Robert Edward Rooney, age 43, from Nashua, New Hampshire, Hillsborough county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 379Th Engineer Company, Buzzards Bay, Ma 02532
Date of death: Thursday, September 25, 2003
Death details: Died in Kuwait City, Kuwait when he was stuck by a forklift
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Alan H. Soifert from Nashua, New Hampshire.
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Friday, October 14, 1983
Death details: Shot in the chest. Died while being transported to a hospital.
Source: White House Commission on Rememberance, Sarasota Herald Tribune (1983)
Raymond Louis Paradis, age 21, from Nashua, New Hampshire, Hillsborough county.
Parents: Regina Paradis
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, May 9, 1970
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Saint Louis de Gonzague
Source: National Archives, Nashua Telegraph (1970)
William Jr. Wilkowsky, age 20, from Hillsborough County Nashua, New Hampshire .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, April 30, 1966
Death details: Hostile in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
Czeslaw Kowalczyk, age 24, from Hillsborough County Nashua, New Hampshire .
Spouse: Madeline Hoskinson
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, December 5, 1965
Death details: Died of wounds received when he stepped on a land mine in South Vietnam.
Source: Nashua Telegraph (1965)
Raymond H. Gravelle, age 20 from Nashua, New Hampshire, Hillsborough county.
Service era: World War II
Parent: Horace Gravelle
Date of death: May 17, 1945
Death details: Died non-battle
Source: National Archives, Nashua Telegraph (1949)
Leon Christenson Ford, age 18, from Hillsborough County Nashua, New Hampshire .
Parents: Arthur James Ford
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Thursday, October 15, 1942
Death details: On October 15, 1942, he was in a U.S. convoy of six ships that was towing barges loaded with urgently needed supplies toward Guadalcanal. The American forces on that island were in dire need of resupply. When the convoy was spotted by enemy aircraft, all but two ships withdrew from the area. The two ships that pressed on were the USS Meredith (DD-434,) a destroyer, and the USS Vireo (AM-54,) a lightly armed towing vessel. Upon receiving word that Japanese surface warships were operating in the area, both ships were forced to turn back from their mission. Because of its age and slow speed, Vireo was abandoned, and the crew taken aboard the Meredith. Within minutes, the Meredith was attacked by a large force of enemy aircraft. The destroyer sustained multiple bomb and torpedo hits and quickly sank. The survivors spent three days at sea before being rescued. The majority of the crews of both ships was killed in the incident.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency