Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
Justin A. Harris, age 23, from Toledo, Ohio, Lucas County
Service era: Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
Date of death: Monday, February 20, 1995
Death details: MIssing after helicopter from USS Essex went down into the ocean near Mogadishu
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Allentown Morning Call (1995)
Anthony R. Jr. Stefanik, age 32, from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Cambria county.
Parents: Donna
Spouse: Catherine
Children: Anthony, 2
Service era: Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
Schools: Johnstown High graduate
Date of death: Monday, March 14, 1994
Death details: Among seven Air Force crew members killed when a gunship crashed off the coast of Kenya.
Cemetery: Grandview in Southmont, Pennsylvania
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, findagrave.com, Springfield News-Leader (1994), Associated Press, Somerset Daily American (1994), Pensacola News (1994)
Mark A. Quam, age 27, from Madison, Wisconsin, Dane county. Their last known residence was in Mary Esther, Florida.
Parents: Lawrence
Spouse: Anna (Bugner). Married in 1989
Service era: Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
Schools: LaFollette High (Madison), University Wisconsin Madison (1989)
Date of death: Monday, March 14, 1994
Death details: Among seven Air Force crew members killed when a gunship crashed off the coast of Kenya.
Cemetery: Memorialized at Roselawn Memorial in Monona, Wisconsin
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, findagrave.com, Springfield News-Leader (1994), Associated Press, Wisconsin State Journal (1994)
Mike E. Moser, age 32, from Mount Ayr, Iowa, Ringgold county.
Service era: Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
Schools: Mount Ayr Community School (1980)
Date of death: Monday, March 14, 1994
Death details: Among seven Air Force crew members killed when a gunship crashed off the coast of Kenya.
Cemetery: Rose Hill in Mount Ayr
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, findagrave.com, Springfield News-Leader (1994), Associated Press, Pensacola New Journal (1994)
David Mehlhop, age 30, from Zellwood, Florida, Orange county.
Service era: Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
Date of death: Monday, March 14, 1994
Death details: Among seven Air Force crew members killed when a gunship crashed off the coast of Kenya.
Cemetery: Calverton National
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, findagrave.com, Springfield News-Leader (1994), Associated Press
Brian P. Barnes, age 26, from Cole Camp, Missouri, Benton county.
Spouse: Beverly
Children: Brandon and Garrett
Service era: Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
Date of death: Monday, March 14, 1994
Death details: Among seven Air Force crew members killed when a gunship crashed off the coast of Kenya.
Cemetery: Cole Camp, Missouri
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, findagrave.com, Springfield News-Leader (1994), Associated Press
Robert Lee Daniel, age 34, from Gray, Georgia, Jones county.
Parents: Lestenne and Robert Lee McClelland, adopted by L.E. Daniel
Spouse: Paula K. Daniel
Children: Savanna and Tamra Daniel
Service era: Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
Schools: Jones County High (1977)
Date of death: Monday, March 14, 1994
Death details: Among seven Air Force crew members killed when a gunship crashed off the coast of Kenya.
Cemetery: Barrancas National
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, findagrave.com, Springfield News-Leader (1994), Associated Press, Fort Myers News Press (1994)
Roy S. Duncan, age 40, from Miami, Florida, Dade county.
Spouse: Carmen
Children: Angel and Cindy
Service era: Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
Date of death: Monday, March 14, 1994
Death details: Among seven Air Force crew members killed when a gunship crashed off the coast of Kenya.
Cemetery: Barrancas National
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, findagrave.com, Springfield News-Leader (1994), Associated Press, Miami Herald (1994)
William C. Eyler, age 32, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Tulsa county.
Service era: Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
Date of death: Monday, March 14, 1994
Death details: Among seven Air Force crew members killed when a gunship crashed off the coast of Kenya. Eyler was seen parachuting from the stricken plane and was listed as missing but then presumed dead.
Cemetery: Cumblernad Memorial Gardens in Fayetteville, North Carolina
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, findagrave.com, Springfield News-Leader (1994), Associated Press
Edward Joseph Nicholson, age 21, from Houston, Texas, Harris county.
Service era: Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
Military history: 159th Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell
Date of death: Wednesday, October 6, 1993
Death details: Died from shark wounds he incurred while swimming in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Mogadishu
Cemetery: Nashville National; South Madison, Tennessee
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Veterans Affairs