Pilla, Domanick M.
Army Specialist

Domanick M. Pilla, age 21, from Vineland, New Jersey, Cumberland county.

Parents: Diane and Ben Pilla

Service era: Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
Military history: Army Ranger

Date of death: Sunday, October 3, 1993
Death details: Killed during a 16 hour fight with supporters of Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Two U.S. Blackhawk helicopters were brought down

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Tulsa World