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Brian J. Backus, age 21, from Saginaw Township, Michigan, Saginaw county.
Children: Jack, 2
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Harbor Beach High (2008)
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York.
Date of death: Saturday, June 18, 2011
Death details: Died in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Kristopher J. Gould, age 25, from Saginaw, Michigan, Saginaw county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry, Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Date of death: Sunday, February 27, 2011
Death details: Died in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
DeAngelo Barnell Snow, age 22, from Saginaw, Michigan, Saginaw county.
Parents: Deloris Snow and the late Barnell (Bark) Amos; stepfather Clarence Burton Jr.
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 526th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Date of death: Friday, September 17, 2010
Death details: Died in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with a rocket propelled grenade.
Cemetery: Forest Lawn
Source: Department of Defense, Saginaw News, Military Times
Charles Thomas Heinlein Jr., age 23, from Hemlock, Michigan, Saginaw county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 2D Battalion, 3D Infantry, 3 Bct, Fort Lewis, Wa
Date of death: Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Bobby Mejia II, age 20, from Saginaw, Michigan, Saginaw county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company E, 1St Battalion, 125Th Infantry, Big Rapids, Mi
Date of death: Saturday, December 23, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Salman Pak, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
William Samuel II Jackson, age 29, from Saginaw, Michigan, Saginaw county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 16Th Engineer Battalion, 1-1 Ad (1 Mef), Giessen, Germany
Date of death: Saturday, November 11, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ralph Nicholas Porras, age 36, from Merrill, Michigan, Saginaw county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company D, 1St Battalion, 325Th Infantry, 2 Bct, Fort Bragg, Nc
Date of death: Saturday, September 2, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Yusifiyah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Justin Daniel Reppuhn, age 20, from Hemlock, Michigan, Saginaw county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hq Co, 3D Lar Bn, Tf Lar, Rct-1, 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Thursday, November 11, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Donald Neal Davis, age 42, from Saginaw, Michigan, Saginaw county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 660Th Transportation Company (13Coscom), Zanesville, Oh 43701
Date of death: Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Death details: Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Robert Duane Pierce, age 20, from Saginaw County Saginaw, Michigan .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, November 15, 1971
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Traverse City Record Eagle (1975)