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Darin T. Hoover, age 31, from Salt Lake City, Utah, Salt Lake county.
Parents: Darin Hoover
Spouse: None
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
Source: Department of Defense, USA Today
Aaron K. Kramer, age 22, from Salt Lake City, Utah, Salt Lake county.
Parents: Shannon Kramer and Richard Kramer
Spouse: Jacklyn Marie (Hansen) Kramer
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Skyline High, Taylorsville High
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Date of death: Thursday, September 16, 2010
Death details: Died in Kandahar, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire.
Cemetery: Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park
Source: Department of Defense, Desert News, Military Times
Rocky H Herrera, age 43, from Salt Lake City, Utah, Salt Lake county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 585Th Engineer Company, 864Th Engineer Combat Battalion, Fort Lewis, Wa
Date of death: Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Jaji, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense
Adam Anthony Galvez, age 21, from Salt Lake City, Utah, Salt Lake county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: D Co, 3D Lar Bn, (Rct-7, I Mef Fwd ), 1St Mar Div, Twentynine Palms, Ca
Date of death: Sunday, August 20, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Rawah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Gregson Glenn Gourley, age 38, from Salt Lake City, Utah, Salt Lake county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 1St Battalion, 327Th Infantry, 1St Bct, 101St Aa, Fort Campbell, Ky
Date of death: Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Al Hawijah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Lex S Nelson, age 21, from Salt Lake City, Utah, Salt Lake county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhb, 1St Battalion, 41St Field Artillery, 1St Bct (Tf Baghdad), Fort Stewart, Ga
Date of death: Monday, December 12, 2005
Death details: Tikrit, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Daniel N. Bader, age 25, from Salt Lake City, Utah, Salt Lake county.
Parents: R. Gordon and Anita Bader
Service era: Cold War
Schools: Judge Memorial High (1976), Utah State University (1980)
Date of death: Thursday, December 16, 1982
Death details: Among 9 crew members killed when their B-52 bomber crashed in a pasture near Mather Air Force Base, California.
Source: Charlotte News (1983), Lead Daily Call (1983), Lincoln Star (1982)
Allen Dawan Udink, age 22, from Salt Lake County Salt Lake City, Utah .
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Clearfield High (1967)
Date of death: Wednesday, December 29, 1971
Death details: Died at Veterans Hospital in Sal Lake City after he was wounded May 19, 1970 in South Vietnam. He was dtruck by gragments from a booby trap while at a night defensive position.
Source: National Archives, Ogden Standar Examiner (1971)
Oran Lothier Jr. Bingham, age 30, from Salt Lake City, Utah, Salt Lake county.
Parents: Oran L. Sr. and LaRae Bearnson Bingham
Children: Richard Lee
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: West High graduate
Military history: Green Berets
Date of death: Saturday, August 7, 1971
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Salt Lake Tribune (1971)
Harry Thomas Petersen, age 21, from Salt Lake City, Utah, Salt Lake county.
Parents: Milo J. (preceded in death) and Maria A. Hankenson and stepfather D.E. Hankenson
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, November 9, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Salt Lake City Deseret News (1970)