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Benjamin G. Prange, age 30, from Hickman, Nebraska.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.
Date of death: Thursday, July 24, 2014
Death details: Staff Sgt. Benjamin G. Prange and Pfc. Keith M. Williams died of wounds suffered when the enemy attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Caleb A. Nelson, age 26, from Omaha, Nebraska.
Spouse: Married
Children: Two sons
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit, Norfolk, Virginia.
Date of death: Saturday, October 1, 2011
Death details: Died after his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device while conducting a combat patrol in Zabul Province, Afghanistan.
Cemetery: Voss Mohr in Sarpy County, Nebraska
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, findagrave
Joshua J. Robinson, age 29, from Omaha, Nebraska.
Spouse: Rhonda (married November 2004)
Children: Son, 4; son, 5
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.
Date of death: Sunday, August 7, 2011
Death details: Died in Helmand Province, Afghanistan while supporting operation Enduring Freedom. Shot twice in the left side of his chest. Sgt. Adan Gonzales Jr. was also killed in this unspecified incident.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Patrick D. Hamburger from Grand Island, Nebraska, Hall county.
Spouse: None
Children: Daughter, 2
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation
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
Mark A. Noziska, age 24, from Papillon, Nebraska.
Parents: William F. Noziska Jr. and Doreatha (Usasz) Noziska
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Papillion-LaVista High (2004)
Military history: 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. Enlisted in Army National Guard March 11, 2004.
Date of death: Monday, August 30, 2010
Death details: Died in Malajat, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when a car he was inspecting at a checkpoint exploded. Casey J. Grochowiak was also killed.
Cemetery: Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Island
Source: Department of Defense, KHAS, Omaha World Herald, Military Times
Michael A. Bock, age 26, from Omaha, Nebraska, Lake county. Their last known residence was in Leesburg, Florida.
Parents: Sandra Bock and David Bock
Spouse: Tiffany Bock
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Elkhorn Mount Michael High, Omaha; Leesburg High (2002)
Military history: 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California. Enlisted July 2, 2002. Purple Heart
Date of death: Friday, August 13, 2010
Death details: Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, High Desert Star, Daily Commercial, Military Times
Roberto Jose Yllescas, age 31, from Lincoln, Nebraska, Lancaster county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop B, 6Th Squadron, 4Th Cavalry Regiment, 3 Bct, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Monday, December 1, 2008
Death details: Died at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., of wounds suffered Oct. 28 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his unit at Combat Outpost Keating, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Adrian Robles, age 21, from Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Scotts Bluff county.
Parents: Cesar and Yolanda Robles
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Scottsbluff HIgh
Military history: G Co, 2D Bn, 7Th Mar, 1St Mar Div, Twentynine Palms, Ca
Date of death: Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Bela Ba Luk, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Lillian Ladae Clamens, age 35, from Omaha Nebraska, Douglas county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 1St Postal Platoon, 834Th Ag Postal Battalion, Miami, Fl
Date of death: Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Camp Liberty/Abu Ghurayb, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Lincoln Journal Star
Christopher Franklin Pfeifer, age 21, from Spalding, Nebraska
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop B, 1St Squadron, 91St Cavalry, Schweinfurt, Germany
Date of death: Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Death details: Died in San Antonio, Texas of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire near Kamu, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times