Tooele County Utah

Byrd, Jordan M.
Army Private 1st class

Jordan M. Byrd, age 19, from Grantsville, Utah, Tooele county.

Parents: Jerald J. Brost

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Date of death: Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Death details: Died in Yahya Kheyl, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire.

Source: Department of Defense, Casper Journal, Military Times

Tafoya, Victor Arnaldo
Army Corporal

Victor Arnaldo Tafoya, age 18, from Tooele, Utah, Tooele county.

Parents: Jesus Taoya and Jessie Tafoya Mallett, stepfather Larry D. Mallett

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Sunday, June 7, 1970
Death details: Died in Vietnam from injuries when he was struck with fragments while on defense night duty on June 4, 1970.

Source: National Archives

Fonger, Lyndsey Frank
Army Private 1st class

Lyndsey Frank Fonger, age 19, from Tooele County Tooele, Utah .

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Tuesday, February 22, 1966
Death details: Died from metal fragment wounds suffered in action.

Source: National Archives, UPI (1966)

George, Doyle D.
Air Force 1st lieutenant

Doyle D. George, age 24, from Tooele County Tooele, Utah .

Parents: Ormond and Reba Dixon George

Service era: Korea
Schools: Tooele High, USAC (1953)

Date of death: Thursday, August 11, 1955
Death details: Killed in the collision of two Flying Boxcar in Germany.
Cemetery: Tooele City

Source: Associated Press (1955), Deseret News (1955)

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