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Keller, Andrew J.
Army Private 1st class

Andrew J. Keller, age 22, from Tigard, Oregon, Washington county.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy.

Date of death: Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Death details: Died in Charkh, Afghanistan when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

McCrae, Erik Scott
Army 1st lieutenant

Erik Scott McCrae, age 25, from Tigard, Oregon, Washington county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: D Company, 2D Battalion, 162D Infantry, Coos Bay, Oregon

Date of death: Friday, June 4, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Flieger, Harold Norman
Army Private 1st class

Harold Norman Flieger, age 20, from Tigard, Oregon, Washington county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Monday, December 7, 1970
Death details: Killed when the helicopter he was aboard crashed in Vietnam after it was hit by ground fire

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)

Langman, William James
Army Captain

William James Langman, age 24, from Tigard, Oregon, Washington county.

Spouse: Mary

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Sunday, September 27, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)

Karr, George Geoffrey
Army Specialist 4

George Geoffrey Karr, age 23, from Tigard, Oregon, Washington county.

Parents: George R. Karr

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Tuesday, March 3, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)

Coates, Donald Leroy
Marines Staff sergeant

Donald Leroy Coates, age 29, from Tigard, Oregon, Washington county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Tuesday, February 1, 1966
Death details: On February 1, 1966, a KC-130F Hercules (bureau number 149809) took off carrying six crew members on an aerial refueling mission over the Gulf of Tonkin. En route to its rendezvous point, all radio and radar contact was lost with the aircraft while over the water in the vicinity of (GC) 48Q YE 520 190. Search efforts to locate the aircraft and the six crew members were unsuccessful. Sergeant Donald Leroy Coates entered the U.S. Marine Corps from Oregon and was a member of the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, 1st Marine Air Wing. He was a crew member aboard this Hercules when it disappeared on February 1, l966, and he was lost with the aircraft. He remains unaccounted-for. After the incident, the Marine Corps promoted Sgt Coates to the rank of Staff Sergeant (SSgt). Today, Staff Sergeant Coates is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com

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