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Patricia L. Horne, age 20, from Greenwood, Mississippi, Leflore county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Parent: Betty
School: Greenwood High
Military history: 96th Aviation Support Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Date of death: Friday, August 24, 2012
Death details: Died in Bagram, Afghanistan from a gunshot wound.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, The Greenwood Commonwealth
Coater B. Debose, age 55, from State Line, Mississippi, Greene county.
Spouse: Juanita Debose
Children: Latravis Debose, Caronica Jackson, Christopher Debose, Nekeshia Raybon, Broderick Debose
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 351st Infantry Regiment, 158th Infantry Brigade, 1st Army Division, Shelby, Mississippi. Joined the Alabama Army National Guard in May 1983 and Army Reserves in 2008.
Date of death: Sunday, August 19, 2012
Death details: Died in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan from injuries suffered from smalll arms fire while conducting security force assistance operations when two Afghan policemen opened fire on coalition and Afghan troops.
Source: Department of Defense, Hattiesburg American, Military Times
Eric Newman, age 30, from Waynesboro, Mississippi, Wayne county.
Parents: Merlin Newman Jr. (preceded in death) and Dianne Newman
Spouse: Charidy Newman
Children: Step daughter Larissa Leigh
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Squardron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Survelliance Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Date of death: Thursday, October 14, 2010
Death details: Died in Akatzai Kalay, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device.
Cemetery: Hebron, Waynesboro
Source: Department of Defense, Freeman Funeral Home, Military Times
William B. Dawson, age 20, from Tunica, Mississippi, Tunica county.
Parents: Willie B. Dawson
Spouse: None
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, U.S. Army, Alaska, Fort Richardson, Alaska. Purple Heart, Bronze Star
Date of death: Friday, September 24, 2010
Death details: Died of wounds suffered while traveling between Ghanzi and Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, when his military vehicle was attacked with an improvised explosive device. Pfc Jaysine P. S. Petree was also killed.
Cemetery: Family cemetery, Tunica
Source: Department of Defense, Commercial Appeal
Joshua S. Ose, age 19, from Hernando, Mississippi, DeSoto county.
Parents: Sissy Fernandez Ose and Ross Ose
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Hernando High (2009)
Military history: 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Date of death: Monday, September 20, 2010
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Cemetery: Hernando Memorial Park, Hernando
Source: Department of Defense, Commercial Appeal
Matthew L. Ingram, age 25, from Pearl, Mississippi, Rankin county. Their last known residence was in Pearl.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 12 Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.
Date of death: Friday, August 21, 2009
Death details: Died from wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle and his unit came under small arms fire from enemy forces in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Severin W. III Summers, age 43, from Bentonia, Mississippi, Yazoo county. Their last known residence was in Bentonia.
Parents: Severin and Charlene Summers
Spouse: Tammy Summers
Children: Jessica, Shelby, Sara
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Mississippi Army National Guard, 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Jackson Mississippi.
Date of death: Sunday, August 2, 2009
Death details: Died from wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device in Gerdsar, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Johnny R. Polk, age 39, from Gulfport, Mississippi, Harrison county. Their last known residence was in Gulfport.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Date of death: Saturday, July 25, 2009
Death details: Died at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered when his vehicle was struck by an anti-tank grenade on July 23, in Kirkuk, Iraq.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Christopher Avon McCraw, age 23, from Columbia, Mississippi, Marion county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: A Co, 1-21 In, 2 Bct, 25 Id ( Task Org To 4 Id)
Date of death: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
George Stanciel, age 40, from Greenwood, Mississippi, Leflore county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 370th Engineer Company, 54Th Battalion, 20Th Brigade, Bamberg, Germany
Date of death: Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Fob Gary Owen, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times