Carlosvictor Ganzon Sibayan, age 23, from Chula Vista, California.
Date of death: Saturday, June 17, 2017
Death details: reported missing after the USS Fitzgerald collided with a Philippines-based merchant vessel at 2:20 a.m. June 17, 2017 while most of the 300 sailors aboard were sleeping.
Source: Navy, USNI News
Kristofferson B. Lorenzo, age 33, from Chula Vista, California, San Diego county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Date of death: Monday, May 23, 2011
Death details: Died in Kunar Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. Killed were Staff Sgt. Kristofferson B. Lorenzo, Pfc. William S. Blevins, Pvt. Andrew M. Krippner, Pvt. Thomas C. Allers.
Cemetery: Miramar National
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, findagrave.com
Michael Jason Martinez, age 24, from Chula Vista, California, San Diego county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 2D Battalion, 12Th Infantry, 2 Bct, Fort Carson, Colorado
Date of death: Thursday, June 28, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Los Angeles Times
Charles Edward Jr Wyckoff, age 28, from Chula Vista, California, San Diego county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company C, 1St Battalion, 508Th Infantry, 4 Bct, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Date of death: Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Nalan, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Curtis Robert Spivey, age 25, from Chula Vista, California, San Diego county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop B, 1St Squadron, 10Th Cavalry, Fort Hood, Texas
Date of death: Monday, April 2, 2007
Death details: Died in San Diego, California of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Baghdad on Sept. 16, 2006
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Los Angeles Times
Salem Bachar, age 20, from Chula Vista, California, San Diego county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hq Bn, 1St Mar Div, (Ce, G-2, I Mhg, I Mef Fwd), Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Thursday, April 13, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Al Karmah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael June Idanan, age 21, from Chula Vista, California, San Diego county.
Parents: Nenita Manalese
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop A, 1St Squadron, 33D Cavalry, Tf Band Of Brothers, Fort Campbell, Ky
Date of death: Saturday, November 19, 2005
Death details: Died when a roadside bomb exploded near his Humvee in Bayji, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Erik Hernandez Silva, age 22, from Chula Vista, California, San Diego county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 3D Bn, 5Th Mar, 1St Mardiv, Camp Pendleton, California
Date of death: Friday, April 4, 2003
Death details: Hostile; , Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Leon Paul Tridle, age 19, from Chula Vista, California, San Diego county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, August 30, 1970
Death details: Body recovered
Source: National Archives
William James Brashear from Chula Vista, California, San Diego county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, May 8, 1969
Death details: On May 8, 1969, an F-4C Phantom II (tail number 64-0805, call sign “Boxer 31”) with two crew members took part in a four-plane combat mission over Laos. As the flight circled over the target area, the flight leader saw this Phantom explode in mid-air for unknown reasons. He observed both crewmen eject, one with a good parachute deployment, the other with a malfunctioning parachute. Two search and rescue (SAR) helicopters arrived shortly after and established radio contact with one of the downed Phantom’s crew members, but both helicopters were damaged and driven off by heavy enemy fire before they could carry out a rescue. A flight of A-1 Skyraiders was called in to suppress the enemy fire, and two more SAR helicopters then arrived but could not reestablish radio contact with the Phantom’s crew member. Further search efforts were unsuccessful, and enemy presence in the area precluded ground search operations. Neither crew member from the downed Phantom was recovered.
Major William James Brashear, who entered the U.S. Air Force from California, served with the 559th Tactical Fighter Squadron and was the aircraft commander of this Phantom at the time of its loss. He remains unaccounted for. Subsequent to the incident, and while carried in the status of missing in action (MIA), the U.S. Air Force promoted Major Brashear to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col). Today, Lieutenant Colonel Brashear is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency