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Michael S. Lammerts, age 26, from Tonawanda, New York, Erie county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Baumholder, Germany.
Date of death: Monday, April 4, 2011
Death details: Died of wounds suffered from small arms fire in Faryab Province, Afghanistan. Also killed was Sgt. Scott H. Burgess.
Source: Department of Defense., Military Times
Dwane Allen Covert Jr., age 20, from Tonawanda, New York, Erie county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 104Th Transportation Company, 927Th Cssb, Fort Benning, Ga
Date of death: Saturday, November 3, 2007
Death details: Al-Sahra, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Christopher William Dill, age 32, from Tonawanda, New York, Erie county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 3Rd Detachment , 1St Brigade, 98Th Division, (Tf Liberty), Pennsauken, New Jersey
Date of death: Monday, April 4, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Peter Paul II Tycz, age 32, from Tonawanda, New York, Erie county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Co C 2D Battalion 3D Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Date of death: Wednesday, June 12, 2002
Death details: Orgun, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Scott N. Vigrass, age 27, from Tonawanda, New York, Erie county.
Parents: James A. Vigrass
Spouse: Lisa, pregnant with their first child
Service era: Gulf War
Schools: Genesseo College
Military history: 724th Main Support Battalion, 24th Infantry Division
Date of death: Saturday, December 8, 1990
Death details: Killed when a tractor-trailer he was driving overturned on a curve
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense
Alex C. Jr. Spence, age 23, from Tonawanda, New York, Erie county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, June 20, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
James Anthony Grifasi, age 22, from Tonawanda, New York, Erie county.
Parents: Anthony T. Grifas
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Kenmore East High (1965), State University of Buffalo, University of Tennessee
Military history: 25th Infantry Division
Date of death: Thursday, March 26, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Buffalo News (1970)