Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
David Jr. Solinas, age 23, from Oradell, New Jersey, Bergen county.
Service era: Post war on terror
Date of death: Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Death details: Among nine killed in a mid-air collision involving two Black Hawk helicopters near Fort Campbell, Kentucky during a routine training mission.
Source: CBS News
Marie T. Rossi, age 32, from Oradell, New Jersey, Bergen county.
Spouse: John Anderson Clayton (married in 1990)
Service era: Gulf War
Date of death: Sunday, March 3, 1991
Death details: Died the day after the ceasefire when her helicopter crashed.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense, Newsday (1991)
Anthony Brian Battel, age 22, from Oradell, New Jersey, Bergen county.
Parents: Alton D. Carter
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 3rd Virginia Infantry
Date of death: Wednesday, January 28, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, UPI (1970)