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Jared M. Schmitz, age 20, from Saint Charles, Missouri.
Parents: Mark Schmitz
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine expeditionary force, Camp Pendleton, California
Date of death: Thursday, August 26, 2021
Death details: Killed when a suicide bomber approached a group of Marines processing refugees at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.
Source: Department of Defense, WYFF, St. Louis Post Dispatch
Phillip D. Vinnedge, age 19, from Saint Charles, Missouri, Saint Charles county.
Parents: Dave Vinnedge and Julie Vinnedge
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Francis Howell Central High (2009); Lewis and Clark Technical School
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.
Date of death: Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Death details: Died while conducting mounted combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Killed by an Improvised Explosive Device blast were Cpl. Justin J. Cain, Phillip D. Vinnedge, Lance Cpl. Joseph E. Rodewald, Pfc. Victor A. Dew
Cemetery: Jefferson Barracks National
Source: Department of Defense, Wausau Daily Herald, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Military Times
Denis D. Kisseloff, age 45, from Saint Charles, Missouri.
Children: Serena and Alexandr
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: York High graduate, Elmhurst, Illinois
Military history: 1141st Engineer Company, Kansas City, Missouri. Enlisted in Marines 1981.
Date of death: Friday, May 14, 2010
Death details: Died at Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using rocket propelled grenade and small arms fire.
Cemetery: Jefferson Barracks National
Source: Department of Defense, St. Louis Globe Democrat, St. Louis Post Dispatch,, Military Times
Drew William Weaver, age 20, from Saint Charles, Missouri
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 3D Lar Bn, 1St Mar Div, (Rct-5, I Mef Fwd), Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms, Ca
Date of death: Thursday, February 21, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Camp Al Asad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Matthew Francis Straughter, age 27, from Saint Charles, Missouri
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 1138Th Engr Company, 107Th Engr Bn, 35Th Engr Bde, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo
Date of death: Thursday, January 31, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Travis Lyle Sallee Patriquin, age 32, from Saint Charles, Missouri
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 1St Brigade, 1St Armored Division, Ray Barracks, Germany
Date of death: Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Charles Franklin Smith, age 22, from Saint Charles, Missouri, Saint Charles county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, October 26, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives
Noble Burnice Harris, age 23, from Saint Charles County Saint Charles, Missouri .
Parents: George Lewis Harris
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona. Remains not recovered.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Saint Louis Star and Times (1943)