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Chad D. Frokjer, age 27, from Maplewood, Minnesota, Ramsey county.
Parents: Brian Frokjer and Arlene Frokjer
Spouse: Leslie Frokjer
Children: Eli
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California
Date of death: Thursday, June 30, 2011
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Star Tribune, Military Times
Matthew J. Johnson, age 21, from Maplewood, Minnesota, Ramsey county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: North High, St. Paul, graduate
Military history: 27th Engineer Battalion (Combat Airborne), 20th Engineer Brigade (Combat), Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Date of death: Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Death details: Died at Zabul Province, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his military vehicle with an improvised explosive device. Killed were Chase Stanley of California, Jesse D. Reed of Pennsylvania, Matthew J. Johnson of Minnesota and Zachary M. Fisher of Missouri.
Source: Department of Defense, Fox 9, Military Times
Kham Xiong, age 23, from St. Paul, Minnesota.
Parents: Chor Xiong
Children: Three children
Schools: Community Peace Academy (2004)
Military history: Enlisted in 2008.
Date of death: Thursday, November 5, 2009
Death details: Killed by gunshot from a fellow soldier, police said, in an attack at Ft. Hood that left 13 dead and 30 injured.
Source: Army, CNN, Facebook
Bryan Thomas McDonough, age 22, from Maplewood, Minnesota, Ramsey county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 2D Battalion, 136Th Infantry, (1 Mef), Crookston, Mn
Date of death: Saturday, December 2, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Brett Evan Angus, age 40, from St. Paul, Minnesota.
Parents: Cheryl Kari (preceded in death)
Spouse: Masami
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Mwss-372, Mwsg-37, 3D Maw, Mcas Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Saturday, November 26, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, legacy.com, Military Times
Elden David Arcand, age 22, from White Bear Lake, Minnesota, Ramsey county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 360Th Transportation Company, 68Th Csb, (1 Coscom), Fort Carson, Co
Date of death: Sunday, August 21, 2005
Death details: Tal Afar, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Curtis Donald Feistner, age 34, from White Bear Lake, Minnesota, Ramsey county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company E 160Th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Apo Ap 96205
Date of death: Friday, February 22, 2002
Death details: Killed in an MH-47E crash during a training exercise near Basilan Island, Philippines
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Brent E. Marthaler, age 20, from Saint Paul, Minnesota, Ramsey county.
Service era: Khobar Towers Bombing
Date of death: Tuesday, June 25, 1996
Death details: Terrorists bombed the Khobar Towers, a housing unit near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing 19 Air Force personnel and injuring about 400 other Americans.
Cemetery: Fort Snelling National
Source: Air Force, findagrave.com, Associated Press (1996)
Franklin Rosado Silos, age 19, from Ramsey County Saint Paul, Minnesota .
Parents: Maria Barcia and step father Gaspare Barcia
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, October 10, 1971
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, New York Daily News (1971)
Gregory Irving Sahlberg, age 20, from Saint Paul, Minnesota, Ramsey county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, July 17, 1971
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives