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Michael H. Ollis, age 24, from Staten Island, New York
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York.
Date of death: Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Death details: Died in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Collin Tyree Mason, age 20, from Staten Island, New York, Richmond county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 1St Battalion, 66Th Armor, 1 Bct, Fort Hood, Texas
Date of death: Sunday, July 2, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Taji, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ian Thomas Sanchez, age 26, from Staten Island, New York, Richmond county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 1St Bn, 32D Infantry, 10Th Inf Bde (Tf Spartan) Fort Drum, New York
Date of death: Friday, June 16, 2006
Death details: Killed when his all-terrain vehicle struck an improvised explosive device during combat operations in Pech River Valley, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times