Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
Alessandro Carbonaro, age 28, from Bethesda, Maryland, Montgomery county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: A Co, 2D Recon Bn, (Rct-5, I Mef Fwd), 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Date of death: Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Landstuhl, Germany
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Robert Hernandez, age 47, from Silver Spring, Maryland, Montgomery county.
Children: Micah and Xariel
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Headquarters 80Th Division, It, Detachment 9 (Tf Mnstc-I), Richmond, Virginia
Date of death: Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Taqaddum, Iraq. Killed by an explosive device.
Cemetery: Memorialized by the naming of a new training facility for him in August 2012 at Camp Park in Dublin.
Source: Department of Defense, Contra Costa Times, Military Times
Thomas Karl Doerflinger, age 20, from Silver Spring, Maryland, Montgomery county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: B Company, 1St Bn, 24Th Infantry, 25Th Infantry Div, Fort Lewis, Wa 98433
Date of death: Thursday, November 11, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Mosul, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Bruce Edward Price, age 37, from Chevy Chase, Maryland, Montgomery county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: A Co, 1St Bn, 3D Special Forces Group, Soccent, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Date of death: Saturday, May 15, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Kandahar, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Thomas C. Bland Jr., age 26, from Gaithersburg, Maryland, Montgomery county.
Service era: Gulf War
Parents: Deirdra McMahan
Schools: Graduated high school in Gaithersburg, Texas A&M University graduate
Date of death: Thursday, January 31, 1991
Death details: AC-130 shot down in Battle of Khafji.
Silver Star citiation: “The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918 (amended by act of July 25, 1963), takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to First Lieutenant Thomas Clifford Bland, Jr., United States Air Force, for gallantry in connection with military operations against the forces of the Republic of Iraq, while serving as Co-Pilot of AC-130H Spectre Gunship “Spirit 03″, of the 16th Special Operations Squadron, U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command, in action near the Kuwaiti border while supporting U.S. Marine Corps operations during the first Iraq offensive, on 31 January 1991. On that date, while performing an Operation DESERT STORM AC-130H armed reconnaissance mission, Lieutenant Bland was tasked to engage a free rocket over ground missile site. As the gunship Co-Pilot, Lieutenant Bland assisted the pilot as he began firing 40 and 105 millimeter munitions at the target. While engaging the target, the aircrew received heavy fire from numerous anti-aircraft artillery sites. His courageous and aggressive attack continued while under unceasing anti-aircraft artillery fire preventing a missile attack on allied coalition forces. The actions of Lieutenant Bland aided the allied forces in repelling the Iraqi Army incursion south into the Saudi Arabia border town of Khafji. The professional competence, aerial skill, and devotion to duty displayed by First Lieutenant Bland in the dedication of this service to his country reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.”
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, Military Times, Baltimore Sun, Facebook
Frederick Richard Neef, age 18, from Germantown, Maryland, Montgomery county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, November 27, 1970
Death details: South Vietnam
Cemetery: Non-hostile, missing
Source: National Archives
Lewis Edgar Jr. Casner, age 25, from Potomac, Maryland, Montgomery county.
Parents: Lewis E. Casner Sr. and Jeanne Casner
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, July 19, 1970
Death details: South Vietnam
Cemetery: Hostile, killed
Source: National Archives, Fort Lauderdale News (1970)
Terry Alan Mote, age 23, from Rockville, Maryland, Montgomery county.
Spouse: Patricia J. Mote
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, July 1, 1970
Death details: Died from illness in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Montgomery Advertiser (1970)
Richard Savage Cunningham, age 22, from Spencerville, Maryland, Montgomery county.
Parents: Joseph Cunningham
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Montgomery County schools, Stanton Military Academy (1966), Montgomery College
Date of death: Thursday, May 14, 1970
Death details: Killed in Cambodia when his tank came under hostile fire
Cemetery: Hostile, killed
Source: National Archives, Baltimore Evening Sun (1970)
John Alan Capasso, age 20, from Rockville, Maryland, Montgomery county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Richard Montgomery High in Rockville (1967)
Military history: 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg
Date of death: Thursday, May 7, 1970
Death details: South Vietnam
Cemetery: Hostile, died of wounds
Source: National Archives, Baltimore Evening Sun (1970)