Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
Michael J. Ohler, age 28, from Huntington, New York.
Spouse: Gail Ohler (November 1979)
Children: Benjamin and Sarah
Service era: Beirut bombings
Schools: Cold Spring Harbor High
Date of death: Sunday, October 16, 1983
Death details: Killed in gunfire and grenade attack on U.S. peacekeeping forces at Beirut airport.
Cemetery: Barrancas National, Pensacola
Source: White House Commission on Rememberance, Washington Observer Reporter (1983)
Alan H. Soifert from Nashua, New Hampshire.
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Friday, October 14, 1983
Death details: Shot in the chest. Died while being transported to a hospital.
Source: White House Commission on Rememberance, Sarasota Herald Tribune (1983)
Randy W. Clark, age 19, from Minong, Wisconsin, Washburn county.
Parents: Norma Clark and James L. Clark
Service era: Beirut bombings
Schools: Northwood High (1982)
Date of death: Tuesday, September 6, 1983
Cemetery: Greenwood in Minong, Wisconsin
Source: White House Commission on Rememberance, Milwaukee Sentinel (1983), findagrave.com
Pedro J. Valle Ramos, age 25, from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Parents: Santo Valle Muniz
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Tuesday, September 6, 1983
Death details: Killed in action in Beirut
Source: White House Commission on Rememberance, Arlington Heights Daily Herald
Donald George Losey, age 28, from Winston Salem, North Carolina.
Parents: Carol Losey
Spouse: None
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Monday, August 29, 1983
Death details: Killed during a mortar barrage at Beirut International Airport
Cemetery: Oaklawn Memorial Gardens, Winston Salem
Source: White House Commission on Rememberance, UPI, Schenectady Gazette (1983)
Alexander M. Ortega, age 25, from Rochester, New York.
Parents: Alexander and Helen Ortega
Spouse: Robin
Children: Daughter, 2. Expecting a daughter
Service era: Beirut bombings
Schools: Benjamin Franklin High (1976)
Date of death: Monday, August 29, 1983
Death details: Killed in a shelling in Lebanon
Cemetery: Hometown, Pennsylvania
Source: White House Commission on Rememberance, UPI (1983), Schenectady Gazette (1983), Spokane Chronicle (1983)
Randall A. Carlson, age 35, from Trumbull, Connecticut.
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Saturday, September 25, 1982. He was one of four U.N. officers killed when their jeep struck a mine on the outskirts of the war-torn Lebanese capital.
Cemetery: United State Military Academy Post, West Point
Source: White House Commission on Rememberance, findagrave.com, UPI
Harley Warren, age 34, from Valdese, North Carolina.
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Saturday, September 25, 1982
Death details: He was one of four U.N. officers killed when their jeep struck a mine on the outskirts of the war-torn Lebanese capital.
Cemetery: Catawba Memorial Park in Hickory, North Carolina
Source: UPI, findagrave.com