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Spehar, Nicholas P.
Navy Special warfare operator

Nicholas P. Spehar, age 24, from Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Parents: Patrick and Annette
Spouse: None
Children: None

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Chisago Lakes High (2005)
Military history: West 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

Lynch, Robert James
Navy Reserves Radioman 2nd class

Robert James Lynch, age 19, from St. Paul, Minnesota.

Parents: Edward M. Lynch

Service era: World War II

Date of death: July 7, 1944

Death details: Killed in a bomb explosion in China along with his life-long friend, Radioman Lyle J. Jansen.

Source: National Archives, Minneapolis Star Tribune (1944)

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