Apollo Pennsylvania

Girdano, Michael Robert
Army 2nd lieutenant

Michael Robert Girdano, age 23, from Apollo, Pennsylvania, Armstrong county.

Parents: Robert and Cynthia (Ferkatch) Girdano

Service era: Iraq – Operation Enduring Freedom
Schools: Apollo Ridge High (2003)
Military history: Company A, Special Troops Battalion, 3d Brigade, 1 Id, Fort Hood, Tx

Date of death: Friday, August 1, 2008
Death details: Hostile, died in Asadabad, Afghanistan
Cemetery: Plum Creek Cemetery, Pittsburgh

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Booker, Stevon Alexander
Army Staff sergeant

Stevon Alexander Booker, age 34, from Apollo, Pennsylvania, Armstrong county.

Parents: Freddie Jackson

Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Company A, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor, Fort Stewart Georgia 31314

Date of death: Saturday, April 5, 2003
Death details: Hostile, died April 5, 2003 in Baghdad, Iraq
Cemetery: Fort Stewart training range named in his honor in 2019

Source: Department of Defense, Fox 28 Media, Military Times

Hemke, David Lee
Army Private 1st Class

David Lee Hemke, age 20, from Apollo, Pennsylvania, Armstrong county.

Parents: Charles L. Hemke

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Saturday, January 31, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, died in South Vietnam.

Source: National Archives, Pittsburgh Press (9170)

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