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Bueno-Galdos, Christian Enriq
Army Staff Sergeant

Christian Enriq Bueno-Galdos, age 25, from Paterson, New Jersey, Passaic county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Headquarters And Headquarters Company, 3D Battalion, 66Th Armor, Grafenwoehr, Gm

Date of death: Monday, May 11, 2009
Death details: Killed by fellow soldier at U.S. Military Counseling Clinic in Baghdad

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Hernandez, Eric James
Army Sergeant

Eric James Hernandez, age 26, from West Milford, New Jersey, Passaic county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 1St Battalion, 327Th Infantry, 1 Bct, Fort Campbell, Ky

Date of death: Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Bayji, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Butkus, Jason Michael
Army Staff Sergeant

Jason Michael Butkus, age 34, from West Milford, New Jersey, Passaic county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company A, 1St Battalion, 28Th Infantry, Fort Riley, Ks

Date of death: Thursday, August 30, 2007
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, New Jersey Run for the Fallen

Elazzouzi, Farid
Army Corporal

Farid Elazzouzi, age 26, from Paterson, New Jersey, Passaic county.

Service era: Iraq
Schools: Passaic County Community College
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment

Date of death: Thursday, June 14, 2007
Death details: Killed by improvised expolsive device at Kirkuk, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, The Associated Press, 35th Infantry Regiment Association

Parrello, Brian Patrick
Marines Lance corporal

Brian Patrick Parrello, age 19, from West Milford, New Jersey, Passaic county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Small Craft Co, Hq Bn, (1St Mar Div), 2D Mar Div, Camp Lejeune, Nc

Date of death: Saturday, January 1, 2005
Death details: Hostile; Hadithah, Iraq

Source: Department of Defense

Tarlavsky, Michael Yury
Army Captain

Michael Yury Tarlavsky, age 30, from Passaic, New Jersey, Passaic county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: A Co, 1St Bn, 5Th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Campbell Ky 42223

Date of death: Thursday, August 12, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Najaf, Iraq. Killed when his unit came under small arms fire and grenade attack.

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Mercado, Gil
Army Specialist

Gil Mercado, age 25, from Paterson, New Jersey, Passaic county.

Service era: Iraq
Military history: Hhc, 3D Battalion, 187th Infantry, Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Date of death: Sunday, April 13, 2003
Death details: Killed by a non-combat weapons discharge in Iraq

Source: Department of Defense, Military Times

Moore, Herbert Hubert
Army Sergeant

Herbert Hubert Moore, age 40, from Paterson, New Jersey, Passaic county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, November 6, 1970
Death details: Non-hostile, illness in South Vietnam

Source: National Archives

Diani, Franco
Army Private 1st class

Franco Diani, age 21, from Passaic, New Jersey, Passaic county.

Parents: Mario Diani

Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 3rd Virginia

Date of death: Sunday, September 20, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Calvary in Paterson

Source: National Archives, Hackensack Record (1970)

Ortiz, Robert Wilson
Marines Private 1st class

Robert Wilson Ortiz, age 18, from Paterson, New Jersey, Passaic county.

Parents: Jaime Ortiz

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: John F. Kennedy High

Date of death: Wednesday, September 2, 1970
Death details: Died when he stepped on a mine in South Vietnam

Source: National Archives, Passaic Herald News (1970)

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