Air Force Airman 1st Class Raymond Losano, 24, a former Pima Community College student, was killed in an ambush in Afghanistan on April 25, 2003.
Army Sgt. Sean Cataudella, 28, a Tucson father of three, including a then-infant son he never met, died Aug. 30, 2003, when his vehicle rolled into a canal near Baghdad.
Conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have claimed 52 with ties to Tucson and Southern Arizona. They are:
Army Spc. Isaac Campoy, 21, a Douglas resident who graduated from Douglas High School in 2001, was killed when his tank hit a land mine in Iraq on Oct. 28, 2003.
Chief Warrant Officer Christopher Nason, 39, of Los Angeles, stationed at Fort Huachuca, died Nov. 23, 2003, when the vehicle he was in collided with a tanker truck in Iraq.
Army Sgt. Benjamin Biskie, 27, of Tucson, was killed when a makeshift bomb hit his convoy north of Baghdad on Christmas Eve 2003. He had a then-6-year-old son.
Army Sgt. Michael Merila of Sierra Vista was killed in an explosion when his convoy was attacked in northern Iraq the day before his 24th birthday, on Feb. 16, 2004.
Marine Lance Cpl. Robert Zurheide Jr., 20, of Tucson, whose wife was nine months pregnant at his funeral, was killed in hostile fire in Iraq on April 12, 2004. He graduated from Desert View High School.
Marine Cpl. Jeff Lawrence, 22, of Tucson, was hit by a homemade bomb near Fallujah on July 6, 2004, days before his wife gave birth.
Army Spc. Robert Unruh, 25, a combat engineer from Tucson, died Sept. 25, 2004, when his unit was attacked in Iraq. His mother died of a heart attack hours after seeing his body.
Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua Lucero, 19, a 2003 graduate of Sunnyside High School, was killed Nov. 27, 2004, by hostile fire in Iraq. Survived by a fiancée and then-16-month-old son.
Army Reserve Sgt. Tina Time, 22, a native of American Samoa and a Pima Community College student, was killed Dec. 13, 2004, in a vehicle accident in Iraq.
Army Pfc. Sam Huff, 18, a 2004 graduate of Mountain View High School, died April 17, 2005, when a roadside bomb hit her convoy in Baghdad.
Army Sgt. Kenneth Ross, 24, a 1999 graduate of Mountain View High School, died Sept. 25, 2005, in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
Marine Master Sgt. Kenneth Hunt Jr., 40, a father of two and a 1983 Santa Rita High School graduate, died Oct. 12, 2005, of burns sustained July 24 when his vehicle hit an anti-tank mine in Iraq.
Army Spc. Tommy Byrd, 21, a 2003 graduate of Santa Rita High School, was one of five soldiers killed Oct. 15, 2005, when their assault vehicle was blown up by a roadside bomb in Ramadi, about 70 miles west of Baghdad.
Marine Cpl. Brandon Scott Schuck, 21, the father of an infant son and a Safford High School graduate, was killed by a homemade bomb Feb. 6, 2006 as his unit patrolled the streets of Baghdad.
Army 1st Sgt. Bobby Mendez, 38, a father of three and former Fort Huachuca soldier, was killed in action in Baghdad on April 27, 2006 - his son's birthday - when his vehicle was hit by a homemade bomb.
Army Sgt. Mark R. Vecchione, 25, was a Massachusetts native who moved to Tucson as a teen and graduated from Sahuaro High School in 1999. He died on July 18, 2006, in Ramadi, Iraq, of injuries suffered when a homemade bomb detonated near his M1A1 Abrams tank.
Navy Hospitalman Chadwick T. "Chad" Kenyon, 20, a 2004 graduate of Mountain View High School, died when an explosive struck the vehicle in which he was riding during combat operations in Anbar province on Aug. 20, 2006.
Army Cpl. Casey L. Mellen, 21, of Huachuca City, died Sept. 25, 2006, in Balad, Iraq, after his patrol group was hit with small-arms fire during combat in Mosul, Iraq. Mellen was assigned to Fort Lewis, south of Tacoma, Wash.
Marine Lance Cpl. Budd M. Cote, 21, of Marana, was killed Dec. 11, 2006, along with two other Marines while the three men conducted combat operations in Anbar province. He died less than two weeks before his first wedding anniversary.
Marine Sgt. Aron Cody Blum, 22, died Dec. 28, 2006, at Naval Medical Center in San Diego after an illness. He'd been evacuated from Anbar province, Iraq, on Dec. 8. The 2002 Sahuaro High School graduate joined the Marines after graduation and was assigned to an aerial-refueler squadron.
Spc. Collin R. Schockmel, 19, who spent much of his childhood in Sierra Vista and attended Buena High School, died Jan. 16, 2007, in Ramadi, Iraq, when his unit came under grenade attack during security and observation operations.
Sgt. 1st Class Russell Borea, 38, a 1986 graduate of Catalina High School, died on Jan. 19, 2007, in Mosul, Iraq, when a homemade bomb detonated during combat operations. Borea had been in Iraq since November.
Army Sgt. Sean Fennerty, 26, who lived in Tucson as a child, died Jan. 20, 2007, in Anbar province in Iraq when the vehicle in which he was riding was hit by a roadside bomb.
Army Cpl. Victor Langarica, a 29-year-old single dad, was one of a dozen soldiers killed when their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Baghdad on Jan. 20, 2007. Langarica was a Georgia native stationed at Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista since 2004.
Army Spc. Alan McPeek, 20, of Tucson, was killed in action Feb. 2, 2007, on his last day in Iraq, which also was his mother's birthday. The 2004 Mountain View High School graduate and another soldier were killed in Ramadi.
Arizona Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Darrel Kasson, 43, was killed in Iraq on March 4, 2007, when a bomb exploded near his vehicle. Kasson was born in Tucson and graduated from Amphitheater High School in 1982. He lived in Florence and worked for the Arizona Department of Corrections.
Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Brevard, 31, died in Baghdad on March 16, 2007, after a roadside bomb detonated near his unit. The father of two young girls lived in Alaska but grew up in Tucson and attended Palo Verde High School.
Army Pfc. Damian Lopez Rodriguez, 19, of Tucson, was killed in action in Baghdad on April 6, 2007, when his Humvee was hit by a homemade bomb. The 2005 graduate of Pueblo High Magnet School was a native of Mexico and was awarded U.S. citizenship after his death.
Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Charles R. Browning, 31, who was raised in Tucson, died June 1, 2007, in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan, when a homemade bomb detonated near his vehicle. The 1994 Palo Verde High School graduate and father of two lived in Florence and worked for the Arizona Department of Corrections.
Army Spc. Adam J. Davis, 19, who went to high school in Tucson but moved to Twin Falls, Idaho, to live with his father and later enlisted, was killed July 23, 2007, in Sarobi District, Afghanistan, when his vehicle was hit by a homemade bomb. Davis, who attended Santa Rita High School, enlisted on his 18th birthday.
Army Sgt. Gary D. Willett, 34, whose parents live in Tucson, died on Feb. 8, 2008, along with three other soldiers when a roadside bomb hit their Stryker combat vehicle. Willett's former wife and his son live in Alamogordo, N.M., and he considered that his home, though he visited his parents in Tucson, where they moved in 2002.
Army Staff Sgt. Ernesto Guadalupe Cimarrusti, 25, of Douglas, was killed on March 10, 2008, along with four other soldiers when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive in a relatively secure area of Baghdad. Cimarrusti, who graduated from Douglas High School in 2000, was married and had a daughter.
Army Staff Sgt. Victor M. Cota, 33, died May 14 in Baghdad of wounds suffered when his vehicle encountered a homemade bomb in Kadamiyah, Iraq, on May 13, 2008. The father of two enlisted in 2000 as an armor crewman. He was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division at Fort Hood, Texas.
Army Chief Warrant Officer Robert Hammett, 39, was one of two soldiers and eight civilians felled June 24, 2008, in Iraq by a bomb blast at a municipal office in Sadr City. The father of five girls, ages 1 to 15, was part of a team working to restore local government and services in the former Shiite militia stronghold.
Marine Cpl. Stewart S. Trejo, 25, died Aug. 7 , 2008, while supporting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. Trejo listed his hometown as Whitefish, Mont., but spent his childhood in Arizona and Mexico and has many relatives still in Tucson. He left behind a wife and two young children.
Army Pfc. Joseph F. Gonzales Jr., 18, died Sept. 20, 2008, in Afghanistan when his vehicle struck a homemade bomb in the Korengal Valley. Gonzales was born and raised in Tucson, wrestled for Sierra Middle School and played football his freshman year for Sunnyside High School.
Army Cpl. Charles P. Gaffney Jr., 42, who moved to Tucson as a teen and lived most recently in Phoenix, died Dec. 24, 2008, in Paktika, Afghanistan, when his combat outpost received enemy rocket fire. He was the father of twin 4-year-old girls.
Army Master Sgt. David L. Hurt, 36, a Green Beret who grew up in Tucson, was one of two troops killed Feb. 20, 2009, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, when their military vehicle was struck by a homemade bomb followed by small-arms fire attack by enemy forces. He was a father of two.
Air Force Staff Sgt Timothy Bowles, 24, was killed in action in Afghanistan on March 15, 2009, when a homemade bomb hit his vehicle as his convoy was checking on a school. Bowles, who grew up on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, had volunteered for the mission when a comrade fell ill.
Army Sgt. Justin Gallegos, 27, died Oct. 3, 2009, in Kamdesh, Afghanistan, one of eight soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division killed when hundreds of insurgents stormed an outpost near the Pakistan border. Gallegos attended Tucson High Magnet School, and had a 5-year-old son.
Tech Sgt. Michael Flores, 32, Davis-Monthan pararescuer, was killed in action June 9, 2010, when his helicopter crashed during a rescue mission in Afghanistan. He was assigned to D-M's 48th Rescue Squadron.
Sr. Airman Benjamin White, 24, Davis-Monthan pararescuer, was killed in action June 9, 2010, when his helicopter crashed during a rescue mission in Afghanistan. He was assigned to D-M's 48th Rescue Squadron.
Army Spc. Christian M. Adams, 26, of Sierra Vista, died June 11, 2010, in Kandahar, Afghanistan of wounds from a noncombat incident. He was assigned to the 20th Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade at Fort Hood, Texas.
Army Sgt. Christopher J. Moon, 20, a star baseball player at Tucson High who walked away from a UA sports scholarship to enlist, died July 13, 2010, of wounds received when he stepped on a roadside bomb in Arghandab, Afghanistan.
Army Ranger Sgt. Martin A. Lugo of Tucson died Aug. 19, 2010, in Afghanistan while leading a team of Rangers in a clash with the Taliban that killed 14 enemy fighters. He was serving with the 75th Ranger Regiment, on his sixth combat deployment.
Army Sgt. 1st Class Todd M. Harris, 37, of Tucson, died Nov. 3, 2010, from hostile fire in Afghanistan, where he served with the 10th Mountain Division based at Fort Drum, N.Y.
Marine Lance Cpl. Randy R. Braggs of Sierra Vista was killed in action in Afghanistan on Nov. 6, 2010. The Buena High School grad was based at Camp Pendleton, Calif. and was deployed overseas with the 1 Marine Expeditionary Force.
Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Jim Thode, 45, of New Mexico, who grew up in Tucson, was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan on Dec. 2, 2010. He was serving with the 204th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Army Pfc. Robert Near died Jan. 7, 2011, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Idaho native, who operated and maintained communication equipment, was serving overseas with the 86th Signal Battalion, part of the 11th Signal Brigade based at Fort Huachuca.
Air Force Capt. Nathan J. Nylander, 35, with the 25th Operational Weather Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, was one of nine airmen killed April 27, 2011, at Kabul International Airport when an Afghan air force officer opened fire on them after an argument. Nylander was a father of three.
