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Brandon Ricardo Diaz, age 20, from Tucson, Arizona.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division
Date of death: Friday, October 8, 2021
Death details: Found dead where he lived on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska
Source: Fox News, The Brandon Act
Kevin J. McEnroe, age 30, from Tucson, Arizona.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Date of death: Friday, November 4, 2016
Death details: Killed by Jordanian soldier Maareh Towayha. Soldier sentenced to life by a military court
Source: Military Times
Orion N. Sparks, age 29, from Tucson, Arizona.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Schweinfurt, Germany.
Date of death: Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Death details: Died of injuries suffered when an insurgent wearing a suicide vest detonated the device near his patrol. Sgt. Jonathan A. Golintz was also killed.
Source: Department of Defense., Military Times
Todd M. Harris, age 37, from Tucson, Arizona, Pima county.
Parents: Diane Adams and stepfather Edward Adams; Sam Harris and stepmother Becky Harris
Children: McKenna Harris, Kai Harris, stepdaughter Taysia Paul
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Sahuaro High (1992)
Military history: 87th Infantry Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York. Enlisted February 1998.
Date of death: Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Death details: Died in Badghis Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire.
Cemetery: East Lawn
Source: Department of Defense, Arizona Daily Star
Martin A. Lugo, age 24, from Tucson, Arizona.
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Tucson High (2004)
Military history: 1st Battalion, 75h Ranger Regiment, Hunter Army Air Field, Georgia. Enlisted 2004 and reenlisted February 2010. Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
Date of death: Thursday, August 19, 2010
Death details: Died in Puli Alam, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire.
Source: Department of Defense, KVOA, Arizona Daily Star, Military Times
Christopher J. Moon, age 20, from Tucson, Arizona, Pima county.
Parents: Marsha Begay Moon and Brian Moon
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Tucson High
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Enlisted 2008.
Date of death: Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Death details: Died at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device July 6, 2010 in Arghandab, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Arizona Daily Star, Military Times
Justin T. Gallegos, age 27, from Tucson, Arizona, Pima county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.
Date of death: Saturday, October 3, 2009
Death details: Died in Karndesh, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his contingency outpost with small arms, rocket-propelled grenade and indirect fires.
Source: Department of Defense, Army Times
Timothy Louis Bowles, age 24, from Tucson, Arizona, Pima county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 3Rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
Parent: Lisa and Louis Bowles
School: Tucson High graduate
Date of death: Sunday, March 15, 2009
Death details: Hostile; Kot, Afghanistan. Died from wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Joseph Francisco Gonzales, age 18, from Tucson, Arizona, Pima county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 1St Battalion, 26Th Infantry, 3 Bct, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Saturday, September 20, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Korengal Valley, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Robert Charles Jr Hammett, age 39, from Tucson, Arizona, Pima county.
Service era: Iraq
Date of death: Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Sadr City, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times