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Dennis Jr. James, age 21, from Deltona, Florida, Volusia county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Polk, Louisiana.
Date of death: Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Death details: Died from wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Wardak Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Tara R. Brown, age 33, from Deltona, Florida, Volusia county.
Parents: Jim Jacobs and Gladys Vereen
Spouse: Ernest Brown (married in 2010)
Children: None
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Deltona High (1995)
Military history: Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.
Date of death: Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Death details: Died at the Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan of wounds suffered from gunfire. Killed were Maj. Philip D. Ambard, Maj. Jeffrey O. Ausborn, Maj. David L. Brodeur, Master Sgt. Tara R. Brown, Lt. Col. Frank D. Bryant Jr., Maj. Raymond G. Estelle II, Capt. Nathan J. Nylander, Capt. Charles A. Ransom.
Cemetery: Parklawn Memorial Park and Menorah Gardens in Rockville, Maryland
Source: Department of Defense, Stars and Stripes, Orlando Sentinel, findagrave.com, Military Times
Keith T. Buzinski, age 26, from Daytona Beach, Florida, Volusia county.
Parents: Carol Buzinski and Tom Buzinski
Spouse: Andrea Buzinski
Children: Mary-Margaret Kalbrunner and Taylor Morrison
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York; Bronze Star and Purple Heart
Date of death: Thursday, April 7, 2011
Death details: Died in Logar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire.
Source: Department of Defense, Trenton Times, Military Times
Anthony Dee Davis, age 29, from Daytona Beach, Florida, Volusia county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 1St Battalion, 75Th Ranger, Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, Ga
Date of death: Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Death details: Hostile; Tikrit, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Adam David Quinn, age 22, from Orange City, Florida, Volusia county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 82D Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, Nc
Date of death: Saturday, October 6, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Camp Egger Tmc, Afghanistan
Cemetery: Oakdale in DeLand, Florida
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Nicholas Keith Rogers, age 27, from Deltona, Florida, Volusia county.
Parents: Robert and Penny Rogers
Spouse: Kelly Williamson Rogers
Children: Jocelyn and Isabelle
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 4Th Battalion, 31St Infantry, Fort Drum, Ny
Date of death: Sunday, October 22, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Cemetery: Deltona Memorial Gardens
Source: Department of Defense, Orlando Sentinel, Military Times
Angelo Joseph Vaccaro, age 23, from Deltona, Florida, Volusia county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 1St Battalion, 32D Infantry, 3 Bct, Fort Drum, Ny
Date of death: Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Korengal, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Arthur Charles Williams IV, age 31, from Edgewater, Florida, Volusia county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Co, 44Th Eng Bn, 2D Infantry Division, (1St Marine Expeditionary Force)
Date of death: Wednesday, December 8, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Mason Douglas Whetstone, age 30, from Daytona Beach, Florida, Volusia county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 3D Battalion 58Th Aviation (Forward) V Corps, Apo Ae 09165
Date of death: Thursday, July 17, 2003
Death details: Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Nathaniel W. Jenkins, age 19, from Volusia County Daytona Beach, Florida .
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