Matthew G. Kantor, age 22, from Gillette, New Jersey, Morris county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Date of death: Thursday, November 1, 2012
Death details: Died supporting stability operations in Zabul, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, New Jersey Run for the Fallen
Ronald R Harrison, age 25, from Morris Plains, New Jersey, Morris county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company E, 4th Battalion, 64Th Armor, Fort Stewart, Georgia
Date of death: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Death details: Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Donald S Brown, age 19, from Succasunna, New Jersey, Morris county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: E Co, 2D Bn, 3D Mar, (Rct-7, I Mef Fwd), 3D Mar Div, Kaneohe Bay, Hi
Date of death: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Death details: Hostile; Hadithah, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Vincent Michael Sullivan, age 23, from Chatham, New Jersey, Morris county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: H&S Co, 1St Bn, 2D Mar, 24Th Meu, 1St Mar Div
Date of death: Friday, July 23, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ryan Edward Doltz, age 26, from Mine Hill, New Jersey, Morris county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: B Btry, 3D Bn, 112Th Fa, 151 Eggert Crossing Road, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Date of death: Saturday, June 5, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
James E. Jamie Smith, age 21, from Long Valley, New Jersey, Morris county.
Parents: Carolina Smith
Service era: Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 75h Ranger Regiment in Fort Benning
Date of death: Sunday, October 3, 1993
Death details: Killed during a 16 hour fight with supporters of Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Two U.S. Blackhawk helicopters were brought down
Cemetery: Fort Benning, Georgia
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Tampa Bay Times, Tulsa World
Ernest Edward Hanyecz, age 27, from Borenton, New Jersey, Morris county.
Service era: Cold War
Date of death: Wednesday, April 19, 1989
Death details: Killed in accidental explosion aboard the USS Iowa just off Puerto Rico
Source: Iowa Daily Press, UPI
Thomas William Knuckey, age 25, from Wharton, New Jersey, Morris County.
Date of death: Thursday, May 27, 1971
Parents: William A. Knuckey (1915-2010) and Mary E. Kilfoil Knuckey (1917-2009)
Death details: On August 2, 1993, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA, now DPAA) identified the remains of First Lieutenant Thomas William Knuckey, missing from the Vietnam War.
First Lieutenant Knuckey joined the U.S. Army from New Jersey and was a member of the 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 12th Aviation Group. On May 27, 1971, he piloted an OH-58A Kiowa (serial number 68-16888) on a bomb damage assesment mission over an enemy position in Cambodia. During the mission, the Kiowa was downed by ground fire, and 1LT Knuckey was killed in the crash. Search and rescue teams were unable to investigate the Kiowa’s crash site due to enemy presence in the area. In 1993, a joint investigative team recovered remains from the Kiowa’s crash site that were later identified as those of 1LT Knuckey.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, findgrave.com
David Robertson Nash, age 23, from Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, Morris county.
Parents: Dorothes K. Chestnut
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, May 13, 1970
Death details: Hostile, died of wounds in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Bayonne Times (1970)
William Alfred Meister, age 23, from Madison, New Jersey, Morris county.
Parents: George J. Meister Sr.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Saint Benedict’s Prepartory School in Newark, Seton Hall University in South Orange
Date of death: Thursday, April 30, 1970
Death details: William was a door-gunner on a helicopter hit by enemy ground fire in Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Madison-Florham Park Eagle (1970)