, Arkansas, Pulaski county.
Parents: Joe Hughes
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, March 15, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)