Edward Balli, age 42, from Monterey, California.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Headquarters and headquarters Troop, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, U.S. Army Europe
Date of death: Monday, January 20, 2014
Death details: Died in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan of wounds from small arms fire when he was attacked by insurgents.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Roger Lee, age 26, from Monterey, California, Monterey county.
Parents: Yen Chih Lee, stepmother Kim Lee
Spouse: Elvina Lee
Children: Jazmyne Lee, 5
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Monterey High
Military history: 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, Hohenfels, Germany.
Date of death: Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Death details: Died at Qalat, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked their vehicle with an improvised explosive device. Also killed were Staff Sgt. Marc A. Arizmendez, 30, of California and Pfc. Michael S. Pridham, 19, of Kentucky
Source: Department of Defense, Montery County Herald, Miliary Times
Sean Kerry Mitchell, age 35, from Monterey, California, Monterey county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hsc, 1St Battalion, 10Th Special Forces Group, Stuttgart, Germany
Date of death: Saturday, July 7, 2007
Death details: Kidal, Mali
Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com
George Paul Martin, age 19, from Los Angeles County Monterey, California .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, November 28, 1971
Death details: Killed in a helicopter crash in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives
Robert Nathaniel Stone, age 24, from Monterey, California, Monterey county.
Spouse: Lois Stone
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Tuesday, June 12, 1951
Death details: On June 12, 1951, the destroyer USS Walke (DD-723) was providing anti-submarine protection to carriers from Task Force 77 off the east coast of Wonsan, North Korea, when it was struck on the port side by an enemy mine or torpedo. The force of the explosion tossed many sailors into the water, and those who were injured had a difficult time staying afloat while they waited for rescue. Twenty-six sailors were killed in the explosion and forty were wounded. Although the ship’s hull was heavily damaged, after the incident the Walke was able to proceed under its own power to Sasebo, Japan, for repairs. Of the men killed in the incident, the remains of eight could not be recovered. During repairs, the remains of seven sailors were recovered from flooded parts of the ship and identified. However, two of those men later became unaccounted-for due to unknown circumstances, so the total number of unaccounted-for sailors from the Walke now stands at ten. Machinist’s Mate Third Class Robert Nathan Stone, who joined the U.S. Navy from California, served aboard the Walke. He was killed in the June 12 explosion after his ship hit a mine and his body could not be recovered. Today, Machinist’s Mate Third Class Stone is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, The Californian (1951)
Robert Samuel Smith, age 21, from Monterey, California, Monterey county.
Service era: Korea
Date of death: Tuesday, June 12, 1951
Death details: Killed aboard the destroyer USS Walke which was was providing anti-submarine protection to carriers from Task Force 77 off the east coast of Wonsan, North Korea, when it was struck on the port side by an enemy mine or torpedo. The force of the explosion tossed many sailors into the water, and those who were injured had a difficult time staying afloat while they waited for rescue. Twenty-six sailors were killed in the explosion and forty were wounded.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Eugene Muniz, age 32, from Monterey County Monterey, California .
Parents: Manuel Muniz
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Wednesday, October 25, 1944
Death details: Killed in the sinking of the USS Gambier Bay during the Battle of Leyte.
Source: National Archives, The Californian (1945)
Wilbur Archie Mitts from Monterey, California, Monterey county.
Parents: Mrs. June Mitts
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, September 10, 1944
Death details: Accounted for FEbruary 23, 2023. On September 10, 1944, a TBM-1 Avenger (Bureau Number 17018), with a crew of three, took off from the USS Enterprise for a strike mission against Japanese forces in the Palau Islands. The plane was last seen spinning violently before crashing into the water a few hundred feet from Malakal Island. All three members of the crew were lost in the incident.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Michael Criscuolo, age 20, from Monterey, California, Monterey county.
Parents: Antonia Criscuolo
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
George Walter Doherty, age 20, from Monterey, California, Monterey county.
Parents: Ethel Doherty Brewer
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Killed aboard the USS Arizona
Source: National Archives