New Castle Delaware

Loncki, Elizabeth Ann
Air Force Senior Airman

Elizabeth Ann Loncki, age 23, from New Castle, Delaware, New Castle county.

Parents: Stephen Loncki and Ann Roberts and step parents Christine Loncki and Joey Roberts
Spouse: None
Children: None

Service era: Iraq
Schools: St. Peter the Apostle grade school and Padua Academy in Wilmington (2001); University of Arizona
Military history: 775Th Civil Engineering Squadron, Hill Afb, Ut

Date of death: Sunday, January 7, 2007
Death details: Killed by a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in the Baghdad area.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Ayres, Gerald Francis
Air Force Major

Gerald Francis Ayres, age 35, from New Castle, Delaware, New Castle county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Sunday, June 18, 1972
Death details: On October 12, 1994, the Joint Task Force–Full Accounting (JFA-FA) identified the remains of Major Gerald Francis Ayres, missing from the Vietnam War.

Major Ayres entered the U.S. Air Force from Delaware and was a member of the 16th Special Operations Squadron. On June 18, 1972, he was a sensor operator aboard an AC-130A gunship (tail number 55-0043, call sign “Spectre 11”) that took off from Ubon Airfield, Thailand, on an armed reconnaissance mission over A Shau Valley, South Vietnam. The aircraft was hit by an enemy surface-to-air missile and crashed near the border of Laos and Vietnam. Maj Ayers was killed in the incident and his remains could not be recovered at the time. In 1993, investigators visited the crash site and recovered personal artifacts and human remains. Maj Ayers was identified among the remains recovered.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/ MIA Accounting Agency

Gaworski, Francis Xavier
Army Specialist 4

Francis Xavier Gaworski, age 21, from New Castle, Delaware, New Castle county.

Parents: John J. Gaworski

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: William Penn High
Military history: Construction worker in the 630th Engineers Battalion

Date of death: Friday, April 10, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam

Source: National Archives, News Journal (1970)

Murphy, William Joseph
Army Sergeant

William Joseph Murphy, age 19, from New Castle, Delaware, New Castle county.

Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Company C, Rangers, 75th Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade

Date of death: Monday, February 16, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed, South Vietnam
Cemetery: Arlington National

Source: National Archives, Wilmington News Journal (1970)

Finicelli, Augusto
Private

Augusto Finicelli, age 33, from New Castle, Delaware, New Castle county.

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Sunday, October 13, 1918
Death details: Killed in action

Source: Soldiers of the Great War, findagrave.com, findagrave.com

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