Ruggiero, John Paul
Navy Midshipman 2nd class

John Paul Ruggiero, age 20, of Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania

Service era: Iraq

Parents: John and Carol Ruggiero

School: North Pocono High (2000)

Date of death: Sunday, August 18, 2002
Death details: Fell from his fourth floor Bancroft Hall dormitory window in Maryland and died. The incident followed a night of drinking and evidence suggested that he may have lost his balance while reaching to retrieve clothes from the fourth-floor window sill.

Source: U.S. Navy, Baltimore Sun, Associated Press, Tri-County Independent