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Gorra, Marcos
Army Sergeant

Marcos Gorra, age 22, from North Bergen, New Jersey.

Parents: Gricel Gorra and Marcos.

Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: North Bergen High (2006).
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Bridgade, 82nd Airborn Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Enlisted August 2006.

Date of death: Sunday, February 21, 2010
Death details: Died at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan of wounds from a training exercise.

Source: Department of Defense, Hudson Reporter, New York Daily News., Military Times

Monson, Theodore M. Jr.
Army Recruit

Theodore M. Jr. Monson, age 17, from North Bergen, New Jersey, Hudson county.

Parents: Theodore Monson

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 77 killed in Richmond, Virginia when the engines aboard their plane failed and it crashed into marshland. The crew and passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The flight was enroute from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina.

Source: Associated Press (1961), New York Daily News (1961)

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