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Leslie Denise Jackson, age 18, from Richmond, Virginia, Richmond (City) county.
Parents: Viola Jackson and Leslie Eugene Jackson
Service era: Iraq
Schools: George Wythe High (2003)
Military history: A Company, 115Th Fsb, 1St Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Date of death: Thursday, May 20, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Cemetery: Salem Baptist Church Cemetery in Red Oak, Virginia
Source: Department of Defense, Richmond Times Dispatch; Library of Virginia, Richmond, Military Times
Michael Jason Gray, age 32, from Richmond, Virginia, Richmond (City) county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Lantordcom Yorktown Va
Date of death: Friday, March 5, 2004
Death details: Killed in accident, Sabahiya, Kuwait
Source: Department of Defense; Library of Virginia, Richmond, Military Times
Donald Charles May Jr., age 31, from Richmond, Virginia, Richmond (City) county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 1St Tank Bn, 1St Mardiv, Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms, Ca 92278
Date of death: Tuesday, March 25, 2003
Death details: Killed in a traffic accident during convoy operations in the vicinity of the Euphrates River.
Source: Department of Defense, U.S. Navy; Library of Virginia, Richmond, Military Times
William Bryan Nelson, age 30, from Virginia, Richmond, City of county.
Spouse: Stacy Beck Nelson
Child: Izabel Nelson
Parents: William D. Nelson and Judy Nelson
Date of death: Saturday, April 8, 2000
Death details: Accident, Marana Northwest Regional Airport, Arizona
Cemetery: Washington Memorial Park, Sandston
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database Library of Virginia, Richmond; findagrave.com
Troy Lorrenzo Gregory, age 21, from Richmond, Virginia, Richmond county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Monday, February 25, 1991
Death details: Died from wounds caused by land mine.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles; Library of Virginia, Richmond
William B. Jr. Foster, age 25, from Richmond County Richmond, Virginia .
Service era: Beirut bombings
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.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance
James R. Baynard, age 23, from Richmond County Richmond, Virginia .
Parents: Rosie Baynard (died in 1977)
Spouse: Thomasine
Service era: Beirut bombings
Schools: Greencastle High (1979)
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: Maury, Richmond
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, findagrave.com, Indianapolis Recorder (1983)
James P Jr Gunter, age 43, from Richmond, Virginia, Richmond county.
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Tuesday, March 10, 1981
Death details: The Air National Guard F105 fighter he was aboard burst into flames and crashed at Fort Bragg during training.
Cemetery: Forest Lawn in Richmond
Source: Library of Virginia, Richmond; Charlotte Observer (1981)
Reginald J Crutchfield, age 25, from Richmond, Virginia, Richmond county.
Date of death: Saturday, June 14, 1980
Death details: High Point, North Carolina
Cemetery: Fort Harrison National
Source: Library of Virginia, Richmond
Aaron A Hargrove, age 22, from Richmond, Virginia, Richmond county.
Date of death: Tuesday, May 20, 1980
Cemetery: Oak Level United Church of Christ in Henderson, North Carolina
Source: Library of Virginia, Richmond, findagrave.com