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Having completed a four-day, 275-mile journey from Reno to Santa Rosa on a bicycle, a sweat-soaked Kevin Mincio stood over a gravesite that was graced Tuesday with tiny American flags and a ball cap with the words “USA” written on it. His cellphone rang. Jesse Williams’ daughter, who was just shy of her first birthday when her dad was killed in 2007 during U.S. Army combat operations in Iraq, was calling to check in.

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Army PFC Caesar S Viglienzone from Santa Rosa, California died February 1, 2006 south of Baghdad, Iraq of wounds sustained when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. PFC Viglienzone was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.Learn More and Donate

Sgt. Ryan Connolly, was killed June 24th, 2008, while on a road clearing mission in the Khogyani district in eastern Afghanistan. Sgt. Connolly, a combat medic whom everyone called “Doc”,served with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, “Sky Soldiers”. The Khoygani army base was renamed in his honor to FOB Connolly. Learn More and Donate

Army Sgt. David Joseph Drakulich graduated from Hug High School in 2003 and attended Truckee Meadows Community College for two semesters before enlisting. Drakulich was an avid artist and in his honor an art scholarship has been made in his name.Learn More and Donate