Suburban military members killed in Iraq, Afghanistan
Soon after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, America went to war in Iraq and Afghanistan. To date, more than 7,000 American members of the military have been killed, and more than 80 of them were from the suburbs.
U.S. Army Private Christopher M. Alcozer, 21, of DeKalb, a graduate of Willowbrook High School, Villa Park
U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Antonik, 29, Crystal Lake
U.S. Army Pfc. Collier Edwin Barcus, 21, McHenry
U.S. Army Sgt. Bradley H. Beste, 22, Naperville
U.S. Army Lt. Col. William E. Bowers, 47, Hampshire
U.S. Marine Cpl. Christopher J. Boyd, 22, Palatine
U.S. Marine Pfc. Sean T. Cardelli, 20, Downers Grove
U.S. Army Spc. Miguel Carrasquillo, 25, River Grove
U.S. Marine Sgt. David M. Caruso, 25, Naperville
U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sgt. William D. Chaney, 59, Schaumburg
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jonathan W. Collins, 19, Crystal Lake
U.S. Air Force Capt. James Cronin, 25, Elk Grove Village
U.S. Marine Cpl. Ryan J. Cummings, 22, Streamwood
U.S. Marine Sgt. Edward G. Davis III, 31, Antioch
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jesse D. Delatorre, 29, Aurora
U.S. Army Spc. Joseph W. Dimock II, 21, Wildwood
U.S. Army Pfc. Shawn C. Edwards, 20, Bensenville
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Donald B. Farmer, 33, Zion
U.S. Army Sgt. Kraig D. Foyteck, 26, Skokie
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Phillip E. Frank, 20, Elk Grove Village
U.S. Air National GuardStaff Sgt. Jacob L. Frazier, 24, St. Charles
U.S. Army 1st Lt. David L. Giaimo, 24, Waukegan
U.S. Marine Reserve Cpl. Peter J. Giannopoulos, 22, Inverness
U.S. Marine Reserve Sgt. Thomas M. Gilbert, 24, Downers Grove
U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. Kevin D. Grieco, 35, Bartlett
U.S. Army Pfc. Leonard J. Gulczynski I, 19, Carol Stream
U.S. Army Cpl. James M. Hale, 23, Naperville
U.S. Army Sgt. Jack Taft Hennessy, 21, Naperville
U.S. Army Sgt. James T. Hoffman, 41, Palatine
U.S. Army Pfc. Gunnar R. Hotchkin, 31, Naperville
U.S. Army Sgt. Grzegorz Jakoniuk, 25, Schiller Park
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Daniel J. Johnson, 23, Schiller Park
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Adam Wade Kaiser, 19, Naperville
U.S. Marine Cpl. Matthew Kennedy, 25, Glenview
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jakub Henryk Kowalik, 21, Schaumburg
U.S. Army Captain Kevin C. Landeck, 26, Wheaton
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas D. Larson, 19, Wheaton
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Paul M. Latourney, 28, Roselle
U.S. Army Sgt. Terry Lisk, 26, Fox Lake
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Edwardo Lopez Jr., 21, Aurora
U.S. Army Reserve Captain Shane Mahaffee, 36, Gurnee
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Sean P. Maher, 19, Grayslake
U.S. Army Pfc. Matthew Martinek, 20, DeKalb, Bartlett H.S. graduate
U.S. Army Spc. Jason A. McLeod, 22, Crystal Lake
U.S. Army Master Sgt. Michael McNulty, 36, graduate of Larkin High School in Elgin
U.S. Army Pfc. Andrew Meari, 21, Plainfield
U.S. Marine Cpl. Anthony G. Mihalo, 23, Naperville
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller, 24, Wheaton
U.S. Army Spc. Jaime Moreno, 28, Round Lake Beach
U.S. Marine Pfc. Geoffrey S. Morris, 19, Gurnee
U.S. Army Pfc. William R. Newgard, 20, Arlington Heights
U.S. Army Spc. Keith A. Nurnberg, 26, McHenry
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class James S. Ochsner, 36, Waukegan
U.S. Marine Cpl. John T. Olson, 21, Elk Grove Village
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kevin E. Oratowski, 23, Wheaton
U.S. Army Sgt. John M. Penich, 25, Beach Park
U.S. Marine Pfc. Dawid Pietrek, 24, Bensenville
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Andrew R. Pokorny, 30, Naperville
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Hector Ramos, 20, Aurora
U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Timothy Louis Ryan, 30, Aurora
U.S. Army National GuardSpc. Lukasz D. Saczek, 23, Lake in the Hills
U.S. Army Spc. Adriana N. Salem, 21, Elk Grove Village
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Chris Scherkenbach, 40, Des Plaines native, Prospect High School graduate
U.S. Army Private Randol S. Shelton, 22, Schiller Park
U.S. Army Spc. Ashley Sietsema, 20, Melrose Park
U.S. Army Sgt. Uday Singh, 21, Lake Forest
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. James B. Stack, 20, Arlington Heights
U.S. Army Pfc. Lucas V. Starcevich, 25, St. Charles
U.S. Marine Lt. Andrew Karl Stern, 24, Arlington Heights
U.S. Army Spc. John R. Sullivan, 21, Countryside
U.S. Army Major Paul R. Syverson III, 32, Lake Zurich
U.S. Marine Capt. Eric D. Terhune, 34, Wheaton
U.S. Army Sgt. Joseph M. Vanek, 22, Elmhurst
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Gary J. Vasquez, 33, Round Lake
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Frederik E. Vazquez, 20, Melrose Park
U.S. Army Spc. Andrew P. Wade, 22, Antioch
U.S. Army National GuardSpc. Robert M. Weinger, 24, Round Lake Beach
U.S. Army Spc. Wesley R. Wells, 21, Libertyville
U.S. Army Pvt. Dewayne L. White, 27, Country Club Hills.
U.S. Army Cpl. Jeffrey A. Williams, 20, Warrenville
U.S. Army Spc. Kyle Wright, 22, Romeoville
U.S. Marine Cpl. Christopher E. Zimny, 27, Glenview