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Leroy III Deronde, age 22, from Jersey City, New Jersey, Hudson county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Brigade-Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Date of death: Sunday, May 27, 2012
Death details: Died when his unit was attacked by enemy forces. Spc. Kedith L. Jacobs was also killed.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Miguel Angel Marcial III, age 19, from Secaucus, New Jersey, Hudson county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: H&S Co, 1St Bn, 2D Mar, 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Date of death: Sunday, April 1, 2007
Death details: Al Asad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, New Jersey Run for the Fallen
Marlon Phillip Jackson, age 25, from Jersey City, New Jersey, Hudson county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A 94Th Engineer Battalion, Apo Ae 09173
Date of death: Tuesday, November 11, 2003
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jon Christopher Jacobson, age 22, from Bayonne, New Jersey, Hudson county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, October 7, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
Kenneth John Koch, age 21, from Jersey City, New Jersey, Hudson county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 30th Maine
Date of death: Saturday, October 3, 1970
Death details: Hostile, died of wounds in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, grave marker, Evansville Courier & Press
John William Kisielewski, age 21, from Jersey City, New Jersey, Hudson county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 77th Ohio
Date of death: Saturday, August 8, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, illness in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
Ovell Spruill, age 23, from Jersey City, New Jersey, Hudson county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, August 4, 1970
Death details: Hostile, died of wounds in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
Barry Francis Graham, age 21, from Jersey City, New Jersey, Hudson county.
Spouse: Ellen J. Graham
Children: Michael, 8; Salley, 5; Thomas, 4; Timothy 1
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, August 3, 1970
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam when a military board on which he was a passenger hit a mine.
Source: National Archives, Asbury Park Press (1970)
John Joseph Lavelle, age 19, from Bayonne, New Jersey, Hudson county.
Parents: Henry B. Lavelle
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Bayonne High (1967)
Date of death: Wednesday, July 29, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Orlando Sentinel (1970)
Alfred Francis Jr. Wiggins, age 19, from Jersey City, New Jersey, Hudson county.
Parents: Alfred F. Wiggins Sr.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 42nd Illinois
Date of death: Friday, June 5, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives., 35th Infantry Regiment Association, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)