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
Donald Iandoli from Paterson, New Jersey.
Date of death: Sunday, November 19, 1967
Death details:
On November 19, 1967, elements of the 503rd Infantry Regiment were participating in a search and destroy mission in South Vietnam. During the mission, the U.S. troops were attacked and surrounded by North Vietnamese forces, and suffered a number of casualties. Many of the wounded men were taken to the command post set up by Company C of the 503rd Infantry. As the fighting continued, an enemy bomb hit the command post, resulting in additional casualties. Three soldiers from Company C were among them, and a search of the command post’s rubble the following day was unable to recover their remains. They were presumed to have died in the command post, either from their wounds or in the explosion when it was hit.
Sergeant Donald Landoli entered the U.S. Army from New Jersey and was a squad leader with Company C, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade. He was last seen wounded in the Company C command post area before the explosion occurred and went missing following the blast. Search efforts have not recovered his remains. Today, Sergeant Iandoli is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Sources: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Peter Francis Mead, age 19, from Passaic County Paterson, New Jersey .
Parents: Lawrence and Emillie Mead
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Paterson Eastside High graduate
Date of death: Saturday, May 21, 1966
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Morning Call (166)