Local Marine, Travis D. Pfister, Killed in Iraq Helicopter Crash (tags)
Sgt. Travis D. Pfister, who moved to Hemet and planned to settle here and raise a family, was one of seven men killed in a helicopter crash Feb. 7 in Iraq.
Local Soldier, Keith Yoakum, Killed in Iraq (tags)
Chief Warrant Officer Keith Yoakum, 41, died Feb. 2 in Taji, Iraq, of wounds suffered when the Apache helicopter he was flying in was forced to land during combat operations, the Department of Defense announced today.
Local Marine, Lance Cpl. Jeromy D. West, Killed in Iraq (tags)
Lance Cpl. Jeromy D. West, 20, of Aguanga, died Saturday while conducting combat operations in Al Anbar province, according to a Department of Defense news release.
Killed in Iraq, Local Sailor Charles O. Sare, Remembered (tags)
Family, friends, colleagues and supporters recalled Sare's infectious smile, compassion and friendliness during funeral services at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hemet. Sare died Oct. 23 in Iraq when an explosive device struck his vehicle. He is the fourth Hemet High School alumnus killed in Iraq.
Local Marine, Jason Franco, Killed in Iraq (tags)
Jason Franco had been in Iraq less than a month when he died Tuesday. He was the seventh Inland man to die in one of the war's deadliest months and the second Buena Vista High School graduate to die there this year.
Local Sailor, Charles O. Sare, Killed in Iraq (tags)
U.S. Navy Corpsman Charles Otto Sare, 23, was killed Monday in Anbar province when the M1114 High Mobility Multi-Purpose vehicle he was riding in was struck by an improvised explosive device. He reportedly was wearing body armor and other protective gear, including the military's new Kevlar helmet.
Local Soldier, Kenny F. Stanton Jr., Killed in Iraq (tags)
A Hemet High School graduate who was a budding journalist and a youth leader at his church has become the latest Inland serviceman -- and the third from his school -- to be killed in the war in Iraq.
Michael Estrella, a Local Marine Killed in Iraq, Honored (tags)
Relatives, friends and supporters bid their last farewell to Marine Cpl. Michael Estrella in emotional services Friday. Estrella, 20, a 2003 Hemet High School graduate, was killed June 14 in combat in Iraq, the 2,500th member of the U.S. military to die in that country since the war began, according to Marine officials.
Local Soldier Killed in Iraq (tags)
Cpl. Joseph Anthony Blanco, 25, of Bloomington, was killed in a firefight in Taji, Iraq, Tuesday.