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Alex III Hernandez, age 21, from Round Rock, Texas, Williamson county.
Parents: Traci Ortiz and Alex Hernandez Jr.
Spouse: Tyasia Hernandez
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii.
Date of death: Saturday, May 12, 2012
Death details: Died in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Cemetery: Cook-Walden/Forest Oaks Memorial Park
Source: Department of Defense, Dignity Memorial
Paul A. Rivera, age 26, from Round Rock, Texas, Williamson county.
Parents: Fred and Evelyn Rivera
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 709th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, Hohenfels, Germany.
Date of death: Saturday, October 22, 2011
Death details: Died in Logar Province, Afghanistan of injuries suffered in a vehicle rollover during an attack by enemy forces.
Cemetery: Texas State Veteran Cemetery
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Austin American-Statesman, Military Times
Dustin Ryan Brisky, age 26, from Round Rock, Texas, Williamson county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 952D Engineer Company, 980Th Engineer Bn,420Th Engineer Bde, Paris, Texas
Date of death: Thursday, June 14, 2007
Death details: Died in Tallil, Iraq of wounds sustained in an explosion
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Steven Patrick Gill, age 24, from Round Rock, Texas, Williamson county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: H&S Co, 4Th Recon Bn, 4Th Mardiv, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Date of death: Thursday, July 21, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Zaidon, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Joseph Earl Fite, age 23, from Round Rock, Texas, Williamson county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Wpns Co, 1St Bn, 23Rd Mar, (31St Meu, 1St Mar Div), 4Th Mar Div, Austin, Tx
Date of death: Sunday, January 9, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Hit, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times