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Joshua Mikeasky, age 19, from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Cambria county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Ft. Drum, New York
Date of death: Thursday, December 13, 2018
Death details: Died at Bagram Airfield, Bagram District, Parwan Province, Afghanistan from non-combat related incident
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Raymond Richard Buchan, age 33, from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Cambria county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Company B, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry, Schweinfurt, Guam
Date of death: Sunday, July 1, 2007
Death details: Hostile, died in Ta`Meem, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
Aaron James Rusin, age 19, from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Cambria county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Company A, 44th Engineer Bn (Combat), 2d Infantry Div, Camp Howze, Korea
Date of death: Monday, October 11, 2004
Death details: Hostile, died in Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Christopher Allen Golby, age 26, from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Cambria county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: 571st Medical Company (Air Ambulance), 3d Acr, Fort Carson, Co 80913
Date of death: Thursday, January 8, 2004
Death details: Hostile, died in Fallujah, Iraq
Cemetery: Richland, Johnstown
Source: Department of Defense, grave marker, Military Times
Anthony R. Jr. Stefanik, age 32, from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Cambria county.
Parents: Donna
Spouse: Catherine
Children: Anthony, 2
Service era: Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
Schools: Johnstown High graduate
Date of death: Monday, March 14, 1994
Death details: Among seven Air Force crew members killed when a gunship crashed off the coast of Kenya.
Cemetery: Grandview in Southmont, Pennsylvania
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, findagrave.com, Springfield News-Leader (1994), Associated Press, Somerset Daily American (1994), Pensacola News (1994)
John T. Boxler, age 44, from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Cambria county.
Service era: Gulf War
Military history: Also served in Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, February 25, 1991
Death details: Killed by SCUD missle attack.
Cemetery: Richland Cemetery, Johnstown. Memorialized at U.S. Post Office in Johnstown.
Source: Grave marker, White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles
Martin Joseph Hanlon, age 20, from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Cambria county.
Spouse: Not married.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, December 27, 1970
Death details: Vehicle crash, Quang Nam, South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Department of Defense.
Lee David Meadows, age 18, from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Cambria county.
Parents: Edward D. Meadows
Spouse: Not married.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, September 15, 1970
Death details: Helicopter crash in Quang Tin, South Vietnam.
Cemetery: Forest Lawn
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)
Robert Harry Fennell, age 27, from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Cambria county.
Spouse: Velma L. Fennell
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, March 31, 1970
Death details: Killed by multiple fragmentation wounds in Binh Long, South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Department of Defense, Fort Collins Coloradoan (1970)
Frank Scarletta from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Cambria county.
Parents: Samuel Scarletta
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, December 18, 1944
Death details: He was aboard the destroyer USS Hull as it operated as part of the Fast Carrier Strike Force in the Philippine Sea. On December 17, 1944, the Hull was participating in refueling operations when the ships of its fueling group were engulfed by Typhoon Cobra. The Hull lost its ability to steer amid the enormous waves and began taking on water. The Hull eventually took on too much water to stay afloat and rolled and sank shortly before noon, on December 18. Sixty-two crew members were rescued, but a little more than two-hundred crew members were lost in the sinking.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency