Mark W. Payne, age 20, from Broome County Binghamton, 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
Rudolf Micka, age 21, from Broome County Binghamton, New York .
Parents: Anna Nosek
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, February 20, 1972
Death details: Died at a base camp in Vietnam after his weapon accidentally discharged into him.
Source: National Archives Press and Sun Bulletin (1972)
George Hartwell Adams, age 23, from Binghamton, New York, Broome county.
Parents: Andrew B. Adams and preceded in death by Marion
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Randolph Macon College in Virginia
Military history: Air Cavalry Troop 11 ARC
Date of death: Sunday, April 12, 1970
Death details: He was killed in Vietnam while piloting a military aircraft when it was hit by hostile ground fire.
Source: National Archives, Binghamton Press and Sun Bulletin (1970)
Kenneth Norman Jr. Bailey, age 18, from Binghamton, New York, Broome county.
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth N. Bailey
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Harpursville Central School
Date of death: Sunday, April 5, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Press and Sun-Bulletin
James Cook Carlin, age 21, from Binghamton, New York, Broome county.
Parents: William L. Carlin
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Catholic Central
Date of death: Wednesday, April 1, 1970
Death details: Killed by enemy fire in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Calvary
Source: National Archives, Binghamton Press and Sun Belletin (1970)
Kenneth Ross, age 23, from Binghamton, New York, Broome county.
Parents: Charles Ross Jr.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Binghamton Central High
Military history: 591st Army Engineering Division.
Date of death: Tuesday, February 10, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, South Vietnam. Found dead in bed in an engineering encampment.
Source: National Archives, Press and Sun Belletin (1970)
Joseph Chester Bors, age 33, from Binghamton, New York, Broome county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: April 28, 1968
Death details: On April 28, 1968, an RF-4C Phantom II (tail number 66-0398) with two crew members took off from Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam, to perform a day photo reconnaissance mission over targets in South Vietnam. Bad weather in the first target area prompted the aircraft to proceed to the second target area. An artillery coordinator cleared the aircraft to proceed to the second target area, and the Phantom’s crew responded that they would not return to the first target area. This was the last radio transmission from the Phantom, and it was not seen again. Search and rescue teams searched the Phantom’s mission area, but found no evidence of the aircraft or its crew. Both crew members aboard the aircraft remain unaccounted for.
Major Joseph Chester Bors, who joined the U.S. Air Force from New York, was a member of the 16th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, and was the navigator aboard the Phantom when it went missing. He was lost with the aircraft, and his remains have not been recovered. After the incident, the Air Force promoted Maj Bors to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col). Today, Lieutenant Colonel Bors is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Bernard Joseph Considine, age 20, from Binghamton, New York, Broome county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Thursday, March 26, 1953
Death details: In late March 1953, elements of the 1st Marine Division manned a string of outposts along a 33-mile section of the main line of resistance on the Korean Peninsula, near the present-day Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The 1st Marine Division’s 5th Marine Regiment was responsible for three of these outposts, named Carson, Reno, and Vegas, or collectively “the Nevada Cities Complex.” On March 26, Chinese Communist Forces attacked all three outposts. Although Carson managed to stave off the assault, Reno and Vegas, which were more lightly manned, eventually succumbed to the enemy. Over 1,000 Marines were killed, wounded, or went missing during the attack on the Nevada Cities Complex. Private First Class Bernard Joseph Considine joined the U.S. Marine Corps from New York and was a member of the Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. He was killed in action during the fighting at the Nevada Cities Complex on March 26, 1953. The exact circumstances surrounding his loss are unknown, and his body could not be recovered following his loss. He has not been identified among remains returned to U.S. custody following the ceasefire, and is still unaccounted-for. Today, Private First Class Considine is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Joseph Leombrone from Binghamton, New York, Broome county.
Spouse: Anna Mihalcso Leombrone
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, December 18, 1944
Death details: He was aboard the destroyer USS Hull as it operated as part of the Fast Carrier Strike Force in the Philippine Sea. On December 17, 1944, the Hull was participating in refueling operations when the ships of its fueling group were engulfed by Typhoon Cobra. The Hull lost its ability to steer amid the enormous waves and began taking on water. The Hull eventually took on too much water to stay afloat and rolled and sank shortly before noon, on December 18. Sixty-two crew members were rescued, but a little more than two-hundred crew members were lost in the sinking.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency