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Timothy J. Conrad, age 22, from Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke county.
Spouse: Holly
Child: 7 month old
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 385th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne), XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Stewart, Georgia.
Date of death: Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Death details: Died of wounds suffered in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan when his unit came under small arms fire.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
David William Textor, age 27, from Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke (City) county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 3D Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, Fort Lewis, Washington
Date of death: Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
John Davis Harvey, age 21, from Roanoke Virginia, Roanoke County.
Date of death: Friday, April 25, 1980
Death details: Died in an aborted attempt to rescue hostages in Iran.
Cemetery: Fair View, Roanoke; memorialized at Arlington National
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database from the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, National Arvhices, findagrave.com
John D. Harvey, age 21, of Roanoke, Virginia
Service era: Operation Eagle Claw/Operation Evening Light
Military history: Killed in an operation to free hostages taken on Nov. 4, 1979 after terrorists stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran.
Date of death: Thursday, April 24, 1980
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Congressional Record
John W King from Virginia, Roanoke, City of county.
Military history: Support
Date of death: Sunday, May 15, 1977
Source: This information is contained in the Virginia Military Dead Database (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/vmd/), provided courtesy of the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
John William Rucker, age 23, from Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke county.
Parents: William G. Rucker
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Casper College
Date of death: Monday, December 14, 1970
Death details: Died from wounds in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Casper Star Tribune, Associated Press (1970)
Randall Claiborne Knisely, age 21, from Roanoke, Virginia, Richmond county.
Spouse: Patricia Knisley
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, October 18, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Miami News (1970)
Robert Thomas McDaniel from Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, July 5, 1970
Source: National Archives
Eddy Eugene White, age 21, from Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, June 30, 1970
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)
Thomas L. Waterman, age 25, from Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke county.
Parents: Leo Waterman
Spouse: Toni Kerfoot Waterman
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Henry High (1964), Lees-McRae Junior College (1966)
Date of death: Friday, April 10, 1970
Death details: Killed when an RF4 Reconnaissance jet crashed into the air base at Udorn, Thailand.
Source: National Archives, AFTN VFW Memorial Post 10249