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Patrick Lee Lybert, age 28, from Ladysmith, Wisconsin, Rusk county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop C, 3D Squadron, 71St Cavalry, Fort Drum, New York
Date of death: Thursday, June 22, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Gowardesh, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Nathan Jon Vacho, age 29, from Ladysmith, Wisconsin, Rusk county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 489Th Civil Affairs Battalion, Knoxville, Tennessee
Date of death: Friday, May 5, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Scott A. Wicik, age 24, from Tony, Wisconsin, Rusk county.
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Thursday, January 27, 1983
Death details: Was a member of a maintenance crew working on a B-52G bomber when killed by an explosion in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Killed were: Robin D. Rise, Michael F. McDonald, Robert W. Gray, Anthony M. Salva
Source: Charlotte News (1983), Lead Daily Call (1983)
Robert Allen Pulaski, age 20, from Ladysmith, Wisconsin, Rusk county.
Parents: Helen M. Becker
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Tony High graduate
Date of death: Tuesday, August 3, 1971
Death details: Non-hostile death in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Wisconsin State Journal (1971)
Leo John Jr. Ludvigsen, age 21, from Sheldon, Wisconsin, Rusk county.
Parents: Leo J. Ludvigsen
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, May 2, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Charles Brush Felton, age 30, from Bruce, Wisconsin, Rusk county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Wednesday, October 16, 1918
Death details: Died of disease
Cemetery: Bruce
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com, findagrave.com
Moses Fond, age 31, from Hawkins, Wisconsin, Rusk county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Monday, October 7, 1918
Death details: Died of wounds
Cemetery: Meuse Argonne American
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com