Marc Joseph Small, age 29, from Collegeville, Pennsylvania, Montgomery county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Enduring Freedom
Military history: Company B, 1st Battalion, 3d Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, Nc
Date of death: Friday, February 13, 2009
Death details: Hostile, died in Faramuz, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
John Thomas Bubeck, age 25, from Collegeville, Pennsylvania, Montgomery county.
Parents: Judith Bubeck
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Company A, 9th Engineer Battalion, (1 Cd), Ledward Barracks, Germany; Bronze Star and Purple Heart
Date of death: Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Death details: Hostile, died in Baghdad, Iraq when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.
Source: Department of Defense, Travis Manion Foundation, Military Times
Richard Willis Jr. Minnich, age 25, from Collegeville, Pennsylvania, Montgomery county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: January 4, 1968
Parents: Anna Marie (Costa) Minnich (1919-2014) and Richard Willis Minnich Sr. (1915-2001)
Spouse: Gail Cassel Minnich
Death details: On March 7, 1986, the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii (CILHI, now DPAA) identified the remains of Lieutenant Commander Richard Willis Minnich Jr., missing from the Vietnam War.
Lieutenant Commander Minnich entered the U.S. Navy from Pennsylvania and was a member of Fighter Squadron 162, Carrier Air Wing 16. On January 4, 1968, he piloted an F-8E Crusader (bureau number 15-0865, call sign “Superheat 206”) on a strike mission against the Hai Duong Ferry Complex in Quang Ninh Province, North Vietnam. While orbiting just outside the strike area, this aircraft was shot down by an enemy surface to air missile, killing LCDR Minnich. His remains were not recovered at the time. In 1985, the Vietnamese government repatriated human remains associated with this loss, and in 1986, U.S. analysts were able to identify LCDR Minnich from these remains.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: National Archives., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com, Philadelphia Inquirer (1970), Press Enterprise (2014), Pottstown Mercury (1972)