Contreras Luis Odanis Rodriguez, age 22, from Allentown, Pennsylvania, Lehigh county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Hht, 2d Squadron, 5th Cavalry, 1 Bct, Fort Hood, Tx
Date of death: Friday, March 2, 2007
Death details: Hostile, died in Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, The Morning Call (2007)
John Joseph Jr. Petrilla, age 22, from Allentown, Pennsylvania, Lehigh county.
Parents: John J. Petrilla
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Central Catholic High in Allentown, Lehigh County Community College (1969)
Date of death: Tuesday, May 2, 1972
Death details: Petrilla piloted an aircraft on a mission near Quang-Tri when the aircraft was fire upon from hostile ground forces. The aircraft plunged to the ground and burned.
Source: National Archives, Allentown Morning Call (1972)
Arthur Tomaschek, age 25, from Allentown, Pennsylvania, Lehigh county.
Parents: Ludwig Tomaschek
Spouse: Joyce Ann (Pugh)
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Emaus High (1963), Penn State
Date of death: Wednesday, September 1, 1971
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: National Archives, Allentown Morning Call (1971)
Gary William Garis, age 21, from Lehigh County Allentown, Pennsylvania .
Parents: Betty Garis
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Dieruff High graduate
Date of death: Tuesday, February 22, 1966
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Morning Call (1966)
Kenneth Ralph Hollenbach, age 20, from Lehigh County Allentown, Pennsylvania .
Parents: Ralph and Edna DeStefano Hollenbach
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, January 27, 1966
Death details: Killed at Chu Lai Air Base in Vietnam from multiple wound from a fragmentation explosive device.
Cemetery: Morganland
Source: National Archives, Times Tribune (1966)
Paul Willia Jandershovitz, age 28, from Lehigh County Allentown, Pennsylvania .
Spouse: Emily N. Jandershovitz
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, December 25, 1965
Death details: Hostile, died in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, UPI (1965)
Robert Lee Hirst, age 25, from Lehigh County Allentown, Pennsylvania .
Parents: Frank J. and Beatrice (Bassett) Hirst
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, November 17, 1965
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam.
Cemetery: Grandview
Source: National Archives, Morning Call (1965)
Hugh John Jr. Sullivan, age 23, from Lehigh County Allentown, Pennsylvania .
Spouse: Sandra (Corbitt)
Children: Christine Lynn, 3 months
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Allen High
Date of death: Saturday, June 5, 1965
Death details: Died in South Vietnam from gunshot wounds.
Source: National Archives, Morning Call (1965)
Hugh John Jr. Sullivan, age 23, from Lehigh County Allentown, Pennsylvania .
Spouse: Sandra (Corbitt)
Children: Christine Lynn, 3 months
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Allen High
Date of death: Saturday, June 5, 1965
Death details: Died in South Vietnam from gunshot wounds.
Source: National Archives, Morning Call (1965)
Joseph Anthony Simons, age 22, from Allentown, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.
Parents: Catherine (Kramer) Simons Cole
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 77 killed in Richmond, Virginia when the engines aboard their plane failed and it crashed into marshland. The crew and passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The flight was enroute from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina.
Source: Associated Press (1961), Allentown Morning Call (1961)