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Pvt. John M. Henderson Jr. | 21 | Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment | Columbus, Georgia | One of two soldiers who died after their Humvee slid into the Kunar River northeast of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, near the Pakistani border on August 4, 2005 |
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Petty Officer 3rd Class Emory J. Turpin | 23 | Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74 | Dahlonega, Georgia | Died when he drowned in the Seychelles on November 20, 2005 |
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Lance Cpl. Samuel W. Large Jr. | 21 | Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force | Villa Rica, Georgia | One of eight Marines and two airmen killed when two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters crashed into the Gulf of Aden near Ras Siyyan in northern Djibouti, while flying a training mission in the Godoria Range area on February 17, 2006 |
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Staff Sgt. Gregory L. Elam | 39 | 54th Quartermaster Company, 49th Quartermaster Group, 101st Airborne Division | Columbus, Georgia | Died as a result of a non-combat related illness in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on December 11, 2007. His death is under investigation. |
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Staff Sgt. Donald T. Tabb | 29 | 6th Military Police Detachment, 1st Battalion, 13th Aviation Regiment | Norcross, Georgia | Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Sangin, Afghanistan, on February 5, 2008 |
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1st Sgt. Luke J. Mercardante | 35 | Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force | Athens, Georgia | One of two Marines killed during combat operations in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on April 15, 2008 |
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Master Sgt. Davy N. Weaver | 39 | 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Georgia Army National Guard | Barnesville, Georgia | Died of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb in Qalat, Afghanistan, on May 18, 2008 |
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Master Sgt. Mitchell W. Young | 39 | 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group | Jonesboro, Georgia | Killed when the vehicle he was in struck a roadside bomb in Kajaki Sofla, Afghanistan, on July 13, 2008 |
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Cpl. Matthew B. Phillips | 27 | 2nd Battalion, 503d Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team | Jasper, Georgia | One of nine soldiers killed when their outpost was attacked by small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades by enemy forces in Wanat, Afghanistan, on July 13, 2008 |
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Cpl. Jonathan R. Ayers | 24 | 2nd Battalion, 503d Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team | Snellville, Georgia | One of nine soldiers killed when their outpost was attacked by small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades by enemy forces in Wanat, Afghanistan, on July 13, 2008 |
