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Rafael A. Jr. Nieves, age 22, from Albany, New York, Albany county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Date of death: Sunday, July 10, 2011
Death details: Died in Paktika Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with small arms rocket-propelled grenade fires.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Amy C. Tirador, age 29, from Albany, New York, Albany county.
Parents: Gerard Seyboth and Colleen Murphy
Spouse: Mickey Tirador
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Colonie Central High (1998)
Military history: 209th Military Intelligence Company, 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington. Enlisted in March 1999.
Date of death: Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Death details: Died in Kirkush, Iraq from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Source: Department of Defense; News Tribune, Tacoma, Military Times
Shawn P Martin, age 30, from Delmar, New York, Albany county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Clb-13, 13Th Meu (Fwd), Ii Mef(Fwd), (Parent Command: Clr-17, 1St Mlg)
Date of death: Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Saqlawiyah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Timothy J Moshier, age 25, from Albany, New York, Albany county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 4Th Battalion, 4Th Aviation, Aviation Brigade, 4Th Id, Fort Hood, Texas
Date of death: Saturday, April 1, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Dominic Joseph Sacco, age 32, from Albany, New York, Albany county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 1St Battalion, 13Th Armor, (Tf Baghdad), Fort Riley, Ks
Date of death: Sunday, November 20, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Taji, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
David Michael Fisher, age 21, from Watervliet, New York, Albany county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: D Co, 1St Bn, 210Th Armor, (1St Cavalry Div), Fort Hood, Tx 76544
Date of death: Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Death details: Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Militay Times
Harold F. Gratton, age 19, from Albany County Choes, New York .
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance
Ashton Nathaniel Loney from Albany, New York, Albany county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, May 15, 1975
Death details: Lance Corporal Ashton Nathaniel Loney entered the U.S. Marine Corps from New York and was a member of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines Regiment, 3rd Marine Division. On May 15, 1975, he participated in a combat operation on Koh Tang Island off the coast Cambodia, and was struck by small arms fire and wounded during the early hours of fighting on the east beach. He reportedly died of his injuries, though his death was not witnessed. His body could not be recovered at the time due to battle conditions. Ground units could not return to the island due to enemy presence, and further attempts to locate LCpl Loney’s remains have been unsuccessful.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Daniel Eugene Nye, age 25, from Albany County Albany, New York .
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Albany High (1956)
Military history: 101st Airborne Division
Date of death: Sunday, November 28, 1971
Death details: Killed in a helicopter crash in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Troy Record (1971)
Heinz Kurt Roesch, age 31, from Troy, New York, Albany county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, September 14, 1971
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives