Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
Marc Ian Nieto, age 24, from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Fond du Lac county.
Service era: War on Terror
Date of death: Thursday, October 12, 2000
Death details: Died aboard the U.S.S. Cole when suicide bombers detonated an explosive-laden boat against the ship’s port side, tearing a 40-by-40-foot hole in the hull and sending seawater gushing into the engineering compartment.
Source: Department of Defense
James Rodrick McDaniels, age 19, from Norfolk, Virginia, Norfolk county.
Service era: War on Terror
Date of death: Thursday, October 12, 2000
Death details: Died aboard the U.S.S. Cole when suicide bombers detonated an explosive-laden boat against the ship’s port side, tearing a 40-by-40-foot hole in the hull and sending seawater gushing into the engineering compartment.
Source: Department of Defense
Cherone Louis Gunn, age 22, from Rex, Georgia, Clayton county.
Service era: War on Terror
Date of death: Thursday, October 12, 2000
Death details: Died aboard the U.S.S. Cole when suicide bombers detonated an explosive-laden boat against the ship’s port side, tearing a 40-by-40-foot hole in the hull and sending seawater gushing into the engineering compartment.
Source: Department of Defense
Lakeina Monique Francis, age 19, from Woodleaf, North Carolina, Rowan county.
Service era: War on Terror
Date of death: Thursday, October 12, 2000
Death details: Died aboard the U.S.S. Cole when suicide bombers detonated an explosive-laden boat against the ship’s port side, tearing a 40-by-40-foot hole in the hull and sending seawater gushing into the engineering compartment.
Source: Department of Defense
William Bryan Nelson, age 30, from Virginia, Richmond, City of county.
Spouse: Stacy Beck Nelson
Child: Izabel Nelson
Parents: William D. Nelson and Judy Nelson
Date of death: Saturday, April 8, 2000
Death details: Accident, Marana Northwest Regional Airport, Arizona
Cemetery: Washington Memorial Park, Sandston
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database Library of Virginia, Richmond; findagrave.com
Sean H Doran from Potomac Falls, Virginia, Loudoun county.
Date of death: Thursday, November 4, 1999
Death details: Drowned, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database from the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Meredith Carol Loughran, age 26, from Sandston, Virginia, Henrico county.
Date of death: Sunday, November 8, 1998
Death details: Accident, about 120 miles off Virginia coast. Killed in a fiery collision on an aircraft carrier.
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database from the Library of Virginia, Richmond; Washington Post (1998).
Brendan J. Duffy, age 27, from Annapolis, Maryland.
Service era: Iraq
Schools: U.S. Naval Academy (1995), University of Maryland at College Park
Date of death: Sunday, November 8, 1998
Death details: Accident, about 120 miles off Virginia coast. Killed in a fiery collision on an aircraft carrier.
Source: Washington Post (1998)
Robert Jr. Falkenbach from Bumpass, Virginia, Louisa county.
Parents: Bob and Maureen
Date of death: Wednesday, September 16, 1998
Death details: Died in a helicopter accident, 12 miles West of Camp Pendleton, California
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database from the Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; U.S. Naval Academy
Barry Coleman, age 28, from Baldwin, Alabama.
Service era: Post Cold War
Date of death: Wednesday, September 16, 1998
Death details: Died in a helicopter crash off the coast of California
Source: Associated Press