New Castle Pennsylvania

Mills, Edward D. Jr.
Army Staff sergeant

Edward D. Mills Jr., age 29, from New Castle, Pennsylvania, Lawrence county.

Parents: Edward Mills Sr. and Katie Kirkwood Greenawalt
Spouse: Not married

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Union High (2000)
Military history: 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Date of death: Thursday, May 26, 2011
Death details: Died of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Killed were 1st Lt. John M. Runkle, Staff Sgt. Edward D. Mills Jr., Staff Sgt. Ergin V. Osman, Sgt. Thomas A. Bohall, Sgt. Louie A. Ramos
Cemetery: Parkside Cemetery & Mausoleum

Source: Department of Defense, Ed & Don Decarbo Funeral Home

Gettings, Albert Pasquale
Marines Corporal

Albert Pasquale Gettings, age 27, from New Castle, Pennsylvania, Lawrence county.

Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Co F, 2d Bn, 6th Mar, Rct-8, 2d Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, Nc

Date of death: Thursday, January 5, 2006
Death details: Hostile, died in Fallujah, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Peluso, Paul Renato Jr.
Army Private 1st Class

Paul Renato Jr. Peluso, age 20, from New Castle, Pennsylvania, Lawrence county.

Spouse: Floria L. Peluso

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Monday, February 2, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam.

Source: National Archives, Columbus Ledger (1970)

Hall, Alfred Floyd
Army Sergeant

Alfred Floyd Hall, age 19, from New Castle, Pennsylvania, Lawrence county.

Parents: Perry C. and Dorothy A. Burr Hall

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, January 9, 1970
Death details: Killed at a base camp in South Vietnam when another person’s weapon accidentally discharged.

Source: National Archives, New Castle News (1970)

Taylor, Wilton L.
Navy Fireman first class

Wilton L. Taylor, age 22, from Lawrence County New Castle, Pennsylvania .

Service era: World War II

Date of death: Friday, October 31, 1941
Death details: Died in the sinking of the destoryer USS Reuben James

Source: Los Angeles Times (1941), Pittsburgh Press (1941), Plain Speaker (1941)

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