Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
Latonio Bratton, age 22, from Virginia, Richmond, City of county.
Date of death: Sunday, August 21, 2011
School: Armstrong High
Death details: Homicide, Richmond, Virginia. Police said he was found dead inside a car on Bethel Street in the Whitcomb Court area.
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database from the Library of Virginia, Richmond; Legacy, WWBT
William K. Middleton, age 26, from Norfolk, Virginia, Norfolk county.
Parents: Clarence Middleton and Marlene Blackburn
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: L. C. Bird High, Chesterfield County (2002); Old Dominion University (2007)
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Enlisted April 2009.
Date of death: Monday, November 22, 2010
Death details: Died in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Staff Sergeant Sean M. Flannery was also killed.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Department of Defense, Richmond Time Dispatch, Military Times
Trammaine J. Billingsley, age 20, from Portsmouth, Virginia, Portsmouth county.
Parents: Zelda Adams Billingsley and Travis L. Billingsley
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Booker T. Washington High, Norfolk
Military history: 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.
Date of death: Thursday, October 14, 2010
Death details: Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvided explosive device, while conductin combat operations between Moqur and Darreh-Ye-Bum, Afghanistan. Killed were Carlos A. Benitez, Rafael Martinez Jr. and Tramaine J. Billingsley.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Department of Defense, Virgina Pilot, Military Times
Jaime Carlos Newman, age 27, from Richmond, Virginia.
Parents: Helen C. Newman
Children: Damarques J. Newman, Jaidan I. Cox
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Kennedy High graduate
Military history: 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Date of death: Friday, September 17, 2010
Death details: Died in the Zhari District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Eric Yates also died.
Cemetery: Virginia Veterans Cemetery, Amelia
Source: Department of Defense, Progress Index, The Pilot, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Military Times
Todd William Weaver, age 26, from Hampton, Virginia, Hampton county.
Spouse: Emma Weaver
Children: Kiley Honoria Neil, 1
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Bruton High graduate, Williamsburg, Virginia. College of William and Mary (2008). Radford University (2006).
Military history: 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Date of death: Thursday, September 9, 2010
Death details: Died in Kandahar, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Department of Defense, Daily Press, Military Times
Ronald A. Rodriguez, age 26, from Falls Church, Virginia, Fairfax county.
Parents: Maria Rodriguez and Francisco Rodriguez
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: JEB Stuart High, Falls Church (2002)
Military history: 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. Enlisted 2002
Date of death: Monday, August 23, 2010
Death details: Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Department of Defense, Falls Church News Press, Military Times
Cody S. Childers, age 19, from Chesapeake, Virginia.
Parents: Wendy Childers and Randy Childers
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Grassfields High, Chesapeake (2009)
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Enlisted September 2008.
Date of death: Friday, August 20, 2010
Death details: Died after being hit by enemy gunfire in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Washington Post, Military Times
Donahue B Harris from Virginia
Military history: 241st Seaport Operations
Date of death: Monday, July 26, 2010
Death details: Died after he collapsed at Fort Story, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Sources: Virginia Military Dead Database Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia Pilot
Libardo Eduardo Caraveo, age 52, from Woodbridge, Virginia.
Parents: Rafael Caraveo and Aurora Caraveo
Spouse: Maria Caraveo
Children: Edward Caraveo, Jose Armando Caraveo, John Paul Caraveo
Schools: Bowie High (1975), Austin College, University Texas El Paso (1980), University of Arizona
Military history: 467th Medical Detachment, Madison, Wisconsin
Date of death: Thursday, November 5, 2009
Death details: Killed by gunshot from a fellow soldier, police said, in an attack at Ft. Hood that left 13 dead and 30 injured.
Source: Army, CNN, Las Cruces Sun-News
Stephan L. Mace, age 21, from Lovetsville, Virginia, Loudoun county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.
Date of death: Saturday, October 3, 2009
Death details: Died in Karndesh, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his contingency outpost with small arms, rocket-propelled grenade and indirect fires.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times