Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
Kyle Mullen, age 24, from Manalapan, New Jersey, Monmouth county.
Parents: Regina Mullen
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Manalapan High, Yale and Monmouth universities
Date of death: Friday, February 4, 2022
Death details: Kyle died in San Diego, California following Hell Week in training. A military autopsy showed he died from pneumonia, and stated he went untrested until it was too late.
Source: Asbury Park Press (2022)
Stanley J. III Sokolowski, age 26, from Ocean, New Jersey, Monmouth county.
Parents: Christie Sokolowski and Stanley Sokolowski II
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Ocean Township High (2002)
Military history: Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Fort Bliss, Texas. Enlisted August 2007.
Date of death: Thursday, May 20, 2010
Death details: Died in Kirkuk, Iraq in a non-combat related incident.
Source: Department of Defense, New Jersery Star Ledger, Military Times
Ronald A. Kubik, age 21, from Brielle, New Jersey, Monmouth county.
Parents: Ronald Kubik and Eileen Kubik
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia. Enlisted March 2007. Purple Heart, Bronze Star.
Date of death: Friday, April 23, 2010
Death details: Died in Logar Province, Afghanistan of wounds from a firefight.
Source: Department of Defense, Long Island Press, Star Ledger, Military Times
Brian Michael Connelly, age 26, from Union Beach, New Jersey, Monmouth county.
Service era: Iraq
Spouse: Kara (September 2008)
School: Brookdale Community College
Military history: A Co, 40Th En Bn, (Attached To 1-6 In) (1-6 In Attached To 3-82 Abn) (Task Org To Mnd-B)
Date of death: Thursday, February 26, 2009
Death details: Hostile; Adhamiyah, Iraq. Died of wounds sustained when his vehicle was struck by an explosive device.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Dennis William II Zilinski, age 23, from Freehold, New Jersey, Monmouth county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 1St Battalion, 187Th Infantry (Tf Tikrit), Fort Campbell, Ky
Date of death: Saturday, November 19, 2005
Death details: Killed when a bomb detonated near his Humvee near Bayji, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Stephen Richard Sherman, age 27, from Neptune, New Jersey, Monmouth county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Co, 1St B, 5Th Infantry, 25Th Infantry Division, (Tf Olympia), Fort Lewis, Wa
Date of death: Thursday, February 3, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense
Michael Edward Curtin, age 23, from Howell, New Jersey, Monmouth county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 2D Bn, 7Th Infantry Regt, Fort Stewart, Georgia
Date of death: Saturday, March 29, 2003
Death details: Died in a suicide car bombing in Obj Raider, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Stephen Charles Ruby, age 26, from Monmouth County Union Beach, New Jersey .
Parents: Charles Ruby
Spouse: Sandra Jean Savage Ruby
Children: Daniel
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Keyport High (1963)
Date of death: Monday, November 29, 1971
Death details: He was doing maintence work on an airplane when he fell onto the pavement below.
Source: National Archives, Daily Register (1971)
George Phillip Berg, age 24, from Belford, New Jersey, Monmouth county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, February 18, 1971
Death details: On February 18, 1971, a UH-1H Iroquois (tail number 68-15255) with four crew members took off as one of four helicopters on an emergency extraction mission for soldiers from a Special Forces camp located on the west side of A Shau Valley in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam. Enemy troops fired on the Iroquois as it attempted to rescue the ground troops using a stable extraction rig, forcing the pilot to leave the area with three men still attached to the rigs. One of the troops on the extraction rigs fell off into the jungle and was eventually rescued. A short time after he fell, the helicopter was hit by enemy anti-aircraft fire, which caused it to crash and burn with the four crew members and two rescued ground troops still inside. Warrant Officer 1 George Phillip Berg entered the U.S. Army from New Jersey and was a member of Company A, 101st Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne Division. He was the aircraft commander aboard this Iroquois when it crashed, and he was lost with the aircraft. Attempts to locate or identify his remains have been unsuccessful. After the incident, the U.S. Army promoted WO1 Woods to the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2). Today, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Berg is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findagrave.com
John Robert Grisard, age 23, from Long Branch, New Jersey, Monmouth county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, November 19, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam