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Raphael Saptian Davis, age 24, from Tutwiler, Mississippi, Tallahatchie county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B 223Rd Engineer Battalion, Calhoun City, Ms 38916
Date of death: Tuesday, December 2, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Tampa, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Damian Laquasha Heidelberg, age 21, from Batesville, Mississippi, Panola county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc 1St Battalion 187Th Infantry, Fort Campbell, Ky 42223
Date of death: Saturday, November 15, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jeremiah Joseph Digiovanni, age 21, from Tylertown, Mississippi, Walthall county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A 4Th Battalion 101St Aviation Regiment, Fort Campell, Ky 42223
Date of death: Saturday, November 15, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
James Anderson III Chance, age 25, from Kokomo, Mississippi, Marion county.
Spouse: Single
Children: None
Service era: Iraq
Schools: West Marion High (1997)
Military history: C Company 890Th Engineer Battalion, Columbia, Ms 39429
Date of death: Thursday, November 6, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Husaybah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Grenada Star, Military Times
Joe Nathan Wilson, age 30, from Crystal Springs, Mississippi, Copiah county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: A Battery 2D Battalion 5Th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Sill, Ok 73503
Date of death: Sunday, November 2, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Al Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Vincent E Parker, age 38, from Preston, Mississippi, Kemper county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Uss Peterson (Dd 969)
Date of death: Sunday, November 18, 2001
Death details: Drowned aboard an Iraqi freighter that sank in the Arabian Sea
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Andrew Triplett, age 31, from Macon, Mississippi, Noxubee county.
Service era: War on Terror
Date of death: Thursday, October 12, 2000
Death details: Died aboard the U.S.S. Cole when suicide bombers detonated an explosive-laden boat against the ship’s port side, tearing a 40-by-40-foot hole in the hull and sending seawater gushing into the engineering compartment.
Source: Department of Defense
Steven King, age 28, from Lowndes, Mississippi.
Service era: Post Cold War
Date of death: Wednesday, September 16, 1998
Death details: Died in a helicopter crash off the coast of California
Source: Associated Press
Ernest A. III Miller, age 24, from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, Jackson county.
Parents: Ernest Miller
Spouse: Stephanie Miller
Children: None
Service era: Gulf War
Schools: Ocean Spring High (1988)
Date of death: Friday, October 14, 1994
Death details: Killed when UH-1N of HMLA-267 crashed at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan while conducting a training flight
Cemetery: Biloxi National
Source: U.S. Navy
James Wilcher, age 25, from Crystal Springs, Mississippi, Copiah county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Friday, November 9, 1990
Death details: Died non-battle
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense