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David H. Stewart, age 34, from Stafford, Virginia, Stafford county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Date of death: Friday, June 20, 2014
Death details: Killed during combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Eusebio Lopez, age 25, from Virginia, Stafford county.
Military history: Officer Candidates School
Date of death: Thursday, March 21, 2013
Death details: Committed suicide after he killed two fellow Marines, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database, Library of Virginia, Richmond,; Military Times
Nicholas D. Parada Rodiguez, age 29, from Stafford, Virginia, Stafford county.
Parents: Luisa
Children: None
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Robert E. Lee High
Military history: 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Date of death: Sunday, May 16, 2010
Death details: Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Washington Post, Military Times
Paul Michael Kelly, age 45, from Stafford, Virginia, Stafford county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Joint Forces Headquarters, Blackstone, Va
Date of death: Saturday, January 20, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael Lynn Russell, age 31, from Stafford, Virginia, Stafford county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 3D Battalion, 160Th Soar, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia
Date of death: Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Asadabad, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jeffrey Carl Graham, age 24, from Stafford, Virginia, Stafford county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Company 1St Battalion 34Th Armor Regiment (1St Id), Fort Riley, Ks 66442
Date of death: Thursday, February 19, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Khalidiyah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense; Library of Virginia, Richmond, Military Times
Keith M Sweaney, age 42, from Stafford, Virginia, Stafford county.
Date of death: Monday, December 11, 2000
Death details: Among four Marines killed when an Osprey crashed in a forested area near Jacksonville, North Carolina
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database from the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; Associated Press
William W III Hansen from Stafford, Virginia, Stafford county.
Date of death: Thursday, December 12, 1985
Death details: Accident, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada
Source: This information is contained in the Virginia Military Dead Database (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/vmd/), provided courtesy of the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Robert W Deac from Stafford, Virginia, Stafford county.
Military history: 237th Engineer
Date of death: Saturday, December 13, 1980
Source: This information is contained in the Virginia Military Dead Database (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/vmd/), provided courtesy of the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.