Nieto, Marc Ian
Navy Petty officer 2nd class

Marc Ian Nieto, age 24, from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Fond du Lac county.

Service era: War on Terror

Date of death: Thursday, October 12, 2000
Death details: Died aboard the U.S.S. Cole when suicide bombers detonated an explosive-laden boat against the ship’s port side, tearing a 40-by-40-foot hole in the hull and sending seawater gushing into the engineering compartment.

Source: Department of Defense