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Arnold Duplantier II, age 26, from Sacramento, California
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 1St Battalion, 184Th Infantry, (Tf Baghdad), Auburn, California
Date of death: Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Joseph William Stevens, age 26, from Sacramento, California.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: A Co, 2D Bn, 2D Infantry, 1St Infantry Division, (Tf Danger), Vilseck, Germany
Date of death: Monday, January 24, 2005
Death details: Mohammed Sacran, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Leroy E. Jr. Hein, age 22, from Sacramento, California, Sacramento county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Thursday, February 28, 1991
Death details: Died in helicopter crash
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, The Gulf War Chronicles, Associated Press (1991)
Dennis Ray Stewart, age 23, from Sacramento County Sacramento, California .
Parents: Mary A. Stewart
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, December 4, 1971
Death details: Body recovered
Source: National Archives, San Francisco Examiner (1971)
Hugo Araux Gaytan, age 20, from Sacramento County Sacramento, California .
Parents: Carlos Gaytan
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Kennedy High, Sacramento City College
Date of death: Wednesday, October 13, 1971
Death details: Killed in a helicopter crash near the Cambodian border.
Source: National Archives, Sacramento Bee (2013)
John Glenn Melchor, age 18, from Sacramento, California, Sacramento county.
Parents: Arturo Melchor
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, September 19, 1970
Death details: Killed when he accidentally dropped a grenade that exploded when he picked It up.
Source: National Archives, Sacramento Bee (1970)
Philip Mark Bennett, age 19, from Sacramento, California, Sacramento county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: C.K. McClatchy High, Sacramento City College
Military history: 4th Infantry Division
Date of death: Tuesday, May 12, 1970
Death details: Killed in Cambodia
Source: National Archives, Sacramento Bee (1970)
Thomas Joseph Jr. Fox, age 19, from Sacramento, California, Sacramento county.
Parents: Thomas A. Fox
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Bishop Armstrong graduate
Date of death: Saturday, May 9, 1970
Death details: Body recovered
Cemetery: Saint Marys
Source: National Archives, Sacramento Bee
Gary Philip Rader, age 20, from Sacramento, California, Sacramento county.
Parents: Raymond R. Rader
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, May 7, 1970
Death details: Body recovered
Source: National Archives, San Francisco Examiner (1970)
Kenneth Eugene Aznoe, age 19, from Sacramento, California, Sacramento county.
Parents: Vernon E. Aznoe
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Elk Grove High
Date of death: Wednesday, April 22, 1970
Death details: Died from wounds received April 17, 1970 in Vietnam when his armored vehicle struck a land mine.
Cemetery: Lawn Southgate
Source: National Archives, Sacramento Bee (1970)