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Scott C. Dayton, age 42, from Woodbridge, Virginia, Prince William county.
Service era: Syria
Military history: Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Two, based in Virginia Beach, Virginia
Date of death: Thursday, November 24, 2016
Death details: Died in northern Syria of wounds sustained in an improvised explosive device blast
Source: Department of Defense, New York Times, Military Times
Brandon L. Cyr, age 28, from Woodbridge, Virginia, Prince William county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 906 Air Refuleling Squadron, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
Date of death: Saturday, April 27, 2013
Death details: Died near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan in the crash of an MC-12 aircraft. There was no enemy activity in the area. Killed were Capt. Brandon L. Cyr, Capt. Reid K. Nishizuka, Staff Sgt. Richard A. Dickson, Staff Sgt. Daniel N. Fannin.
Source: Department of Defense
Libardo Eduardo Caraveo, age 52, from Woodbridge, Virginia.
Parents: Rafael Caraveo and Aurora Caraveo
Spouse: Maria Caraveo
Children: Edward Caraveo, Jose Armando Caraveo, John Paul Caraveo
Schools: Bowie High (1975), Austin College, University Texas El Paso (1980), University of Arizona
Military history: 467th Medical Detachment, Madison, Wisconsin
Date of death: Thursday, November 5, 2009
Death details: Killed by gunshot from a fellow soldier, police said, in an attack at Ft. Hood that left 13 dead and 30 injured.
Source: Army, CNN, Las Cruces Sun-News
Steven Alexander Davis, age 23, from Woodbridge, Virginia, Prince William county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 2D Battalion, 12Th Infantry, Fort Carson, Colorado
Date of death: Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Brian S Letendre, age 27, from Woodbridge, Virginia, Prince William county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Mitt, Tf 1-172 Ar, 2-28Th Bct, I Mef Fwd
Date of death: Wednesday, May 3, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Tammin, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Brian Anthony Medina, age 20, from Woodbridge, Virginia, Prince William county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: B Co, 1St Bn, 3D Mar, Rct-7, 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Friday, November 12, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Fallujah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Frank Kevin Jr Rivers, age 23, from Woodbridge, Virgnia, Prince William county.
Parents: Frank K. Rivers Sr.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 334th Signal Battalion, 3D Stryker Brigade (2Id), Fort Lewis, Washington; Bronze Star (posthumously)
Date of death: Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Death details: Collapsed from heart failure during a training exercise in Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times; Library of Virginia, Richmond
Charles Henry Hamilton from Woodbridge, Virginia, Woodbridge county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, May 16, 1970
Source: National Archives