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Louis F. Cardin, age 27, from Temecula, California.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Date of death: Saturday, March 19, 2016
Death details: Died in Northern Iraq from wounds suffered when the enemy attacked his unit with rocket fire.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Christopher G. Singer, age 23, from Temecula, California, Riverside county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Spouse: Brooke Singer (married January 29, 2009)
Child: Briyana, 2
Parents: Greg Singer
Military history: 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, California.
Date of death: Saturday, January 21, 2012
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, San Diego Tribune
Mary Jane Jaenichen, age 20, from Temecula, California, Riverside county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 2D Special Troops Battalion, 2 Bct, Fort Stewart, Georgia
Date of death: Friday, May 9, 2008
Death details: Fob Kalsu, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Stephen Patrick Saxton, age 24, from Temecula, California, Riverside county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Air Defense Artillery, 1St Battalion, 3D Acr, (Tf Baghdad), Fort Carson, Colorado
Date of death: Tuesday, May 3, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times