Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
Shane M. Barnes, age 34, from Sacramento County Sacramento, California .
Schools: Gonzaga University (2011)
Date of death: Friday, November 10, 2023
Death details: Killed in a helicopter crash in the Mediterranean Sea during routine flight training.
Source: Department of Defense, The Tennessean (2023), Stars and Stripes (2023)
Nicole L. Gee, age 23, from Sacramento, California, Sacramento county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Date of death: Thursday, August 26, 2021
Death details: Died as the result of an enemy attack while supporting non-combatant evacuation operations in Kabul, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Foundation for Women Warriors
Ray A. Ramirez, age 20, from Sacramento, California, Sacramento county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia.
Date of death: Saturday, June 1, 2013
Death details: Died in Wardak Province, Afghanistan from injuries sustained when his unit was attacked by an improvised explosive device.
Cemetery: Sacramento Valley National
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael Sparling, age 22, from Sacramento, California, Sacramento county.
Parents: Michael Sparling and Leanee Sparling
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Death details: Died in 2011 after collapsing during physical training at Fort Bliss in Texas. His family later sued, citing Sparlings family later sued the makers of the diet supplement Jack3d.
Source: Associated Press, Time Union, Sacramento Bee, Stars and Strips, Legacy
Martin J. Lamar, age 43, from Sacramento, California, Sacramento county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Date of death: Saturday, January 15, 2011
Death details: Died in Mosul, Iraq of wounds suffered when an Iraqi soldier from the unit with which he was training shot him with small arms fire. Sgt. Michael P. Bartley also was killed.
Source: Department of Defense, US Air Force
Michael Kyle Clark, age 24, from Sacramento, California
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 1St Battalion, 8Th Infantry, 3 Bct, Fort Carson, Co
Date of death: Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Frank Leslie Cady III, age 20, from Sacramento, California.
Service era: Iraq
Date of death: Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Death details: Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Timothy Wayne Brown, age 21, from Sacramento, California
Service era: Iraq
Military history: E Co, 2D Bn, 3D Mar, (Rct-7, I Mef Fwd), 3D Mar Div, Mcbh Kaneohe Bay, Hi
Date of death: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Hadithah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Isaac Shawn Lawson, age 35, from Sacramento, California.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 49Th Military Police Brigade, Fairfield, California
Date of death: Monday, June 5, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Christopher Lloyd Palmer, age 22, from Sacramento, California
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 2D Battalion, 503D Infantry (Cjtf-76), Camp Ederle, Italy
Date of death: Sunday, August 21, 2005
Death details: Died in Baylough, Afghanistan when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times