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Sanchez Antonio Mendez, age 22, from Rincon, Puerto Rico, Rincon county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 40Th Transportation Company, Fort Lewis, Wa
Date of death: Friday, November 11, 2005
Death details: Kirkurk, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Carlos Juan Diaz, age 27, from Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, Juana Diaz county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Engineer Company, 2D Battalion, 69Th Armor (Tf Liberty), Fort Benning, Ga
Date of death: Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baqubah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Rivera Carlos M Camacho, age 24, from Catalina, Puerto Rico.
Parents: Bartolo Camacho and Luz Rivera
Spouse: Tania Michelle Rondon
Children: Son, 3
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 368Th Transportation Company, Fort Story, Va
Date of death: Friday, November 5, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Cemetery: Puerto Rico National
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, findagrave.com
Michael Anthony Martinez, age 29, from Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, Juana Diaz county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: A Battery, 1St Battalion, 6Th Field Artillery (1Id), Apo Ae 09139 (Bamberg, Germany)
Date of death: Wednesday, September 8, 2004
Death details: Baqubah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Gary Alexander Vaillant, age 41, from Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, Trujillo Alto county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: A Company, 2D Battalion, 72D Armor, Apo Ae 09395
Date of death: Sunday, September 5, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Khalidia, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jose Antonio Rivera, age 34, from Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Bayamon county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company D 3Rd Bn 505Th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Fort Bragg, Nc 28310
Date of death: Wednesday, November 5, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Francisco Martinez, age 28, from Punta Santiago, Puerto Rico
Service era: Iraq
Military history: B Detachment, 82D Soldier Support Battalion, Fort Bragg, Nc 28306
Date of death: Tuesday, November 4, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Frances M Vega, age 20, from Ft Buchanan, Puerto Rico, Bayamon county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 151St Adjutant General Postal, Detachment 3, Fort Hood, Tx 76544
Date of death: Sunday, November 2, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Al Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Juan Manuel Serrano, age 31, from Manati, Puerto Rico, Manati county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc 1St Battalion, 37Th Armor, Apo Ae 09074
Date of death: Thursday, July 24, 2003
Death details: Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Louis Melendez, age 19, from Puerto Rico.
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance