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Michael Spencer Weger, age 30, from Rochester, New York, Monroe county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: B Co., 20Th Engineer Bn., 1St Bct, 1St Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Tx 76544
Date of death: Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Death details: Hostile; Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Michael Joseph Pernaselli, age 27, from Rochester, New York, Monroe county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Uss Firebolt Pc 12, Little Creek, Virginia
Date of death: Saturday, April 24, 2004
Death details: Hostile; , Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Eric Allen Smith, age 41, from Rochester, New York, Monroe county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Company B, 2D Battalion/3D Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga 31409
Date of death: Wednesday, April 2, 2003
Death details: Karbala, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Craig S. Stockton, age 18, from Monroe County Rochester, New York .
Parents: Dona F. and Donald R. Stockton
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Cemetery: Riverside in Rochester
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1983)
John McCall, age 20, from Monroe County Rochester, New York .
Service era: Beirut bombings
Date of death: Sunday, October 23, 1983
Death details: Among more than 200 military personnel killed in the terroist bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance
James Alan Hockridge from Rochester, New York, Monroe county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, October 17, 1972
Death details: On October 25, 1977, the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii (CILHI, now DPAA) identified the remains of Major James Alan Hockridge, missing from the Vietnam War.
Major Hockridge joined the U.S. Air Force from New York and was a member of the 429th Tactical Fighter Squadron. On October 16, 1972, he piloted an F-111A Aardvark (serial number 67-066) on a night strike mission over enemy territory in Vietnam. His aircraft went down during the mission, and he was killed in the crash. Search and rescue efforts failed to locate the Aardvark’s crash site and his body was not recovered at the time. In September 1977, the Vietnamese government returned a set of remains tentatively associated with Maj Hockridge, and forensic analysis confirmed the identification shortly thereafter.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Dennis Charles Cannan, age 19, from Rochester, New York, Monroe county.
Parents: William Stephan
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 11th Armored Cavalary
Date of death: Sunday, October 25, 1970
Death details: Killed in South Vietnam from the detonation of a landmine
Source: National Archives, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1970)
Stephen Leslie Boyd, age 19, from Rochester, New York, Monroe county.
Parents: Wesley and June Boyd
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Edison Technical and Industrial High (1969)
Date of death: Monday, August 3, 1970
Death details: Died in a hospital in Guam of wounds suffered in combat July 4, 1970 when he stepped on a mine in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1970)
Stpehen Leslie Boyd, age 19, from Monroe County Rochester, New York .
Parents: Wesley and June Boyd
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Edison Technical and Industrial High (1969)
Date of death: Monday, August 3, 1970
Death details: Died in a hospital in Guam of wounds suffered in combat July 4, 1970 when he stepped on a mine in South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (1970)
Rocky August Burns, age 19, from Rochester, New York, Monroe county.
Parents: Frank E. Burns
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, February 27, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)