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
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
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)
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)
Gregory Walter McFadden from Jersey City, New Jersey.
Date of death: Tuesday, November 7, 1967
Death details: Hostile, died missing in South Vietnam
Sources: New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation
William T. Jr. Black, age 23, from Jersey City, New Jersey, Hudson county.
Parents: William T. Black Sr.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 77 killed in Richmond, Virginia when the engines aboard their plane failed and it crashed into marshland. The crew and passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The flight was enroute from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina.
Source: Associated Press (1961), New York Daily News (1961)
Edward Patrick Cummings from Jersey City, New Jersey, Hudson county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Wednesday, May 26, 1954
Death details: On July 11, 1952, an AD-3Q Skyraider (bureau number 122863) with a crew of two departed the USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) on a strike mission against enemy targets in Pyongyang. While diving at its target, the Skyraider was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed near Pyongyang. Witnesses did not see any parachutes leave the aircraft before it crashed, and the fate of the two crew members is unknown. They were not reported to be prisoners of war, and their remains have not been recovered. Lieutenant Edward Patrick Cummings, who joined the U.S. Navy from New Jersey, served with Detachment 41, Composite Squadron 33, embarked aboard the Bon Homme Richard. He was the pilot of this Skyraider when it crashed and he remains unaccounted-for. Today, Lieutenant Cummings is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency