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Kevin Rodriguez, age 22, from Paterson, New Jersey.
Parents: Joan Pino and Daniel Rodriguez
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Infantryman with Company A, 1st Battalion, 187th INfantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team
Date of death: Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Death details: Fatallly shot in training exercise at Fort Campbell in Kentucky
Source: NJ.com, Army Times
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
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
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
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
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)
William Carl Reddick, age 20, from Paterson, New Jersey, Passaic county.
Parents: Evelyn M. Reddick
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, January 1, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Herald News (1970)
Louis J. Jr. Cofrancesco, age 20, from Paterson, New Jersey.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: John F. Kennedy High, Paterson
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Sunday, September 15, 1968
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Holy Sepulchre, Patterson
Source: 35th Infantry Regiment Association
Raymond William Strassle, age 24, from Passaic County Paterson, New Jersey .
Spouse: Married
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Monday, August 6, 1945
Death details: Killed aboard USS Bullhead SS-332 when it was sunk by air attack near the Lombok Strait.
Source: On Eternal Patrol, Herald News (1945)