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Robert J. Reeves from Shreveport, Louisiana.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: East Cost-based Naval Special Warfare Unit
Date of death: Saturday, August 6, 2011
Death details: Was among 30 servicemembers who died in Wardak Province Afghanistan of wounds suffered when their CH-47 Chinoo helicopter crashed after it came under enemy attack.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jonas B. Kelsall, age 32, from Shreveport, Louisiana.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit.
Date of death: Saturday, August 6, 2011
Death details: Was among 30 servicemembers who died in Wardak Province Afghanistan of wounds suffered when their CH-47 Chinoo helicopter crashed after it came under enemy attack.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ronald W. Jr. Culver, age 44, from Shreveport, Louisiana.
Parents: Ronald W. Culver Sr. and Betty Culver
Spouse: Tracey Culver
Children: Ronald Wayne Culver III, 13, and Michelle Francis Culver, 15
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Northwood High in Shreveport (1984); LSUS (1989)
Military history: 2nd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment, Shreveport, Louisiana. Served one tour during Desert Storm in 1990-91 and two tours in Iraq from 2004-05 and again in 2010. Purple Heart, Bronze Star.
Date of death: Monday, May 24, 2010
Death details: Died in Numaniyah, Iraq when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
Cemetery: Hillcrest, Haughton
Source: Department of Defense, Shreveport Times, Military Times
John Edward Hale, age 20, from Shreveport, Louisiana
Service era: Iraq
Military history: G Co, 2D Bn, 8Th Mar, (Rct-5, I Mef Fwd), 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, Nc
Date of death: Friday, October 6, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Taqaddum, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Robin Vincent Fell, age 22, from Shreveport, Louisiana, Multiple county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 1St Battalion, 156Th Armor, (Tf Baghdad), Shreveport, La
Date of death: Thursday, May 19, 2005
Death details: Killed when he was shot while conductin dismounted combat operations in Baghdad
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Edward Carl Barnhill, age 50, from Shreveport, Louisiana
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 431St Civil Affairs Battalion – Cpa (3/2 Sbct), North Little Rock, Arkansas
Date of death: Friday, May 14, 2004
Death details: Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Gussie Mae Jones, age 41, from Shreveport, Louisiana, Multiple county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 31St Combat Support Hospital, Fort Bliss, Texas 79916
Date of death: Sunday, March 7, 2004
Death details: Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Kevin J. Johnson, age 36, from Shreveport, Louisiana, Caddo county.
Service era: Khobar Towers Bombing
Date of death: Tuesday, June 25, 1996
Death details: Terrorists bombed the Khobar Towers, a housing unit near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing 19 Air Force personnel and injuring about 400 other Americans.
Cemetery: Lincoln Memorial Park in Shreveport, Louisiana
Source: Air Force, findagrave.com, Associated Press (1996)
Roderick T. Stewart, age 20, from Shreveport, Louisiana, Caddo county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Friday, December 21, 1990
Death details: Killed when a ferry capsized near Haifa, Israel.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Department of Defense
Carter Jr. Jefferson, age 24, from Caddo County Shreveport, Louisiana .
Spouse: Married
Children: Two sons
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Booker T. Washington High
Date of death: Saturday, November 20, 1971
Source: National Archives, Shreveport Journal (1971)