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Domion, Alex F.
Marines Corporal

Alex F. Domion, age 21, from Richfield Springs, New York, Otsego county.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Date of death: Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Death details: Died as a result of a non-combat related incident in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Calkins, Jeffrey Lawrence
Navy Fire controlman

Jeffrey Lawrence Calkins, age 20, from Richfield Springs, New York, Otsego county.

Service era: Cold War
Schools: Richfield High

Date of death: Sunday, May 17, 1987
Death details: Died aboard the USS Stark. While in the Persian Gulf on May 17, 1987, she was struck by two Iraqi Exocet missiles, killing 37 sailors and wounding 21. Brought under control, the frigate sailed to Bahrain and was successfully repaired at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi. Following repairs and subsequent tours in the Atlantic and Middle East, Stark was decommissioned on May 7, 1999, and was scrapped in 2006.

Source: Associated Press, National Museum of the U.S. Navy

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