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Omar G. Roebuck, age 23, from Moreno Valley, California, Riverside county.
Parents: John Roebuck
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Date of death: Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Death details: Died from a non-hostile incident in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Nicolas H. J. Gideon, age 20, from Murrieta, California, Riverside county. Their last known residence was in Murrieta.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, For Richardson, Alaska.
Date of death: Monday, July 6, 2009
Death details: Died of injuries suffered that day in Paktya, Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fires.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Armando Alexander De La Paz, age 21, from Riverside, California, Riverside county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 68Th Armor, 3 Bct, Fort Carson, Co
Date of death: Thursday, November 13, 2008
Death details: Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Marc Allen Retmier, age 19, from Hemet, California, Riverside county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda Maryland
Date of death: Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Zerok, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Mary Jane Jaenichen, age 20, from Temecula, California, Riverside county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 2D Special Troops Battalion, 2 Bct, Fort Stewart, Georgia
Date of death: Friday, May 9, 2008
Death details: Fob Kalsu, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Aaron Joseph Ward, age 19, from San Jacinto, California, Riverside county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 170Th Mp Company, 504Th Mp Battalion, 42D Mp Brigade, Fort Lewis, Washington
Date of death: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Al Asad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Alejandro Ayala, age 26, from Riverside, California, Riverside county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 90Th Logistics Readiness Squadron, F. E. Warren Afb, Wy
Date of death: Sunday, November 18, 2007
Death details: Near Camp Virginia, Kuwait
Source: Department of Defense, Legacy
Eric Morgen Holke, age 31, from Riverside, California, Riverside county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 1St Battalion, 160Th Infantry, Fullerton, California
Date of death: Sunday, July 15, 2007
Death details: Tallil, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Cameron Keoni Payne, age 22, from Corona, California, Riverside county.
Spouse: Julie (2005)
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Buena Vista High
Military history: Company D, 2D Battalion, 16Th Infantry, Fort Riley, Kansas
Date of death: Monday, June 11, 2007
Death details: Died from wounds suffered in combat in Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Clayton George II Dunn, age 22, from Moreno Valley, California, Riverside county.
Spouse: Haidy
Children: Grace, 3 months
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 2D Battalion, 505Th Infantry, 3 Bct, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Date of death: Saturday, May 26, 2007
Death details: Died from injuries sustained when a bomb detonated while he patrolled in Iraq’s Salah ad Din Province
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, findagrave.com