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Minhee Kim, age 20, from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Washtenaw county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Co, 1St Bn, 24Th Mar, (Rct-5, I Mef Fwd), 4Th Mar Div, Lansing, Mi
Date of death: Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Gary Allen Koehler, age 21, from Ypsilanti, Michigan, Washtenaw county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Wpns Co, 1St Bn, 8Th Mar, 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, Nc
Date of death: Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Hadithah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ahmed K. Altaie, age 41, from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Washtenaw county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Enlisted in December 2004.
Date of death: Monday, October 23, 2006
Death details: Kidnapped Oct. 23, 2006 when he left the Green Zone in Bagdad, Iraq in violation of Army policy. His remains were identified February 25, 2012.
Cemetery: Arborcrest Memorial Park and Chapel Mausoleum in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Source: CNN, findagrave.com, Military Times
Clifford R Collinsworth, age 20, from Chelsea, Michigan, Washtenaw county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Wpns Co, 1St Bn, 6Th Mar, (1-1 Ad, I Mef Fwd), 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, Nc
Date of death: Saturday, October 21, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Ar Ramadi, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Curtis Tyrone Howard II, age 32, from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Washtenaw county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 1St Battalion, 8Th Infantry, 3D Bct, 4Th Id, (101St), Fort Carson, Co
Date of death: Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Gerald Michael II Bloomfield, age 38, from Ypsilanti, Michigan, Washtenaw county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hmla-369, Mag-39, 3D Maw, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Wednesday, November 2, 2005
Death details: died when their AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter crashed while flying in support of security and stabilization operations near Ar Ramadi, Iraq.
Source: Department of Defense, U.S. Navy, Military Times
Donald Roy Ii McCune, age 20, from Yplsilanti, Michigan, Washtenaw county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 1St Battalion, 161St Infantry, Moses Lake, Wa
Date of death: Thursday, August 5, 2004
Death details: Died in Landstuhl, Germany from injuries sustained August 4, 2004 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol in Balad, Iraq.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Randolph Brent Barnaby, age 22, from Saline, Michigan, Washtenaw county.
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Monday, January 28, 1980
Death details: Among the 23 who died when the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn collided with a tanker near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Bay in Florida.
Cemetery: Forest Park Lawndale in Houston
Source: United State Coast Guard, Galveston Daily News (1980), Tampa Bay Times (1980)
Douglas Paul Atkins, age 19, from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Washtenaw county.
Parents: Varriel L. Atkins
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, July 27, 1970
Death details: Hostile, died of wounds, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)
Billy Ferrell, age 19, from Ypsilanti, Michigan, Washtenaw county.
Parents: Hobart Ferrell
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, May 29, 1970
Death details: Hostile, died of wounds, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)