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Justin R. Rogers, age 25, from Barton, New York, Tioga county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Date of death: Friday, June 28, 2013
Death details: Died in Bagram, Afghanistan from a non-combat realted incident.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Charles Edward II Bilbrey, age 21, from Owego, New York, Tioga county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop A, 5Th Squadron, 7Th Cavalry, Fort Stewart, Ga
Date of death: Thursday, July 26, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Saqlawiyah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Nathan Paul Fairlie, age 21, from Candor, New York, Tioga county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop B, 6Th Squadron, 9Th Cavalry, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Friday, January 26, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baqubah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
John Richard Wurtenberg, age 27, from Newark Valley, New York, Tioga county.
Spouse: Barbara Berlin Wurtenberg
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Newark Valley High (1961), National School of Meat Cutting in Toledo, Ohio
Date of death: Wednesday, June 10, 1970
Death details: Died in Vietnam from burns received four days earlier. He was burned when a field range unit he was repairing exploded.
Source: National Archives, Ithaca Journal (1970)
Michael John Chamberlain from Waverly, New York, Tioga county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, May 25, 1970
Death details: Hostile, Cambodia
Source: National Archives