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 untested until it was too late.
Source: Asbury Park Press (2022)
Jamie R. Riley, age 21, from Monmouth County Fair Haven, New Jersey .
Parents: Carolyn and Carl Riley
Service era: Post war on terror
Schools: Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Red Bank Catholic High
Date of death: Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Death details: Killed in a collision between two Stryker vehicles at McGregor Range in New Mexico.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Associated Press (2019), Thompson Memorial Home
Daniel I. Baldassare, age 20, from Colts Neck, New Jersey.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Monday, July 10, 2017
Death details: Among 15 Marines and 1 Navy sailor killed when their aircraft crashed in Mississippi.
Source: Washington Post
Stanley J. III Sokolowski, age 26, from Ocean, New Jersey, Monmouth county.
Parents: Christie Sokolowski and Stanley Sokolowski II
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
William Robert Neil Jr., age 38, from Holmdel, New Jersey
Service era: Iraq
Parents: Patricia and William Neil
Military history: Company C, 3D Battalion, 3D Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Date of death: Saturday, March 22, 2008
Death details: Died when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device in Sperwan Ghar, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ryan Douglas Christensen, age 22, from Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey.
Parents: Suzette Detulio
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 1St Battalion, 64Th Armor, (Tf Liberty), Fort Stewart, Ga
Date of death: Thursday, November 24, 2005
Death details: Died at the Medical University of Charleston in Charleston, S.C., of a non-combat-related illness identified Nov. 10 in Balad, Iraq.
Source: Department of Defense, legacy.com, 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