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Joshua M. Seals, age 21, from Porter, Oklahoma, Wagoner county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oklahoma National Guard, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Date of death: Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Death details: Died in Paktia Province, Afghanistan from a non-combat related incident.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Coleman Wayne Hinkefent, age 19, from Coweta, Oklahoma, Wagoner county.
Service era: Iraq
Parents: Eric and Belinda Hinkefent
Military history: Company A, 1St Battalion, 6Th Infantry, Smith Barracks, Germany
Date of death: Saturday, December 20, 2008
Death details: Died in Homburg, Germany. He was serving in Iraq when he became ill and had to undergo treatment for acute leukemia. His death was from liver failure.
Source: Department of Defense, Tulsa World
James Randolph III Graham, age 25, from Coweta, Oklahoma, Wagoner county.
Parents: Katrina Graham
Spouse: Melissa Graham
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Tow Sec, 4Th Tank Bn, (Rct-2, 2D Mar Div), 4Th Mar Div, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Date of death: Monday, August 1, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Hit, Iraq. Killed by a suicide car bomber
Cemetery: Memorialized in 2006 with the naming of a three mile section of Oklahoma 51 through Coweta
Source: Department of Defense, The Oklahoman, Tulsa World, Military Times
Jimmy Lee Campbell, age 22, from Wagoner, Oklahoma, Wagoner county.
Parents: Mrs. E.R. Sanders
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Coweta High (1967), Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton
Date of death: Wednesday, February 11, 1970
Death details: Died from wounds from a booby trap
Source: National Archives, Tulsa World (1970)
Donald Paul Sloat, age 20, from Coweta, Oklahoma, Wagoner county.
Parents: Evelyn Sloat
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Awarded the Medal of Honor in 2014.
Date of death: Saturday, January 17, 1970
Death details: Killed after covering a live hand grenade to protect three fellow soldiers.
Source: National Archives, Daily Oklahoman (1970), Record Journal (2014)
William F. Jr. Gilmore, age 22, from Wagoner, Oklahoma, Wagoner county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, January 5, 1970
Source: National Archives, Daily Oklahoman (1970)
Dow Lorenzen Findley, age 23, from Wagoner, Oklahoma, Wagoner county.
Service era: World War I
Date of death: Thursday, October 24, 1918
Death details: Killed in action
Cemetery: maa
Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com, findagrave.com