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Austin H. Benson, age 19, from Hellertown, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.
Parents: Joie Gates
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Saucon Valley High (2008)
Military history: 54th Combat Communications Squadron at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. Enlisted 2008
Date of death: Monday, May 3, 2010
Death details: Died of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident near Khyber, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Allentown Morning Call, Easton Express-Times, Military Times
Joshua Philip Klinger, age 21, from Easton, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Schools: Wilson Area High (2002)
Military history: B Co, 1st Bn, 6th Mar, (Rct-8), 2d Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Date of death: Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Death details: Died in Fallujah, Iraq from shrapnel from a roadside bomb
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Barton Russell Humlhanz, age 23, from Hellertown, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom
Military history: Mssg-24, 24th Meu, 1st Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca
Date of death: Thursday, August 26, 2004
Death details: Hostile, died in Babil Province, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Christopher Patrick Geiger, age 38, from Northampton, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.
Service era: Iraq – Operation Enduring Freedom
Military history: Hhc 213th Area Support Group, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date of death: Wednesday, July 2, 2003
Death details: Bagram, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
William C. Brace, age 24, from Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.
Parents: Teodora Williams and William Brace
Spouse: Michelle
Children: William Arthur, 6 months
Service era: Gulf War
Schools: Nazareth High (1985)
Military history: 82nd Airborne
Date of death: Friday, March 1, 1991
Death details: Died when his helicopter crashed into a microwave tower in the Persian Gulf
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, The Gulf War Chronicles, Allentown Morning Call (1991)
Robert Allen Nickol from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, October 26, 1971
Death details: On October 26, 1971, a CH-47 Chinook (tail number 66-19143, call sign “Warrior 143”) with five crew members and five passengers aboard left Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam, on a supply mission to Cam Rahn Bay, South Vietnam. The helicopter encountered inclement weather and lost radio communication before it crashed into the water off the coast of Nha Trang. Search and rescue missions recovered four bodies and retreived debris that washed ashore on Hon Tre Island. The other six men aboard the helicopter remain missing. Specialist 5 Robert Allen Nickol, who joined the U.S. Army from Pennsylvania, served with the Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment (Air), 1st Aviation Group. He was a passenger aboard the Chinook when it crashed, and his remains were not recovered. Specialist 5 Nickol is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Bradley Lloyd Boswell, age 20, from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.
Parents: William S. and Elizabeth A. (Altenderfer) Boswell
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Freedom High (1969)
Date of death: Tuesday, September 15, 1970
Death details: Killed in Vietnam from wounds received when a grenade was accidentally released during training
Source: National Archives, Allentown Morning Call (1970)
Larry Mark Horner, age 19, from Walnutport, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.
Parents: Charles and Elaine Horner
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Slatington High (1968)
Date of death: Thursday, July 9, 1970
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam when he stepped on a land mine while on patrol
Source: National Archives., Allentown Morning Call (1970)
Patrick Elswood McDaniel, age 21, from Easton, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.
Parents: John L. McDaniel
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, May 30, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in Cambodia.
Source: National Archives, Scranton Tribune (1970)
Edward F. Jr. Yapsuga, age 21, from Northampton, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.
Parents: Edward B. and Lorraine (Schneider) Yapsuga
Spouse: Joanne M. (Brezina) Yapsuga
Children: Lori Ann
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Northampton High (1966), Penn State Univeristy
Date of death: Tuesday, March 10, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Allentown Morning Call (1970)