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Hansen B. Kirkpatrick, age 19, from Wasilla, Alaska.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas
Date of death: Monday, July 3, 2017
Death details: Died in Helmand Province, Afghanistan from wounds received during an indirect fire attack.
Source: Department of Defense, Militry Times
Charles Donald Allen, age 28, from Wasilla, Alaska, Matanuska-Susitna Borough county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 296Th Medical Company, Brigade Support Battalion, 3 Bct, Fort Lewis, Wa
Date of death: Thursday, January 4, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jacob Eugene Melson, age 22, from Wasilla, Alaska, Matanuska-Susitna Borough county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Co B,1St Bn, 207Th Aviation, Fort Richardson, Ak
Date of death: Saturday, January 7, 2006
Death details: Zambar Mountain, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times