Tag: Essex County New York

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Venne, Dain T.
Army Staff Sergeant

Dain T. Venne, age 29, from Port Henry, New York, Essex county.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 178th Engineer Battalion, 412th Theater Engineer Command, Oswego, New York.

Date of death: Saturday, November 3, 2012
Death details: Died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Paktia Province, Afghanistan. Killed were Staff Sgt. Dain T. Venne, Spc. Ryan P. Jayne and Specialist Brett E. Gornewicz.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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McLane, William G.
Navy Lieutenant (junior grade)

William G. McLane, age 22, from Lake Placid, New York, Essex county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 11 Navy men killed when their Neptune bomber plunged into the oceans 100 miles off Virginia. The two-engine, long-range bomber was taking part in an antisubmarine training mission with the carrier Lake Champlain.

Source: Associated Press (1961), Portland Press Herald (1961)