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Christopher Andrew Celiz, age 32, from Summerville, South Carolina.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Friday, December 7, 2018
Death details: Died in Afghanistan of injuries sustained from enemy small arms fire.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Curtis S. Reagan, age 43, from Summerville, South Carolina, Dorchester county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 603rd Aviation Support Battalion, 3rd Combat Aviation Bridgade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia.
Date of death: Friday, March 29, 2013
Death details: Died in Kandahar, Afghanistan from a non-combat related illness.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Lloyd Anthony Wilson, age 24, from Summerville, South Carolina, Corchester county.
Parents: Joseph
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Sunday, May 17, 1987
Death details: Died aboard the USS Stark. While in the Persian Gulf on May 17, 1987, she was struck by two Iraqi Exocet missiles, killing 37 sailors and wounding 21. Brought under control, the frigate sailed to Bahrain and was successfully repaired at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi. Following repairs and subsequent tours in the Atlantic and Middle East, Stark was decommissioned on May 7, 1999, and was scrapped in 2006.
Source: Associated Press, National Museum of the U.S. Navy
Larry Villanueva, age 20, from Summerville, South Carolina, Dorchester county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, January 5, 1970
Source: National Archives