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Bruce A. MacFarlane, age 46, from Oviedo, Florida, Seminole county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1186th Transportation Company, 831st Transportation Battalion, Jacksonville, Florida.
Date of death: Friday, July 6, 2012
Death details: Died in Kandahar, Afghanistan while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Theodore B. Rushing, age 25, from Longwood, Florida, Seminole county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light), Fort Drum, New York.
Date of death: Friday, November 11, 2011
Death details: Died in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Andy C. Morales, age 32, from Longwood, Florida. Their last known residence was in Seminole.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 143rd Sustainment, Command (Expeditionary), Orlando, Florida.
Date of death: Thursday, September 22, 2011
Death details: Died in Baghdad, Iraq while supporting operation New Dawn.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Brian D. Jr. Riley, age 24, from Longwood, Florida, Seminole county.
Parents: Brian D. Riley Sr. and Mary E. Woodrow
Spouse: Samantha J. Martin
Children: Trinity
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Sunday, May 15, 2011
Death details: Died in Kunar Province, Afghanistan from a non-combat incident
Cemetery: Glenwood Cemetery
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, 35th Infantry Regiment Association
Floyd E. C. Holley, age 36, from Casselberry, Florida, Seminole county.
Spouse: Chrissy (Sheridan) Holley
Children: Wife pregnant at time of death
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Lyman High, Central Methodist College, Missouri
Military history: 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. Enlisted February 1997. Purple Heart
Date of death: Sunday, August 29, 2010
Death details: Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Orlando Sentinel, Military Times
Marco Laven Miller, age 36, from Longwood, Florida, Seminole county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company D, 3D Battalion, 20Th Special Forces Group, Starke, Fl
Date of death: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Death details: died Dec. 5 at Landstuhl Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained Dec. 3 in Taji, Iraq, from enemy indirect fire while conducting an escort mission.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Alwyn Crendall Cashe, age 35, from Oviedo, Florida, Seminole county.
Service era: Iraq
Spouse: Tamara Cashe
Children: Lajada, Alexis, Andrew
School: Oviedo High graduate
Military history: Company A, 1St Battalion, 15Th Infantry (Tf Liberty), Fort Benning, Ga
Date of death: Tuesday, November 8, 2005
Death details: Died Nov. 8 at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, from wounds suffered Oct. 17 while on patrol in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle when an improvised explosive devise detonated near his vehicle in Samarra, Iraq.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Theodore Andrew Bowling, age 25, from Casselberry, Florida, Seminole county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: L Co, 3D Bn, 1St Mar, Rct-1, 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Thursday, November 11, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jack L. Martin, age 22, from Oviedo, Florida, Seminole county.
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terrorist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance
John Willie Herring, age 37, from Sanford, Florida, Seminole county.
Spouse: Married
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, November 9, 1970
Death details: Hostile in Vietnam
Cemetery: Fort Benning
Source: National Archives, Columbus Ledger (1970)