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Felix A. Berrios, age 33, from Travis County Houston, Texas .
Service era: Post Afghanistan
Military history: 25th Signal Battalion, 160th Signal Brigade, U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar
Date of death: Friday, November 3, 2023
Death details: Died at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar from a non-combat related incident.
Source: Department of Defense
Emilie Marie Eve Bolanos, age 23, from Austin, Texas, Travis county.
Service era: Post war on terror
Date of death: Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Death details: Among nine killed in a mid-air collision involving two Black Hawk helicopters near Fort Campbell, Kentucky during a routine training mission.
Source: CBS News, Austin American Statesman (2023)
James M. Darrough, age 38, from Austin, Texas, Travis county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 101st Finance Company, 101st Special Troops Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Date of death: Saturday, October 29, 2011
Death details: Died in Kabul Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device. Killed were Lt. Col. David E. Cabrera, Staff Sgt. Christopher R. Newman, Sgt. James M. Darrough, Sgt. Carlo F. Eugenio.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Bobby J. Pagan, age 23, from Austin, Texas, Travis county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. Enlisted March 2009
Date of death: Saturday, February 13, 2010
Death details: Among three who died of wounds suffered while on foot patrol when suicide bomber on motorcyle attacked them in Zhari Province, Afghanistan.
Cemetery: Assumption Cemetery, Austin
Source: Department of Defense, Lakeland Ledger, WECT
Sean Edward Lyerly, age 31, from Pflugerville, Texas, Travis county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 36Th Aviation Brigade, Austin, Tx
Date of death: Saturday, January 20, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Yari Mokri, age 26, from Pflugerville, Texas, Travis county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 3Bstb (3Ibct 25 Id), Schofield Barracks, Hi
Date of death: Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Hawijah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Byron Wayne Norwood, age 25, from Pflugerville, Texas, Travis county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Wpns Co, 3D Bn, 1St Mar, Rct-1, 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Saturday, November 13, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Nickalous Neil Aldrich, age 21, from Austin, Texas, Travis County.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: G Co, 2D Bn, 4Th Mar, 1-1 Id 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Friday, August 27, 2004
Death details: died from a non-hostile vehicle accident in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.
Source: Department of Defense, U.S. Navy, Military Times
Timothy D. McNeely, age 19, from Travis County Austin, Texas .
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Austin American Statesman (1983)
Timothy R. McMahon, age 19, from Travis County Austin, Texas .
Service era: Beirut bombings
Schools: Anderson High (1982)
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Austin American Statesman (1983)