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Jorge M. Oliveira, age 33, from Newark, New Jersey, Essex county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry Regiment, 50th Brigade Combat Team, Riverdale, New Jersey.
Date of death: Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Death details: Died in Paktika Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Joe Luis Baines, age 19, from Newark, New Jersey, Essex county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Troop C, 1St Squadron, 7Th Cavalry, Fort Hood, Tx
Parent: Yolanda Torres
School: Summit Quest Academy in Ephrata, Pennsylvania (2005)
Date of death: Saturday, December 16, 2006
Death details: Died of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee at Taji, Iraq.
Cemetery: Fairmount, Newark
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Legacy
Christian Longsworth, age 26, from Newark, New Jersey, Essex county.
Parents: Cecillia
Spouse: Not married
Children: Jaylin Araya, 5
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Essex Catholic High in East Orange and spent senior year at Newark’s West Side High (1998)
Military history: Company B, 3D Battalion, 7Th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, Nc
Date of death: Friday, May 19, 2006
Death details: His convoy was attacked by small arms fire in Afghanistan
Cemetery: Buried in Puerto Rico
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Clarence Lavon Floyd Jr., age 28, from Newark, New Jersey, Essex county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Btry A, 1St Bn, 320Th Field Artillery, 2D Bct (Tf Baghdad), Fort Campbell, Ky
Date of death: Saturday, December 10, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Taji, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Yoe Manuel Aneiros, age 20, from Newark, New Jersey, Essex county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Company, 2D Battalion, 70Th Armor, 1St Armored Division (1St Cd), Fort Riley, Ks 66442
Date of death: Tuesday, September 7, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Sadr City, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Humberto Fonsecadas Timoteo, age 25, from Newark, New Jersey, Essex county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Battery B, 3D Battalion, 112Th Field Artillery, Morristown, New Jersey
Date of death: Saturday, June 5, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Bruce Jr Miller, age 23, from Orange, New Jersey, Essex county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: B Company, 2nd Battalion/3rd Infantry Regiment (2nd Id), Fort Lewis, Washington
Date of death: Monday, March 22, 2004
Death details: Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Simeon Hunte, age 23, from Newark, New Jersey, Essex county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 1St Battalion 13Th Armor, Fort Riley, Kansas
Date of death: Wednesday, October 1, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Robert D. Talley, age 18, from Newark, New Jersey, Essex county.
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Monday, February 18, 1991
Death details: Died when his vehicle was mistakenly attacked by U.S. helicopters.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles
Alphonza Mason, age 22, from Essex County Newark, New Jersey .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, November 28, 1971
Death details: Killed in a helicopter crash in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1971)