Tag: Elizabeth New Jersey

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Jackson, Francisco R.
Marines Lance corporal

Francisco R. Jackson, age 24, from Elizabeth, New Jersey, Union county.

Parents: Milagros Piedrasanta (preceded in death)
Spouse: Maxima J. Jackson
Children: Glovanni L. Jackson

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Elizabeth High, Union County Vocational-Technical Schools
Military history: 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California. Enlisted October 13, 2009. Purple Heart

Date of death: Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Cemetery: Rosehill; Linden, New Jersey

Source: Department of Defense, Star-Ledger, Military Times

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Millet, Pedro A.
Army Specialist

Pedro A. Millet , age 20, from Elizabeth, New Jersey, Union county.

Parents: Denise Millet and Pedro Millet

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.

Date of death: Sunday, August 22, 2010
Death details: Died at Arghandab River Valley, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device.

Source: Department of Defense, New York Daily News, Military Times

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Marciante, Luigi Jr
Army Corporal

Luigi Jr Marciante, age 25, from Elizabeth, New Jersey, Union county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 2D Battalion, 23D Infantry, 4Th Bde, 2Nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wa

Date of death: Thursday, September 20, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Muqdadiyah, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Arroyo, Domingo
Private 1st class

A relative of Marine Pfc. Domingo Arroyo, 21, of Elizabeth, N.J. hold his photo outside the family’s apartment.

Domingo Arroyo, age 21, of Elizabeth, New Jersey

Service era: Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)

Date of death: Tuesday, January 12, 1993

Death details: Killed in an ambush in Mogadishu

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Fort Myers News-Press (1993)

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Homicki, Daniel
Navy Gunner’s mate

Daniel Homicki, age 36, from Elizabeth, New Jersey, Union county.

Spouse: Divorced
Children: Son, 15

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

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Miller, Stanley Joseph Jr.
Army Warrant officer

Stanley Joseph Jr. Miller, age 21, from Elizabeth, New Jersey, Union county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Monday, April 27, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Jersey Journal (1970)

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Klingaman, Bruce David
Army Specialist 4

Bruce David Klingaman, age 21, from Elizabeth, New Jersey, Union county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Thursday, March 5, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam

Source: National Archives

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Menendez, Manuel
Marines Reserves Private 1st class

Manuel Menendez, age 18, from Elizabeth, New Jersey, Union county.

Parents: Helena Menendez

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Saturday, November 20, 1943
Death details: On August 28, 2017, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Private First Class Manuel Menendez, missing from World War II. Private First Class Menendez, who entered the U.S. Marine Corps from New York, was attached to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. On November 20, 1943, he was killed during the amphibious assault on Betio Island, as part of the Battle of Tarawa. He was buried in a cemetery on Betio, though specific details regarding his loss and burial were unrecorded at the time. Following the war, his remains were recovered, but could not be identified at the time and were buried as unknowns at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. In 2017, these remains were disinterred for further analysis. Using modern forensic techniques, DPAA analysts identified these remains as those of PFC Menendez.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

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Fleming, Cecil Leon
Army Private 1st class

Cecil Leon Fleming, age 18, from Union County Elizabeth, New Jersey .

Parents: Cecil Fleming

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Unknown
Death details: By mid-November 1950, U.S. and Allied forces had advanced to within approximately sixty miles of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China. On November 25, approximately 300,000 Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) “volunteers” suddenly and fiercely counterattacked after crossing the Yalu. The 2nd Infantry Division, located the farthest north of units at the Chongchon River, could not halt the CCF advance and was ordered to withdraw to defensive positions at Sunchon in the South Pyongan province of North Korea. As the division pulled back from Kunu-ri toward Sunchon, it conducted an intense rearguard action while fighting to break through well-defended roadblocks set up by CCF infiltrators. The withdrawal was not complete until December 1, and the 2nd Infantry Division suffered extremely heavy casualties in the process. Corporal Cecil L. Fleming, who entered the U.S. Army from New Jersey, was serving with the Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division at the time of the Chinese offensive. He was captured by enemy forces during the course of the fighting withdrawal, and, along with a number of other prisoners, was moved to the ‘Mining Camp’ prison facility in the Pukchin-Tarigol valley. Many prisoners were lost to disease or exposure at this camp; Corporal Fleming died in late January or early February of 1951 of starvation and pneumonia. His death was reported by a doctor who survived internment at the ‘Mining Camp.’ The site of the ‘Mining Camp’ is within the borders of modern-day North Korea, and Corporal Fleming’s remains are not among those that have been returned from this site by the North Koreans. Today, Corporal Fleming is memorialized in the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, The News (1953)