Ernest Edward Hanyecz, age 27, from Borenton, New Jersey, Morris county.
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Wednesday, April 19, 1989
Death details: Killed in accidental explosion aboard the USS Iowa just off Puerto Rico
Source: Iowa Daily Press, UPI
Phillip Edward Buch, age 25, from Las Cruces, New Mexico, Dona Ana county.
Parents: Emily Buch-Hague and Joseph Buch
Service era: Cold War
Schools: Las Cruces Mayfield High (1982), Purdue University
Date of death: Wednesday, April 19, 1989
Death details: Killed in accidental explosion aboard the USS Iowa just off Puerto Rico
Source: Iowa Daily Press, UPI, Associated Press (1989)
Peter Edward Bopp, age 21, from Levittown, New York, Nassau county.
Parents: Paul Bopp
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Wednesday, April 19, 1989
Death details: Killed in accidental explosion aboard the USS Iowa just off Puerto Rico
Source: Iowa Daily Press, UPI, Newsday (1989)
Gary John Fisk, age 24, from Oneida, New York, Madison county.
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Wednesday, April 19, 1989
Death details: Killed in accidental explosion aboard the USS Iowa just off Puerto Rico
Source: Iowa Daily Press, UPI
Reginald Owen Ziegler, age 39, from Port Gibson, New York, Ontario county.
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Wednesday, April 19, 1989
Death details: Killed in accidental explosion aboard the USS Iowa just off Puerto Rico
Source: Iowa Daily Press, UPI
Milton Francis Jr. Devaul, age 21, from Solvay, New York, Onondaga county.
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Wednesday, April 19, 1989
Death details: Killed in accidental explosion aboard the USS Iowa just off Puerto Rico
Source: Iowa Daily Press, UPI
Todd Thomas Tatham, age 19, from Wolcott, New York, Wayne county.
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Wednesday, April 19, 1989
Death details: Killed in accidental explosion aboard the USS Iowa just off Puerto Rico
Source: Iowa Daily Press, UPI
Leslie Allen Jr. Everhart, age 31, from Cary, North Carolina, Wake county.
Parents: Leslie Allen Sr.
Spouse: Lisa Bosworth Everhart
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Wednesday, April 19, 1989
Death details: Killed in accidental explosion aboard the USS Iowa just off Puerto Rico
Source: Iowa Daily Press, UPI, Assocaited Press (1989)
Dwayne Collier Battle, age 21, from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Nash county.
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Wednesday, April 19, 1989
Death details: Killed in accidental explosion aboard the USS Iowa just off Puerto Rico
Source: Iowa Daily Press, UPI
Clayton Michael Hartwig, age 25, from Cleveland, Ohio, Cuyahoga county.
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Wednesday, April 19, 1989
Death details: Killed in accidental explosion aboard the USS Iowa just off Puerto Rico. The Navy said Clayton placed a detonating device in the ship’s guns.
Source: Iowa Daily Press, UPI, Lansing State Journal (1989)