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Francis D. Imlay, age 31, from Vacaville, California, Solano county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 391st Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho.
Date of death: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Death details: Died from injuries received in an accident involving an F-15 aircraft near a base in Southwest Asia
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jerry Lee Bonifacio Jr., age 28, from Vacaville, California, Solano county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 1St Battalion, 184Th Infantry (Tf Bagdhad), Dublin, Ca
Date of death: Monday, October 10, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Casey Sheehan, age 24, from Vacaville, California, Solano county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Battery, 1St Battalion / 82Nd Field Artillery (1St Cav Div), Fort Hood, Texas
Date of death: Sunday, April 4, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
James G. Yarber, age 37, from Solano County Vacaville, California .
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
Thurle Eugene Jr. Case, age 22, from Vacaville, California, Solano county.
Parents: Thurle E. Case Sr.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, March 16, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam when a Navy EC121 spy plane with 31 crew aboard crashed into a hanger and started on fire.
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970), Associated Press (1970), San Francisco Examiner (1970)