Honoring local soldiers who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan

As the country reaches another great milestone in the war on terror, we stop to remember those area men and women we knew and loved who have fallen while serving the cause of justice.

April 27, 2011

Marine Cpl. Adam D. Jones, 29, of Germantown; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

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March 19, 2011

Army Cpl. Donald R. Mickler Jr., 29, of Trotwood; assigned to the 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment out of Vilseck, Germany.

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Feb. 5, 2011

Marine Cpl. Lucas T. Pyeatt, 24, of West Chester Twp.; assigned to 2nd Radio Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

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Nov. 21, 2010

Army Sgt. David J. Luff Jr., 29, of Hamilton; assigned to 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

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Nov. 14, 2010

Army Spc. Jesse A. Snow, 25, of Fairborn; assigned to 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

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Aug. 28, 2010

Army Sgt. James C. Robinson, 27, of Lebanon; assigned to 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

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Oct. 10, 2007

Army Spec. Samuel F. Pearson, 28, of Piqua; 376th Finance Company, 88th Regional Readiness Command, Wausau, Wis.

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Aug. 29, 2007

Army Sgt. Edward L. Brooks, 25, of Dayton; assigned to 1st Battalion, 77th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany.

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July 5, 2007

Army Spc. Anthony Vinnedge, 24, of Okeana; Troop C, 2nd Squadron, 107th Armor Cavalry Regiment of the Ohio Army National Guard, Greenville.

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June 26, 2007

Marines Cpl. Derek C. Dixon, 20, of Riverside; 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

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April 28, 2007

Army Cpl. Jeremy R. Greene, 24, of Springfield; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.

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Aug. 24, 2006

Marine Staff Sgt. Gordon G. Solomon, 35, of Fairborn; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

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Aug. 11, 2006

Army Pfc. James P. White Jr., 19, of Huber Heights; assigned to 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.

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May 22, 2006

Marine Sgt. David Christoff, 25, of Rossford; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.

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April 9, 2006

Army Sgt. First Class Gregory Rogers, 42, whose parents live in West Chester Twp.; 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborn Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.

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Oct. 31, 2005

Army Pvt. Adam R. Johnson, 22, of Clayton; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Ky.

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May 8, 2005

Army Pfc. Nicolas E. Messmer, 20, of Franklin; assigned to 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Greaves, Korea.

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March 21, 2005

Marine Lance Cpl. Kevin S. Smith, 20, of Springfield; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

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Jan. 30, 2005

Army Pfc. James H. Miller IV, 22, of West Chester Twp.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey, Korea.

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Jan. 26, 2005

Marine Cpl. Richard Gilbert Jr., 26, of Dayton; assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base, Hawaii.

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Nov. 03, 2004

Army Sgt. Charles J. Webb, 22, of Hamilton; assigned to 82nd Engineer Battalion, 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized), Bamberg, Germany.

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May 8, 2003

Army Pfc. Marlin T. Rockhold, 23, of Hamilton; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Ga.

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April 3, 2003

Army Staff Sgt. Nino D. Livaudais, 23, of Beavercreek; assigned to A Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Army Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.

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April 2, 2003

Marines Pfc. Christian D. Gurtner, 19, of Ohio City; assigned 3rd Light Armored Recon Battalion, 1st Marine Division.

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Feb. 1, 2003

Army Sgt. Benjamin Moore, 25, of Hamilton, killed at Ft. Hood, Texas, during a training accident before deployment.

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Feb. 22, 2002

Army Capt. Bartt D. Owens, 31, of Middletown; assigned to E Co, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, based at Fort Campbell, Ky.

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July 22, 2010

Marine Lt. Col. Mario D. Carazo, 41, of Springfield; assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

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July 9, 2009

Army Spec. Gregory J. Missman, 36, of Batavia; assigned to 704th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.

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May 22, 2009

Army Master Sgt. Brian Naseman, 36, of New Bremen; assigned to 108th Forward Support Company, attached to 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry, 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Sussex, Wis.

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March 29, 2008

Army Staff Sgt. Keith M. "Matt" Maupin, 24, of Batavia; assigned to 724th Transportation Company, Bartonville, Ill.

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Jan. 19, 2008

Army Sgt. Jon M. Schoolcraft III, 26, of Wapakoneta; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

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Feb. 24, 2007

Army Spc. Ethan J. Biggers, 22, of Beavercreek; assigned to 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

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Jan. 22, 2007

Army Spc. Nicholas P. Brown, 24, of Huber Heights; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.

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Jan. 20, 2007

Army Col. Paul M. Kelly, 45, of Beavercreek; National Guard, Joint Force Headquarters of the Virginia Army National Guard. Blackstone, Va.

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Oct. 26, 2006

Army 1st Sgt. Ricky L. McGinnis, 42, of Hamilton; assigned to 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

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Sept. 13, 2006

Army Capt. Matthew C. Mattingly, 30, of Beavercreek; assigned to 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

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Aug. 3, 2005

Marine Lance Cpl. Timothy M. Bell Jr., 22, of West Chester Twp.; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Columbus.

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Aug. 3, 2005

Marine Lance Cpl. Michael J. Cifuentes, 25, of Fairfield; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Columbus.

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Aug. 3, 2005

Marine Reserves Lance Cpl. William B. Wightman, 22, of Sabina; 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Corps Reserve, Columbus.

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July 14, 2005

Army Pfc. Timothy J. Hines Jr., 21, of Fairfield; assigned to 64th Military Police Company, 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas.

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May 9, 2005

Marine Lance Cpl. Taylor B. Prazynski, 20, of Fairfield; assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

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Aug. 18, 2004

Marine Lance Cpl. Dustin R. Fitzgerald, 22, of Huber Heights; assigned to Battalion Landing Team 1/2 (1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

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April 17, 2004

Army Sgt. Jonathan N. Hartman, 27, of Waynesville; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Friedburg, Germany.

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Nov. 2, 2003

Army Spc. Steven D. Conover,21, of Wilmington; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, based in Fort Sill, Okla.

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Oct. 24, 2003

Army Spec. Artimus D. Brassfield, 22, of Fairborn; B Company, 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.

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July 20, 2003

Air Force Master Sgt. David A. Scott, 51, of Union; assigned to 445th Communications Flight, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

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Feb. 22, 2002

Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jody L. Egnor, 32, of Middletown; assigned to E Co, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, based at Fort Campbell, Ky.

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January 4, 2002

Army Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Ross Chapman, 31, of Centerville; based at Fort Lewis, Wash., with the First Special Forces Group, but as a Green Beret communications specialist, he had been attached to the Fifth Special Forces Group at Fort Campbell, Ky. Chapman was the first U.S. soldier killed by enemy fire in Afghanistan.