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Taylor D. Marks, age 19, from Monmouth, Oregon, Polk county. Their last known residence was in Monmouth.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 41st Special Troops Battalion, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Oregon Army National Guard in Portland.
Date of death: Friday, August 28, 2009
Death details: Died in Rashid, Iraq, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with an explosively formed penetrator.
Source: Department of Defense
Cody Joel Eggleston, age 21, from Eugene, Oregon, Lane county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 1St Battalion, 5Th Infantry, Fort Wainwright, Ak
Date of death: Friday, October 24, 2008
Death details: Died at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland of wounds sustained October 16, 2008 in Baqubah, Iraq, when he received indirect fire.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Tan Quoc Ngo, age 20, from Beaverton, Oregon, Washington county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 1St Battalion, 4Th Infantry, Jmrc, Hohenfels, Germany
Date of death: Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Kandahar, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Joshua Charles Brennan, age 22, from Ontario, Oregon, Malheur county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 2D Battalion, 503D Infantry, 173D Abct, Camp Ederle, Italy
Date of death: Friday, October 26, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Asadabad Fst, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Graham Martin McMahon, age 22, from Corvallis, Oregon, Benton county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 4Th Battalion, 9Th Infantry, Fort Lewis, Wa
Date of death: Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Death details: Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Drew N Jensen, age 27, from Clackamas, Oregon, Clackamas county.
Service era: Iraq
Parent: Mardie Jensen
Military history: Hhc, 5Th Battalion, 20Th Infantry, Fort Lewis, Wa
Date of death: Friday, September 7, 2007
Death details: On May 7, 2007, he was shot in the neck in Iraq. The wound left him a quadriplegic dependent on machines to help him breathe. He died of those wounds after a ventilator was removed per his pre injury wishes at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Seattle
Source: Department of Defense, Seattle Times
Adrian Marcos Elizalde, age 30, from North Bend, Oregon, Coos county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 2D Battalion, 1St Special Forces Group, Fort Lewis, Washington
Date of death: Thursday, August 23, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Legacy
Daniel Allen Leckel, age 19, from Medford, Oregon, Jackson county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 1-28 Infantry, 1 Id (Task Org To 1 Cd)
Date of death: Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Derek William Jones, age 21, from Salem, Oregon, Marion county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: F Co, 2D Bn, 3D Mar, (Rct-7, I Mef Fwd), 3D Mar Div, Mcbh Kaneohe Bay, Hi
Date of death: Sunday, October 8, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Al Asad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Dean Robert Bright, age 32, from Roseburg, Oregon, Douglas county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop B, 7Th Squadron, 10Th Cavalry, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Taji, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense