Tag: Pasadena California

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Studenmund, Scott R.
Army Staff sergeant

Scott R. Studenmund, age 24, from Pasadena, California.

Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Date of death: Monday, June 9, 2014
Death details: Died in Gaza Village, Afghanistan of wounds suffered in a friendly fire incident while engaged in a combat operation. Killed was: Staff Sgt. Scott R. Studenmund, Staff Sgt. Jason A. McDonald, Spc., Justin R. Helton, Cpl Justin R. Clouse, Pvt. 2nd Class Aaron S. Toppen

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Ramirez, Rogelio Antonio
Marines Lance corporal

Rogelio Antonio Ramirez, age 21, from Pasadena, California, Los Angeles county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: C Co, 1St Bn, 1St Mar, (Rct-6, Ii Mef Fwd), 1St Mar Div, Camp Pendleton, Ca

Date of death: Sunday, August 26, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Saqlawiyah, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

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Rosema, Adam Jason
Army Specialist

Adam Jason Rosema, age 27, from Pasadena, California, Los Angeles county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company E, 215Th Brigade Support Battalion, 3 Bct, Fort Hood, Tx

Date of death: Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Balad, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, findagrave.com

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Escobar, Sergio Hernandez
Marines Lance corporal

Sergio Hernandez Escobar, age 18, from Pasadena, California, Los Angeles county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: I Co, 3D Bn, 7Th Mar (2-28 Bct, 2D Mar Div) 1St Mar Div, Twentynine Palms, Ca

Date of death: Sunday, October 9, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Ar Ramadi, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Washington Post, Military Times

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Salazar, Mark E.
Army Staff sergeant

Mark E. Salazar, age 30, from Pasadena, California, Los Angeles county.

Parents: Marie Young
Spouse: Donna
Children: Jennifer, 1

Service era: Cold War

Date of death: Monday, April 18, 1983
Death details: Died while serving with a volunteer Army group that was teaching vehicle maintenance to the Lebanese and maintaining vehicles for the U.S. Marine Contingent in that country.

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Chicago Tribune (1983)

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Whiteman, Richard Lee
Army Specialist 5

Richard Lee Whiteman, age 22, from Pasadena, California, Los Angeles county.

Parents: Anne B. Whiteman

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, April 10, 1970
Death details: Body recovered

Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)

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Jones, Abbott Robert
Army Lieutenant colonel

Abbott Robert Jones, age 49, from Pasadena, California, Los Angeles county.

Spouse: Heiga Jones

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, February 18, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile death

Source: National Archives, Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)

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Neel, Walter Philip
Navy Lieutenant commander

Walter Philip Neel from Pasadena, California, Los Angeles county.

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Friday, April 18, 1952
Death details: Lieutenant Commander Walter Philip Neel, who joined the U.S. Navy from California, served with Attack Squadron 65 embarked aboard the USS Boxer (CV 21). On April 18, 1952, LCDR Neel took off from the Boxer piloting an AD4 Skyraider (bureau number 128953) as the leader of a flight of four aircraft on a rail cutting mission east of Kowon, North Korea. On his fourth bomb run over the target, LCDR Neel’s Skyraider lost a wing, which sent it cartwheeling to the ground. The flight members circled the wreck and reported that although the aircraft did not catch fire or explode, the pilot could not have survived the impact. LCDR Neel’s remains were not identified among those returned to U.S. custody after the ceasefire. Today, Lieutenant Commander Neel is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

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England, John Charles
Navy Reserves Ensign

John Charles England, age 20, from Pasadena, California, Los Angeles county.

Spouse: Helen E. England

Service era: World War II

Date of death: December 7, 1941. Killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. Accounted for December 19, 2015

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency