Those with Maryland ties who have been killed this year while serving in our armed forces:

• Second-class Midshipman Anthony Valliere, 21, of Palatine, Ill. (Naval Academy in Annapolis) — died Jan. 26 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Gaithersburg.

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