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Daren M. Hidalgo, age 24, from Waukesha, Wisconsin, Waukesha county.
Parents: Jorge Hidalgo
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Dallastown Area High; York, Pennsylvania (2005)
Military history: 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany.
Date of death: Sunday, February 20, 2011
Death details: Died in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times.
Dean David Opicka, age 29, from Waukesha, Wisconsin, Waukesha county.
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Luxemburg-Casco High (1997), Carroll College (2002)
Military history: F Co, 2D Bn, 24Th Mar, (Rct-1, I Mef Fwd), 4Th Mar Div, Milwauke, Wisconsin
Date of death: Monday, April 14, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Military Times
Christopher Scott Frost, age 24, from Waukesha, Wisconsin, Waukesha county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 377Th Air Base Wing, Kirtland Afb, Nm
Date of death: Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Death details: Near Bayji, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Richard Daniel Warner, age 22, from Waukesha, Wisconsin, Waukesha county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: F Co, 2D Bn, 24Th Mar, (24Th Meu), 4Th Mar Div, Milwaukee, Wi
Date of death: Monday, December 13, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Yusufiyah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Robert Paul Warns II, age 23, from Waukesha, Wisconsin, Waukesha county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: G Co, 2D Bn, 24Th Mar, (24Th Meu, 1St Mar Div), Madison, Wi
Date of death: Monday, November 8, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Lutifiyah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Mathew Earl Schram, age 36, from Brookfield, Wisconsin, Waukesha county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hht Support Squadron 3D Acr, Fort Carson, Colorado
Date of death: Wednesday, May 28, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Haditha, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
John Albert Gross, age 24, from Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Waukesha county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, July 27, 1971
Death details: Helicopter air casualty
Cemetery: Wisconsin Memorial Park in Brookfield
Source: National Archives, Manitowoc Herald Times (1971), Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association
Michael Dennis Bohrman, age 20, from Delafield, Wisconsin, Waukesha county.
Parents: Jack J. Bohrman
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, June 2, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Southeast Asia
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Lloyd George Howie, age 26, from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, Waukesha county.
Parents: George E. Howie
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, May 15, 1970
Cemetery: Summit in Waukesha
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970), findagrave.com
Carl Dennis Ruenger, age 20, from North Prarie, Wisconsin, Waukesha county.
Parents: Carl F. Ruenger
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, April 27, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)