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Hogenbirk, Richard D.
Army Recruit

Richard D. Hogenbirk, age 23, from East Orange, New Jersey, Essex county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 77 killed in Richmond, Virginia when the engines aboard their plane failed and it crashed into marshland. The crew and passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The flight was enroute from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina.

Source: Associated Press (1961)

Spowers, Craig
Navy

Craig Spowers, age 24, from Essex County East Orange, New Jersey .

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Friday, October 31, 1941
Death details: Died in the sinking of the destoryer USS Reuben James

Source: Los Angeles Times (1941), Saint Louis Post Dispatch (1941)

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