Sameer Abdel Monem Rateb, age 22, from Absecon, New Jersey, Atlantic county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 1St Battalion, 505Th Infantry, Fort Bragg, Nc
Date of death: Sunday, May 6, 2007
Death details: Fob Summerall, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, New Jersey Run for the Fallen
Rivera Eric Giovani Palacios, age 21, from Atlantic City, New Jersey, Atlantic county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 1St Battalion, 18Th Infantry, Schweinfurt, Germany
Date of death: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Balad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Legacy
Marc Scott Seiden, age 26, from Brigantine, New Jersey, Atlantic county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B 2Nd Bn, 325Th Airborne Inf. Regiment, Fort Bragg, Nc 28307
Date of death: Friday, January 2, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
John Anthony Jr. Ciletta, age 21, from Brigantine, New Jersey, Atlantic county.
Spouse: Nancy (pregnant)
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Sunday, May 17, 1987
Death details: Died aboard the USS Stark. While in the Persian Gulf on May 17, 1987, she was struck by two Iraqi Exocet missiles, killing 37 sailors and wounding 21. Brought under control, the frigate sailed to Bahrain and was successfully repaired at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi. Following repairs and subsequent tours in the Atlantic and Middle East, Stark was decommissioned on May 7, 1999, and was scrapped in 2006.
Source: Associated Press, National Museum of the U.S. Navy
Carl Steven Merlino, age 34, from Atlantic County Hammonton, New Jersey .
Parents: Carl S. Merlino
Spouse: Ann
Children: Steven and David
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, October 14, 1971
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Columbia, South Carolina
Source: National Archives, Press of Atlantic City (1971)
Albert Elwood Mettinger, age 36, from Pleasantville, New Jersey, Atlantic county.
Spouse: Lois F.
Children: David, Daniel, Judy, Janet
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, October 7, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, illness in South Vietnam
Cemetery: National Cemetery in Beverly
Source: National Archives, Camden Courier Post (1970)
Charlie William Taylor, age 27, from Pleasantville, New Jersey, Atlantic county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, August 17, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
Joseph Pippenbach, age 26, from Pleasantville, New Jersey, Atlantic county.
Parents: Richard A. Hawley
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Nether Providence High (1962), Columbia Preparatory School in Washington D. C., Birmingham Southern College, West Point
Military history: 1st Virginia
Date of death: Thursday, May 7, 1970
Death details: Died in a hospital at Camp Drake, Japan from injuries received the previous day from small arms fire in Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Philadelphia Inquirer (1970)
Richard M. Dell’Arena, age 22, from Egg Harbor, New Jersey, Atlantic county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Oakcrest High (1965), University of Wisconsin and University of North Carolina.
Date of death: Wednesday, April 1, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Courier Post (1970)
Thomas Andrew Guenther, age 19, from Atlantic City, New Jersey, Atlantic county.
Parents: James A. Guenther
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, February 14, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)